Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Remembering Peanut & Daisy

May 30, 2010 by  
Filed under Bloggie

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rd-coverIn a recent post, I wrote about my childhood dogs but I wanted to share more about one in particular: Peanut. Like so many childhood dogs, Peanut taught me about everything from love to loss. In between, he also taught me about friendship–thanks to his most unlikely bond with our pet duck–and perseverance, after a back injury left him partially paralyzed. (Also see: Peanut & Daisy Photo Gallery)

That perseverance I learned from him paid off years later as I started a career in freelance writing and made my first really big magazine sale (way back in 1985) to Reader’s Digest with this memoir article about our very special dog. On Memorial Day, it seems fitting to remember my little buddy with this article:

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About Paris Permenter and John Bigley

DogTipper publishers Paris Permenter and John Bigley are a husband-wife team of full-time writers. The couple has authored over two dozen books and 2,500+ magazine articles.

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  • http://www.dogtipper.com/bloggie/2010/05/peanut-daisy-photo-gallery.html Peanut & Daisy Photo Gallery | DogTipper: Tips, Dog News, Photos & More

    [...] I’m so lucky that my parents recently ran across some photos of Peanut and Daisy, my childhood dog and duck that I wrote about in my first big magazine article. [...]

  • Pintu

    Thanks for sharing this beautiful story, very touching.

  • http://www.dogtipper.com Paris and John

    Thanks so much, Pintu! I’m so glad to have the chance to share their story again with true animal lovers!

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