Pearl (1996-2009)

In early 1996 Ashley picked up a chubby little yellow puppy at the Hyper-Mart in Arlington. She already had Bubba, who was just over one, when she decided he needed a playmate. The puppy was the last of the litter and Ashley had to have her. Little did she know that she was getting the sweetest doggy in the world, the direct opposite of Bubba.

Ashley's stepmother's Dad liked to drink Pearl beer and naming her little yellow fuzz ball Pearl seemed fitting. Pearl grew into a tall dog and she appeared to be a Greyhound/Yellow Lab mix. She was a loner at times and didn't play with Bubba like Ashley had probably envisioned. She loved to walk the perimeter of the backyard and she rarely met a turd that she didn't like. Labs really like to eat poop.

Early this December, Pearl started to go downhill and it was time. Ashley held her until the end but the love they shared can never be extinguished.