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His name was Chewbacca, better known as Chewy. He was
born in Missouri on a puppy farm, but he moved to a
pet store in LaJolla, California when he was two
months old. Phil and Karen Farquharson took him home
with them just before Christmas 1994. They were going
to call him 'Ewok', because they thought he looked
like one of those critters from the Star Wars
Trilogy, but when they got him home they found out
that he liked to chew on stuff, so...
Chewy stayed with Phil after Karen left in 2000 and
until June 3rd, 2009, when it became time
for him to join Spot in doggie heaven. For the last
three years of his life, Chewy missed Spot
tremendously, and accompanied Phil on four road trips
to Wisconsin, and on numerous SDAG and Southwestern
College geology field trips. His passing leaves a
huge vacuum in the home he occupied for fourteen and
a half years.
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This was Chewy's baby "brother." His name was Spot. In
November 2006, he got sick and died. Phil and Valentine still
miss him a lot.
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When Spot and Chewy moved into the house with Phil
and Karen, there were already two cats living in the
house. Their names were Boop and Pooh, and they were
fourteen years old. The cats loved the dogs a lot,
but they didn't always show it. They both got sick
and died - Pooh in June of 1996, then Boop in March
of '97. They are still missed.
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After Boop and Poo, there was a new feline member of
the household. His name was Domino, and he was born
on New Year's Day, 1997. He was a great hiker, and
loved the mountain cabin north of Idylwild, but he
died, perhaps of a spider bite, in February 1998.
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The dog in the background whose image has been
embossed, is a female Chow that some bad person
abandoned at "Bark Park" next to the Orange County
Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa. She had a pup with her
that appeared to have been part retriever, and she
stayed at Phil's Air National Guard unit for two
months waiting for someone to adopt her and her
daughter.
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pets AT philfarq.com
