Earl & Ginger



Earl & Ginger at the Bar

Grandma & Grandpa always had a dog.  There was FeFe the chihuahua the mother of my first dog Tootie who grandma gave me when I was 6 months old, Chita the mean chihuahua, and the one that was Grandma's favorite Ginger.  Ginger was just as her name suggests a  ginger brown little chihuahua with a big personality.  Everyone loved her.  Grandpa would take her everywhere; on his bicycle in a basket; he loved when people would stop and talk to him about this little dog.  He was like a celebrity when he had the little dog with him, especially when he went into the bar.  The bartender sometimes would even poor Ginger a small glass of her own.  I witnessed this myself going to the bar with him when I was about 20 years old. But in the evening she was always sitting by Grandma watching TV.  All this came to a disrupt end when she got away from Grandpa and got hit by a car.  Losing her was very devastating to Grandpa, Grandma, and Kim.  How did Grandpa replace Ginger?  With Becky the crippled chihuahua.  He still got a lot attention from people but usually more like sympathy; they would say ohh that poor little dog.