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Spirit!  11/25/2004
Buster Bunny 11/25/04
Spirit May 25, 2005 happy and healthy
Spirit and daughter Nicole:
funny faces and miles of smiles!
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SUBJECT TITLE: My Pet Story
Vanessa's darling little terrier's
Taylor and Tyler, friends
from Chicago.
Here are a some of Spirits friends from Hollywood Florida.
These owners  sent us their pups to show off on 'Spirits Friends Nationwide
page'.  They are eager to answer any question you may have about this breed
of dog.   

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or visit our guest book
Hi I'm  Elvira
Boots was made for
walk'n
Hi my name is Boots
THESE PUPS ARE AMERICAN HAIRLESS TERRIERS AND
ARE TOTALLY HAIRLESS, HYPO ALLERGENIC, FLEA FREE,
AND GROOM WITH A WET NAP
Dixie, Dandy, and Baby baby
This is my dog Spirit. People have asked me why I decided to name her that.  I tell them I named her
spirit because the night before I got her I had a dream that a firefighter had given me rot wilier
puppy he rescued from a burning building.  Well, later that day as my daughter and I were pulling into
attention, so I gave a slight toot of my horn to move them along. As they turn to face me, I could
see that one of the little girls had something tiny wrapped in a blanket in her arms.  I asked what it
was because I knew it was too small to be a baby, and behold, there was this little puppy whimpering
with it's eyes barely open, the same puppy from my dream. Of course my first reaction was, Awe!
Jokingly I said "Can I have it"?   Sure enough the little girl holding the puppy,  launched the puppy
into my arms.  She said that some man's dog had puppies and he did not want them and was  giving
them away. They said  they would go back and get another one and I could have this one.   Of course
by then my 9 year old daughter was asking me "Can we keep it?" I thought about my dream and said
yes.  Thinking back to my dream and how some people say that a dream is an experience of the spirit,
We decided to name the puppy 'Spirit'.

Spirit  is now an 16-year-old female Terreior/Shepard; not the Rottweilder in my dreams, but that's
OK. She is my inspiration to start this service. I took Spirit with me to the mountains one beautiful
day. I was doing some fly fishing and I watched her eat some grass (I've heard that some dogs do
this for their stomach) in not a moments notice she starts regurgitating. I figured it wasn't a big
problem until she suddenly started to choke.  I started to pat her on her sides. This did not work so
we headed back to the car.  I did not have a clue where any type of animal care services were located
in this area. I had my cellphone but what good was it if I did not know where I was calling too, or
who too call? All I know is I was at Bear Creek Lake not far from the highway.  I could see in her
eyes something was very wrong. I drove maybe 40 miles down the mountain to a clinic that I was
familiar with.  We got to the animal emergency hospital while waiting in the emergency room,  Spirit
burped... And there it was!  A piece of grass sticking out of the side of her mouth, as I proceed to
pull it out, it was estimated to be about 11 inches.  The veterinarian told me that she was aspirating
fluids back into her lungs and would have drowned if I had wasted any more time in getting her in.
WOW... Or should we say Bow-Wow! Spirit is fine, and still enjoys the mountains and doesn't eat
grass!

Throughout this adventure, something occurred to me,  what  If there were a service that  I could
have called and gotten information right there on the spot!  Get the information I needed for close
by help,  instead of having to drive so far  to get the pet care she needed.
phone!  And that's how 'Pet Experience Travel Services' (P.E.T.S.) was born.                                              
                   
updated 2008
Pet Experience Travel Services           For pet owners on the go!
Stories  
And we'd also like to introduce our second mascot... Ladies and Gents Meet:
BUSTER BROWN aka BUNBUN MAN

Buster is a mini flop that has short legs and very long ears.  Buster and Spirit get along very well. When
Buster is out of his cage, he likes to chase Spirit.  She doesn't  mind, she just jumps over him. Buster is a
very mellow bunny, he thumps when he's hungry,  and leaves  what my daughter calls little 'presents' on
the floor if he's startled.  He knows how to go back into his cage when he's tired and rings his dinner bell
when he's hungry! He braves the vacuum cleaner and often challenges it, hopping around while we push it
back and forth.  Buster is a one of a kind, a really good bunny!


On May 20, 2005 Spirit was diagnosed with tumors in her lungs. It could've been cancerous but at the
time, we could not tell.   My heart was broken to hear this news.  Spirit had been with me and my family
for some 12 years.  This was devastating news so we set out on our journey to discover the damages
the tumor had caused.  

I agreed to have surgery performed on her May 23,  I was still in shock!  
A few hours after  the surgery I went to see my boo-boo.  She pulled away from me and went to the
back of her cage.  I was hurt but I was assured that it was the medicine she was on that made her act
that way.   

After several days of observation Spirit was allowed to come home..YEAH!
Her pathology results came back quickly and remarkably THE TUMOR WAS NOT CANCEROUS AND
SHOWED NO DISEASED GROWTH!   I'm so glad I made the right decision to have the operation.  
Some owners are not so fortunate to have the finances to have this type of procedure done.   That's
when good pet care insurance comes in handy. Ask us how you can get your pet insured.

Spirit is doing fine, and looks forward to a longer healthy life.

Janice Stevenson-Founder of Pet Experience Travel Services.
I'm  Dixie Darlin
REST IN PEACE
BELOVED PET FOR 16 YEARS
SPIRIT STEVENSON
07/93-12/09
WE MISS YOU SO MUCH!
LOVE JANICE, NICOLE,
BUSTER BUNNY,
FAMILY AND FRIENDS