Kustard (Kuster)

Kustard came to us merrily by chance. One night on the anniversary of my father’s passing, September 1, 2008, we heard what seemed to be a distressed wildlife critter. So at 11:30 pm we decided to investigate and help out if we could. As we made it through some tall grasses and then finally tall, dried reeds, it appeared to be a puppy whimpering! We hadn’t heard anyone calling for him, we took him in as it was late. The next day, I took off work to set out to find his owners. I did everything I could think of, however, as time passed it was as it was meant to be that we didn’t find the owners. We took him in as our “baby” of 3 months. He was so precious to my husband and I. He had our other pets for brothers and sisters. He was developing into a “fine young man." By 1 year he was nearly perfect as a puppy should be. Unfortunately, he was overtaken by histoplasmosis. I had taken him to the vet since the first sign of any illness and nearly every day until his death. Needless to say, we are terribly saddened, and it seemed as though our world stopped. A month later, we found the need to give our love we had saved for Kustard and decided to give it to another needy puppy, named Kister. Although, Kustard’s memory will live on and on, we are blessed to have known him and to now know Kister. - LeeAnn