Beethoven & Ruby |
| One of the highlights of the 2007 Holiday Pet Basket distribution include wonderful experiences like meeting Beethoven and his loving owner, Ruby. Ruby refers to the fluffy, playful lab-mixed breed dog as her "son" who always follows her closely but we saw him prancing and dancing due to all of the excitement of the pet basket distribution. Ruby explained how much Beethoven meant to her, that he was family to her since his enthusiastic companionship provided her with a smile everyday. He also helped to keep her warm in the cold evenings, as well as protected her and guarded her from other dangers. She went on to tell of Beethoven's heroic act when he awakened her one night after her sleeve caught fire while she slept too near a fire, saving her from serious injury or worse. She has always been grateful to him for this and other protective acts that he has performed since he was a pup, only 3 years ago. He, too, is grateful to her for saving him from drowning when he was thrown into the Sacramento River by someone in a gunny sack. Seeing these two very special companions together, Ruby's smiling face and Beethoven's wagging tail, while she opened up his gifts from Santa was heartwarming to all of us. |
