B&HKENNELS

IN LOVING MEMORY OF MYSTI:

AUGUST 14TH 2005-AUGUST 8TH,2006

SHE  CAME  TO US ALL THE WAY FROM VA,FROM MYSTICAL SHEPARDS AND HUSKYS. WE WAS VERY PROUD AND HONORED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SPEND WHAT LITTLE TIME WE DID HAVE,WITH MYSTI. OUR TIME TOGETHER MAY HAVE BEEN SHORT,BUT IT WAS VERY MEANINGFUL,AND MYSTI DEFINITLY STOLD OUR HEARTS!

MYSTI  WAS AN ALL AROUND INCREDIBLE GIRL! WE WAS ACTUALLY PLANNING ON PUTTING HER IN THE SHOW RING,BUT A SAD TRADEGY TOOK OUR MYSTI FROM US!

MYSTI GOT OUT OF OUR YARD ON JULY 21ST 2006,BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 3 AM AND 7 AM. WE TRIED OUR BEST TO FIND HER. WE POSTED FLYERS EVERY WHERE,LISTED HER ON EVERY LOST PET SITE THAT WE CAME ACROSS,HAD HER AIRED ON OUR LOCAL RADIO STATION,HAD HER POSTED WITH ALL SURROUNDING SHELTERS,VISITED OUR SHELTER ON A REGULAR BASIS,NOTIFIED LOCAL,CITY,AND COUNTY LAW ENFORCERS,AS WELL AS ANIMAL CONTROL,DROVE AROUND JUST LOOKING FOR HER AND ASKING ANYONE WE CAME ACROSS IF THEY SEEN HER,TOOK WALKS TO TRY TO FIND HER,ASKED ALL SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS IF THEY HAVE SEEN HER,POSTED SEVERAL ADS IN OUR LOCAL NEWSPAPERS,BUT MOST OF ALL WE HAD SEVERAL FRIENDS CROSS POSTING HER ADS FOR US,AND SEARCHING AS WELL. PRETTY MUCH,WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD THINK OF TO FIND HER,BUT TO NO AVAIL!

THEN ON THURSDAY NIGHT,I GOT A EMAIL FROM A LADY IN SULLIVAN COUNTY,WHO SAID SHE THINKS MY MYSTI WAS THE DOG HER GRAND KIDS HAVE BEEN TAKING CARE OF. THE SAD THING IS,THIS DOG WAS HIT BY A CAR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING,AND SHE SAID SHE HAD NO IDEAL IF SHE WAS DEAD OR ALIVE. OF COURSE I WAS HOPING AND PRAYING TO GOD THAT THIS WASNT MYSTI,AND BY SLIGHT CHANCE IT WAS,THAT SHE WOULD BE OK,AND WE COULD BE REUNITED AND SPEND OUR BIRTHDAYS TOGETHER.(YES OUR BIRTHDAY WAS THE SAME DAY).

I KNEW SINCE IT WAS SO LATE THAT THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO UNTILL TOMARROW MORNING. WELL MORNING CAME,AND I CALLED EVERY DEPT. IN SULLIVAN,AND FINALLY GOT SOME ANSWERS THROUGH THE SHERIFFS DEPT. THEY SAID THEY DO NOT HAVE A LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER,BUT YES,A GUY ON THE STREET DEPT. PICKED UP A HUSKY,ON THAT STREET AT THAT TIME. SHE SAID HE BURRYIED HER THOUGH. NOW SOME OF YOU MIGHT THINK IM CRAZY,BUT I JUST HAD TO KNOW IF IT WAS MY MYSTI! SO I ASKED HER IF I COULD HAVE HER DUG UP TO CHECK TO SEE IF SHE WAS MY GIRL. I TOLD HER I WOULD PAY ANY FEES,I JUST HAD TO KNOW. SHE WAS VERY SYMPATHETIC AND SAID SURE,COME ON UP AND SEE IF SHE IS YOUR MISSING HUSKY.

MYSTI WAS MICROCHIPPED SO I KNEW I COULD PROVE SHE WAS MINE OR NOT. NOW I WENT THERE THINKING,SHE HAS ONLY BEEN BURRYIED FOR 3 DAYS,SO SURELY DECAYING HASNT STARTED YET,AND ID BE ABLE TO TELL BY LOOKING.

WE ARRIVED THERE,EVERYONE WAS SO NICE,AND VERY SYMPATHETIC,AND EAGER TO HELP. WE DROVE TO THE SITE WHERE SHE WAS BURRYIED AT. I SHOWED HER PICS TO THE GUY THAT FOUND HER AND BURRYIED HER. HIS EXACT WORDS WERE"THATS HER,I COULD NEVER FORGET THAT BEAUTIFUL FACE!" AT THAT POINT I JUST LOST IT,AND STARTING BALLING MY EYES OUT!

WELL WE BEGIN DIGGING HER UP,I HAD TO SEE FOR MYSELF,AND IF IT WAS HER,I WAS DETERMINED TO BRING HER HOME WHERE SHE BELONGS! WE FINALLY GOT DOWN TO HER. I COULDNT SEE ALL HER FACIAL MARKINGS CAUSE HER SKIN WAS PEELING OFF,AND SHE LOOKED PRETTY BAD FROM BEING HIT. WE GOT HER ALL THE WAY OUT,WHICH WAS A HARD JOB,CAUSE EVERYTIME THE SHOVEL TOUCHED HER,MORE SKIN WOULD FALL OFF,AND I HAD TO PROTECT HER HEAD SO THAT WE DIDNT LOOSE THE MICROCHIP.

WELL IT WAS HARD TO TELL IF IT WAS HER OR NOT,CAUSE OF THE MESS SHE WAS IN. BUT FOR SOME ODD REASON,I HAD A FEELING IT WAS MY MYSTI! THEY SAY A MOTHER WILL RECOGNIZE HER CHILD ANY WHERE,AND IM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT IS 100% TRUE! IT WAS AS THOUGH MYSTI WAS TELLING ME...MOMMY ITS ME,TAKE ME HOME,WHERE I BELONG.

I WAS HONEST AND SAID IM NOT 100% SURE,BUT I FEEL IT IN MY HEART THIS IS MY MYSTI. I ASKED IF WE COULD CONTACT THE 2 LOCAL VETS AND ASK IF THEY COULD SCAN HER CHIP,TO VERIFY WHAT I THOUGHT. THEY SAID THIER SCANNERS DIDNT READ HOME AGAIN(I THOUGHT ALL SCANNERS WOULD READ ANY CHIP,BUT I GUESS NOT!)(MAYBE WE SHOULD GO BACK TO TATOOING!). ANYWAYS I KNEW I COULD HAVE HER SCANNED BACK HOME IN TERRE HAUTE,SO I SAID,IM TAKING HER BACK. OFCOURSE THEY DIDNT REJECT! LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER,THEY WERE ALL VERY KIND,AND VERY SYMPATHETIC FOR MY LOSS. 

I LEFT THERE,BUT MADE SURE TO THANK EVERYONE 1ST FOR ALL THIER HELP,AND TOLD THEM I WOULD DEFINITLY LET THEM KNOW WHAT I FIND OUT.

SO I DROVE HOME AS FAST AS I COULD,WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I CALLED MY VET,AND TOLD HIM THE SITUATION,AND HE SAID COME ON IN,AND IF ITS HER,ILL BEABLE TO TELL YOU. SO I DROVE TO SEELEVILLE(THATS WHERE MY VET IS LOCATED),WITH MYSTI IN THE BACK OF MY VAN,IN A PLASTIC BAG,INSIDE OF A HUGE TOTE. HE CAME OUTSIDE WITH HIS SCANNER. I HEARD THE BEEP,THATS WHEN MY HEART SANK,THE BEEP INDICATED THERE WAS A CHIP PRESENT. HE STARTED READING THE NUMBERS OFF AND I SAID HOLD ON,I HAD TO CHECK HER HOME AGAIN PAPERS. SO I GOT THEM OUT OF MY PURSE AND HE STARTED READING THEM AGAIN. EVERY NUMBER MATCHED PERFECTLY! IT WAS MY BABY GIRL,MY MYSTI! I TOTALLY LOST IT AT THIS POINT. MY MIND WAS FEELED WITH SORROW,HURT,ANGER,AND EVEN HATRED FOR THE PERSON WHO TOOK HER TO SULLIVAN,AND FOR THE PERSON WHO HIT HER,AND DIDNT EVEN STOP! YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE,WHAT WAS RUNNING THROUGH MY HEAD,UNLESS YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED A LOSS LIKE THIS. IT WAS TERRIBLE,AND I HAD NO CLUE HOW I WOULD SURVIVE! THIS WASNT JUST A DOG! THIS WAS MY BABY! AND SHE WAS GONE.

I ACTUALLY GOT LOST GOING HOME CAUSE I WAS CRYING SO HARD,THAT I MISSED MY TURN,AND I HAVE BEEN TO MY VET'S OFFICE MANY OF TIME'S!  NEED LESS TO SAY I MADE IT HOME! I DIDNT EVEN GET TO SAY GOODBYE TO HER! ITS A VERY SAD THING TO LOOSE A VERY DEAR PET,BUT TO HAVE SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS,MAKES IT EVEN HARDER!

OF COURSE AFTER I CALMED DOWN SOME,I GAVE HER A PROPER BURIAL,AND BOUGHT A GLIDER TO PUT OUT THERE BY HER GRAVE,SO I COULD SIT RIGHT BESIDE HER.

I KNOW THIS IS A VERY SAD STORY,TRUST ME I HAD TO LIVE THROUGH IT,SO I KNOW. I KEEP HAVING NIGHTMARES AS WELL. I KEEP SEEING HER MESSED UP FACE IN MY DREAMS,CALLING OUT TO ME FOR HELP,AND I JUST CANT HELP HER.

I PRAYED EVERY DAY AND NIGHT THAT GOD WOULD REUNITE US,SO THAT WE COULD SPEND OUR BIRTHDAYS TOGETHER. WELL HE DID,SHE IS BACK HOME AND SAFE NOW. ITS NOT EXACTLY AS I HAD PLANNED,BUT WE WERE REUNITED FOR OUR BIRTHDAY.

BEFORE I TELL YOU ABOUT MYSTI'S LIFE,I WANT TO THANK SOME PEOPLE. 1ST OF ALL,I WANT TO THANK THE 3 LADYS AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN SULLIVAN,FOR THIER KINDNESS,AND THE STREET DEPT. WORKER WHO PICKED MYSTI UP AND BURRYIED HER(HE COULDVE JUST TOSSED HER OUT WITH THE GARBAGE,BUT HE DIDNT!).THIS PATICULIAR GUY,ALSO HELPED DIG HER UP.AND THANKS TO  THE GUY THAT WORKED AT THE PLACE,WHERE THEY BURRYIED HER,FOR HELP COVERING UP THE HOLE WHERE SHE WAS BURRYIED. TO ME THOSE 5 PEOPLE ARE MYSTI'S ANGELS! SO PLEASE WHEN YOU GO TO BED AT NIGHT,SAY A PRAYER FOR THEM,FOR THIER ACT OF KINDNESS. THEY ALL WENT WAY BEYOND THIER CALL OF DUTY!

NOW I WANT TO THANK SOME OTHER PEOPLE. FIRST I WANT TO THANK JANET SMITH(SHE OWNS MYSTI'S SIRE),FOR HER HELP IN SENDING ME SITES TO POST HER ON,AND FOR ALL OF HER HELP,AND FOR BEING SO UNDERSTANDING. SECONDLY I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CYNTHIA BAKER,FOR HER HELP AS WELL,SHE DID SOME CROSS POSTING FOR ME,AND FOUND SOME PEOPLE TO CHECK THE SHELTERS IN KY.,CAUSE THEY WASNT COOPERATING AS WELL. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION,CYNTHIA MADE THE PICTURE COLLAGE,THAT EVERYONE SEE'S AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE! THANK YOU CYNTHIA,YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB. THEN I WOULD LIKE TO THANK LAURA(ELVIS ANNS MOM),SHE IS MISSING A HUSKY AS WELL,AND HAS HELP KEEP MY FAITH UP,THROUGH OUT ALL OF THIS. HER BABY GIRL IS STILL MISSING. I HAVE HER PICS AND INFO. ON MY SITE,SO PLEASE TAKE A MINUTE OF YOUR TIME TO LOOK AT IT,AND IF YOU SEE HER ELVIS ANN,PLEASE GET IN CONTACT WITH ME ASAP.  I NEED TO THANK HOWARD NICOSON AS WELL,WEVE HAD OUR SHARE OF PROBLEMS IN THE PAST,BUT MYSTI WAS HIS BABY GIRL AS WELL. HIS DEDICATION ON HELP FINDING HER,AND THEN HIS HELP WITH BRINGING HER HOME,PROVED TO ME THAT HE DID AND DOES CARE ABOUT OUR BABIES. HE ALSO HELPED IN MAKING HER A PROPER BURIAL.  SO THANK YOU HOWARD,FOR ALL THE LOVE YOU GIVEN  OUR BABY GIRL,AND FOR GIVING ME A SHOULDER TO LEAN ON,WHEN SHE WAS LOST. IT TRUELY MEANT A LOT TO ME.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK,A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE,BUT IF I MENTIONED EVERYONES NAMES,IT WOULD DEF. TAKE UP MY WHOLE SITE. THERE WAS SO MANY PEOPLE WHO JOINED IN TO HELP LOOK FOR MYSTI,TO CONFORT ME,AND DID A LOT OF PRAYING FOR US. THEN THERE WAS SOME PEOPLE WHO LIT A CANDLE ON THE 14TH IN HONOR OF MYSTI'S BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU ALL,EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU,FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO MEET MYSTI,YOU ALL KNEW SHE WAS A WONDERFUL,VERY SMART AND BEAUTIFUL GIRL,WITH LOTS OF SHOW POTENTIAL. FOR THE ONES THAT DIDNT KNOW HER,IM SORRY THAT YOU DIDNT HAVE THE HONOR OF MEETING MY BABY GIRL,BUT I WILL TELL YOU A FEW THINGS ABOUT HER,SO YOU CAN GET TO KNOW HER IN HEART AND SPIRIT.

MYSTI WASNT LIKE YOUR TYPICAL HUSKY,SHE DIDNT BARK OR HOWL AT ALL. I CANT SAY SHE WAS LAID BACK,CAUSE SHE WAS FULL OF LIFE AND ENERGY! HER PERSONALITY,WAS JUST THE BEST THOUGH!

SHE LOVED MY CHIHUAHUAS,AND THEY LOVED HER,BUT MOST OF ALL SHE LOVED ECHO! ECHO WAS HER BEST FRIEND,BESIDES MOMMY OF COURSE. THOSE TWO COULD PLAY ALL DAY AND NIGHT LONG,IF YOU WOULD LET THEM.

MYSTI HAD VERY GOOD INDOOR MANNERS AS WELL. I HAVE AN EXTRA COMPUTER CHAIR IN MY COM. ROOM SO SHE COULD SIT AND WATCH ME WORK. NOW WHEN SHE WANTED MY ATTENTION THOUGH,SHE WOULD BITE AT MY CHAIR. I STILL HAVE THE CHAIR TO PROVE IT. WELL IT ALWAYS WORKED,SHE GOT MY ATTENTION THATS FOR SURE.

SHE WAS A VERY SMART GIRL,AND EAGER TO PEASE. ALTHOUGH SHE COULD BE A LITTLE STUBBORN AT TIMES,BUT WHO CANT!

SHE LOVED TO GO FOR LONG WALKS,BUT SHE ESPECIALLY LOVED GOING TO TURKEY RUN STATE PARK. SHE COULD GO ON LONG VIGOUROUS HIKES,PLAY IN THE WATER AND JUST ACT PLAIN SILLY!

SHE ALSO LOVED SHOWING OFF HER LOOKS! SHE KNEW SHE WAS A PRETTY GIRL,AND SHE LET IT SHOW,HOWEVER SHE DID NOT MIND GETTING DIRTY!

MYSTI HAD A GORGEUS,DOUBLED BAR,DEFINED CLOVER MASK,WHICH YOU DONT SEE TO OFTEN! SHE WAS JET BLACK/WHITE,WITH A GRAY UNDER COAT,AND HAD AMAZING CONFORMATION. SHE HAD BEAUTIFUL SKY BLUE EYES! SHE WAS AND WILL ALWAYS BE A VERY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE GIRL!

MYSTI'S PAW PRINTS ARE FOREVER EMBEDDED ON OUR HEARTS AND SOULS. SHE IS GONE,BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.

PLAY HARD BABY GIRL,AND REMEMBER MOMMY LOVES YOU,AND WE WILL BE REUNITED SOMEDAY. KEEP AN EYE ON CHICO AND SASSY FOR MOMMY,AND SEND THEM MY LOVE!