Chica, remembered UPDATE!!

Chica, short for ChicaBoom, was my aunt's dear little Chihuahua. She was hit by a car December 27th and I wanted to share some thoughts and photos of this darling sweet little puppy. AND I HAVE ADDED SOME MORE PHOTOS AND SOME VIDEO!!

I've never seen anyone so attached to a dog as was Aunt C (except maybe my sister, but she is part animal and has a natural affinity to 4 legged creatures).
Anyway, Chica came into Aunt C's life about 4 years ago, if I recall correctly, by way of my "misguided" (to put it kindly) cousin. Chica was a mess, covered in fleas, wormy! AC and Uncle D took her to the vet, gave her some food and as for the worms? Well, it was Chica who wormed her way into their lives! Their older dog, Dottie the deaf Dalmation, was wary and disdainful at first, and then merely tolerant, but finally even the old dog let Chica in.

At first, Chica went everywhere with AC. She had her own carry case, but in the car, she usually sat in AC's lap. In the stores, Chica got tucked under a shirt. She was cute and little, but beyond that, she was a talented and smart dog, and not at all YAPPY like little dogs are so wont to be! Chica looked like a meer cat when she sat up on her back legs for a treat. In the photo, it is Chica eying AC's hand - hoping for a treat. Willie, the white dog, could care less about stupid pet tricks. Chica was a dancing fool, and loved to stretch on the carpet with AC. She was a hilarious dog - the way she would look at you with all this expectation, and then when you gave her no response, she'd lay her ears back. Or how she would greet me, by coming up to me and laying down on her back, cuz she knew I was a belly rubber! She'd burrow all the way down under the covers (in the bed of course), and loved her toys. She liked scattering them all over the floor and loved to play tug of war. her new toy this Christmas has some crinkly stuff inside it, and instead of just gnawing on it, she'd do little flea bites at it...The photo with the three dogs is Chica with her first cousins, Willie, my dad's dog and Flash, my sister's Chihuahua.
Oh, and she was SO fierce, and she'd rumble and growl if you tried to take her toy away from her, and she'd roar like a lion and jump like a gazelle if you actually wrested it away. The cutest thing she did, was when Uncle D would look at her and say, "do you have pee?" She'd start whining and barking at a super high pitch and start bouncing up and down. UD would sit there a moment longer, egging her on with, "Do you want to go outside?" Yelp yelp yelp. "Does Chica need to go pee outside?" as he is getting up and Chica is bouncing up to his waist like a jack rabbit...and as the door opens, out she went like a bullet. She'd race to the corner, then she'd raced the other direction, a little piddle here and there and back to the door.

Chica attended all the 4th of July parties and the annual Christmas Eve Bashes for the last several years, which is the only time I ever saw her, since I live ELSE where. There are always lots of little kids and little dogs underfoot (and wierd for me to be the grown up and NOT one of the ankle biters!!). Chica would get so upset at all the splashing! - she would bite at the water as it came over the edge of the pool...and with a pool full of ninety-eleven cousins, you can imagine how mad she was!! The photo of Kelly Ann is especially sweet, don't you think?

Chica and Willie liked to wrestle, but this just looks like Chica is waiting for a belly rub...






Chica on the 4th of July with AC, granddaughter K, and the baby is K's sister (it is complicated but we are a cool family). In the background is my Aunt M and my sister. Chica always enjoyed bathing.

And here is the last photo I took of Chica, a couple of days before she died, with my brother's daughter on Christmas eve.

You will be missed little Chica! You were loved by a lot of people and the world will be a sadder place without you! My heart is broken for my aunt and uncle. AC and UD had to leave on Sunday after they buried Chica in the back yard to go on a cruise, and while I am glad AC isn't sitting moping around the house, I sure hope UD kept the life preserver on her - I am sure she was pretty distraught!!