WHERE DO I EVEN BEGIN IN TELLING THE STORY OF MY SWEET BOY DIESEL

THIS LITTLE CHIHUAHUA BOY BROUGHT SO MUCH INTO OUR LIVES AND
TOUCHED OUR HEARTS AND OUR SOULS WITH HIS UNIQUE AND OH SO SPECIAL
DIESEL WAYS<3 OUR SWEET BOY IS ONE OF A KIND AND WE WERE SO BLESSED
AND SO HONORED THAT HE CHOSE US TO BE HIS HUMANS<3
WE SHARED IN COUNTLESS SPECIAL MOMENTS AND EXCITING JOURNEYS IN
OUR ALL TOO SHORT 12 YEARS TOGETHER<3 AND WITH THIS TRIBUTE TO OUR
DIESEL DOG I AM GOING TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU WHO TAKE THE TIME TO
READ THIS SOME OF OUR MOST SPECIAL TRAVELS WITH DIESEL AND JUST HOW
THIS SWEET BOY IMPACTED OUR LIVES WITH HIS LOYALTY, COMPANIONSHIP,
TRUST AND LOVE<3 DIESEL IS ONE SPECIAL LITTLE BOY WHO FILLED MY HEART,
MY SOUL AND MY VERY BEING WITH A LOVE LIKE I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED
BEFORE OR EVER WILL AGAIN<3 SO, SO SPECIAL<3 MOMMY'S SWEET BOY<3

I WOULD LIKE TO START BY GIVING A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO
TAKE THE TIME TO READ AND SHARE IN OUR TRIBUTE AND SHORT STORY OF
"LIFE WITH DIESEL"
THE LARGER THAN LIFE 8 POUND CHIHUAHUA ;-)
THIS PAGE IS A LOVING TRIBUTE AND MEMORIAL FOR OUR SO LOVED
AND SO MISSED FAMILY MEMBER
MY SWEET BOY...DIESEL
IT ALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 14TH 2008...
THE HUSBAND WAS OUT WITH A FRIEND LOOKING FOR CAR PARTS AND
THEY STOPPED AT ANOTHER FRIENDS HOUSE AND LET'S JUST SAY THEY
FOUND MUCH MORE THAN CAR PARTS..;-)
IT SO HAPPENS THAT ON AUGUST 13TH, YES THE DAY RIGHT BEFORE
THEY DECIDED TO JUST STOP IN AND ASK IF THE FRIEND HAD THE
PARTS THEY WERE NEEDING THEIR BEAUTIFUL LITTLE CHIHUAHUA
"LITTLE BIT" HAD A LITTER OF ADORABLE, ITTY BITTY PUPPIES.
IT'S AMAZING HOW LIFE'S LITTLE DECISIONS LIKE STOPPING TO ASK
ABOUT CAR PARTS CAN LEAD TO SOME OF THE BIGGEST AND MOST
IMPACTFUL MOMENTS OF OUR LIFETIMES!    
IF YOU HAVE LOOKED AT AND READ THE TRIBUTES TO OUR OTHER TWO
BOYS CHEVY AND VEGA THEN YOU KNOW THAT OUR "VEGA" WENT TO THE
RAINBOW BRIDGE ON JUNE 14TH 2008. I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME IN
FINDING SOME HEALING FOR MY BROKEN HEART AND I JUST KNOW THAT
WE WERE BEING LED TO THIS NEW LITTLE LIFE WITH FOUR LEGS AND
COVERED IN FUR BECAUSE FROM THE VERY MOMENT I HELD HIM IN MY
HANDS MY HEART HAD BEGUN THE HEALING I WAS SEARCHING FOR AND
NEEDING SO BAD<3 IT'S ALL THANKS TO GOD FOR LEADING ME TO MEET
THIS NEW LITTLE DOG SEARCHING FOR A HEART TO TAKE UP RESIDENCE
IN AND IN ME HE FOUND THE DOOR TO MY HEART WIDE OPEN<3
FROM THIS DAY FORWARD THE LOVE AND TRUST BETWEEN ME AND THIS
AMAZING LITTLE GIFT FROM GOD JUST GREW MORE AND MORE<3
AND THAT IS HOW, WHEN AND WHERE
THIS ONCE IN A LIFETIME LOVE BEGAN FOLKS...
HE SPARKED SOMETHING SPECIAL INSIDE OF ME AS SOON AS I SEEN
HIM AND HELD HIM. I JUST KNEW THIS SWEET LITTLE BOY WHO I
CALLED "DIESEL" FROM THAT DAY FORWARD WAS THE MOST PRECIOUS
AND CHERISHED GIFT SENT FROM GOD JUST FOR ME<3
I WOULD GO VISIT DIESEL AS OFTEN AS I COULD AND IT WAS JUST
AMAZING TO WATCH THIS BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BABY GROW. DIESEL'S  
PERSONALITY REALLY STARTED TO SHINE AS THE WEEKS WENT BY AND
THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT HE WAS ABSOLUTELY MEANT TO
BE MY SWEET BOY ;-)
DIESEL WOULD PLAY HIS LITTLE HEART OUT WITH HIS NEW
TOYS AND CHEW ON HIS BONES AND RUN AROUND UNTIL HE
COULDN'T KEEP HIS EYES OPEN ANY LONGER. HE WOULD CRAWL
UP INTO HIS BED FOR A QUICK NAP UNTIL THE NEXT ROUND OF
PLAY AND HE WAS SO TINY IN THAT BIG OL' BED ;-)
  
THIS WAS OUR VERY FIRST CAR SHOW WITH OUR LITTLE DIESEL BABY
AND HE ABSOLUTELY LOVED WALKING AROUND, SNIFFING ALL OF THE
NEW SMELLS AND JUST LAYING IN MOMMY'S LAP WATCHING THE WORLD
GO BY. IT WAS AN AWESOME FIRST DAY OF CAR SHOWING WITH SO
MANY MORE TO COME!
MY, MY HOW QUICKLY THIS LITTLE BOY WAS GROWING, DIESEL JUST
LOVES CHEWING ON RAWHIDE BONES ESPECIALLY WITH ALL OF THOSE
SHARP PUPPY TEETH TO GET THE JOB DONE! IT WOULD BE SO FUNNY AT
TIMES BECAUSE OUR OTHER BOY CHEVY/FATBOY WOULD BE CHEWING ON
A BONE ALSO AND HE WAS AN OLD PRO AT BONE CHEWING AND IF HE
WOULD WALK AWAY FOR ANY REASON DIESEL WOULD BE RIGHT THERE
TO GRAB HIS BONE BECAUSE OF COURSE CHEVY HAD IT CHEWED UP SO
SOFT THAT IT WAS EASIER FOR HIM TO CHEW BUT THEN CHEVY GOT TO
START ALL OVER AGAIN WITH DIESEL'S BONE WHICH WAS STILL PRETTY
MUCH AT FULL SIZE SO IT WAS A WIN, WIN FOR BOTH OF THEM ;-)
THIS WOULD HAPPEN EVERY TIME THEY WERE GIVEN BONES FOR THE
NEXT 3 YEARS THAT CHEVY AND DIESEL GOT TO SHARE LIFE TOGETHER
AS BROTHERS AND IT WAS ALWAYS SO FUNNY TO WATCH THE TRADE
AND SWITCH THEY HAD GROWN TO EXPECT FROM EACH OTHER. CHEVY
WAS SUCH A GOOD BIG BROTHER TO DIESEL, HE WAS SO TOLERANT OF
HIM AND WOULD NEVER SHOW ANY SIGNS OF AGGRESSION AT ALL EVEN
WHEN DIESEL WOULD COME UP FROM BEHIND AND JUST NIP HIM ON
THE BACK OF HIS LEGS OR WHEN DIESEL WOULD SNEAK INTO CHEVY'S
BED WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO GET A NAP OR WHEN DIESEL WOULD TRY
TO SNATCH HIS BONE BEFORE HE WAS DONE WITH IT OR WHEN HE
WOULD MOUNTAIN CLIMB ON HIS BACK ;-))
   
DIESEL "KING OF THE BLACK FURRY MOUNTAIN"
AND CHEVY WOULD JUST KEEP ON NAPPING:-)
THIS WOULD BE AT OUR SECOND CAR SHOW IN SOMERSET KENTUCKY
AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS PICTURE THIS LITTLE BOY FIT RIGHT
INSIDE THE POCKET OF MY HOODIE ;-) YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT
SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY PEAKING HIS CURIOSITY THE WAY HE IS
LOOKING DOWN TOWARDS THE GROUND WITH HIS LITTLE BROW
FURROWED AND TO OUR SURPRISE WE WERE FACE TO FACE WITH HIS
LITTLE SISTER AND SHE WAS JUST AS CURIOUS AS DIESEL WAS AND IT
WAS SO CUTE TO WATCH THEM TOGETHER :)
    
WHEN THE HUSBAND CAME HOME THAT DAY AND SHOWED ME THESE
PICTURES I OF COURSE WANTED TO MEET THESE BEAUTIFUL LITTLE
PUPPIES:) AND WITHIN 2 DAYS I DID JUST THAT...  
AND OH MY GOSH THEY WERE JUST THE SWEETEST LITTLE BABIES I HAD
EVER SEEN! THEY WERE SO TINY, THEY FIT RIGHT IN THE PALM OF MY
HAND, THEIR LITTLE EYES WEREN'T EVEN OPEN YET AND THEY WERE ALL
SO CUTE AND SUCH A JOY TO HOLD BUT THERE WAS THAT ONE...
LITTLE BIT WAS
SUCH A GOOD
MOMMA<3
THIS IS DIESEL ON THE RIGHT WITH HIS SISTER AND OF
COURSE MOMMA WITH THE EVER WATCHFUL EYES ON HER
BABIES<3
THESE PLAY DATES WERE SOME OF THE MOST FUN FILLED DAYS
FOR THE PUPPIES AND FOR ME;-') THEY WOULD PLAY THEIR
LITTLE HEARTS OUT AND DO SILLY PUPPY THINGS THAT WOULD
JUST MAKE ME SMILE AND LAUGH, I COULD NOT GET ENOUGH OF
HANGING OUT WITH MY LITTLE BOY AND GETTING TO SEE MORE
AND MORE OF HIS PERSONALITY COMING OUT AND HOW HE WAS
LEARNING THE SOUND OF MY VOICE AND OF COURSE MY SCENT
AND WOULD COME TO ME WHEN I WOULD SIT ON THE FLOOR:)
IT WAS SO AWESOME TO SEE AND TO KNOW THAT WITHOUT A
DOUBT WE WERE MEANT TO BE<3
THIS IS MISSY,
SHE IS 2 YEARS
OLD AND FROM A  
PREVIOUS LITTER
OF LITTLE BITS >>>>
<<<<THAT'S MY
SWEET BOY!
TIME TO RE-ENERGIZE AND TAKE A LITTLE SNOOZE BEFORE THE
NEXT ROUND OF ROUGH HOUSING ;-)))
OH WHAT A JOYOUS DAY IT IS...BRINGING HOME THIS SWEET
BABY THAT I WATCHED GROW FROM 4 DAYS OLD...
WHAT A BLESSING<3
NOW THAT'S JUST CUTENESS OVERLOAD!
CHEVY SAYS...WELCOME TO THE FAMILY LITTLE BRO :-)))
AND YES, I WILL SHARE MY BED WITH YOU :-)))
DIESEL LOVED HIS BIG OL' BED BUT HE STILL ENJOYED
SNUGGLING UP WITH CHEVY IN HIS BED TOO :)
DIESEL IS JUST WAITING FOR CHEVY TO LOOK AWAY OR TO GET
UP FOR A DRINK OF WATER...TRYING TO PULL OFF THE GREAT
SNEAK ATTACK!
TAKE A LITTLE BREAK FROM THE BONE AND
CHEW ON MOMMY A WHILE ;-)
DIESEL WAS GETTING BETTER EVERY DAY CHEWING THEM BONES
AND HE SO ENJOYED PLAYING WITH HIS TOYS, HANGING OUT
WITH BIG BRO CHEVY AND JUST GROWING SO FAST!  
THIS SWEET BOY WAS GROWING SO FAST AND FILLING MY LIFE,
MY HEART, MY SOUL AND MY VERY BEING WITH A SPECIAL KIND
OF K9 COMPANIONSHIP, K9 LOVE AND K9 LOYALTY LIKE I HAVE
NEVER KNOWN BEFORE<3
THEY HAVE NOT SEEN EACH OTHER IN A FEW WEEKS AND ONCE
AGAIN LIKE THE EARLIER PICTURE DIESEL IS ON THE RIGHT AND
REESIE THAT'S HER NAME NOW ON THE LEFT :-)
<3 SO STINKING CUTE <3
THE NEXT FEW PICTURES ARE OF DIESEL AT HOME PLAYING,
HANGING OUT WITH CHEVY, GROWING LIKE A WEED AND JUST
BEING THE HANDSOME LITTLE BOY THAT HE IS :-)))
THIS LITTLE BITTY PUPPY WHO FILLED MY LIFE ONCE AGAIN
WITH SO MUCH HAPPINESS AND LAUGHTER WOULD GO ON TO
SHARE SO MUCH WITH ME AND BLESS ME WITH HIS LOVE,
LOYALTY AND COMPANIONSHIP FOR YEARS TO COME AND FOR
THAT I WILL FOREVER BE SO GRATEFUL TO YOU MY SWEET BOY<3
THERE IS NO LOVE OR LOYALTY GREATER THAN THAT OF A DOGS TO HIS HUMAN
IT TOOK SOME TIME FOR DIESEL TO GET USE TO HIS
"NECKLACE" AND IT WAS SO CUTE HOW HE WOULD JUST STOP
WHATEVER HE WAS DOING AND PLOP DOWN TO SCRATCH AT IT!
I MEAN COME ON
HOW SWEET IS THIS
LITTLE BOY!
<3<3<3<3<3