TO ALL MY CREATURES, PAST AND PRESENT

Lucille "Lucy" Amanda Bean

2014-CURRENT

Luxurious old woman with high standards for all living beings

Her frequent loud criticisms have given her a reputation as a devil, but let the records show that Lucy has never hurt a fly, and no longer has the teeth to do so.

My favorite things about Lucy are all aspects. She is a beautiful creature.

Lucy is made of Circles: Her round head, her humongous rodent eyes, her tail curls into a perfect loop when she walks, and she sleeps in the form of a Bagel.

She is a bigger Chihuahua than most, and I believe this is to accomodate the amount of love that she stores within her body. This love has also made her extremely muscular.

Lucy's first year of life was spent on the streets which has given her a mysterious tragic background that has left her deathly terrified of drains. She's a mother of 4 but no one ever writes to her.

She enjoys modeling home made sweaters, sniffing the earth for very long moments, playing with toys bigger than her body and yelling at children.

Auxiliary Names: Woocy, Weewee, Uuucy, Wawa, Waa, Bean, Bagel

Pirata Manuel Schpottzenfelter

2020-CURRENT

Energetic young man and a big baby

Pirate is 50 pounds of ambiguous dog, and he goes fast, and he will jump so high.

He is a funny boy. A smart boy. A boy with disconcerting human eyes.

Pirate likes sticks, despises cardboard boxes, and has an unhealthy obsession with objects that reflect light. He has been banned from all laser pointers forever.

Lucy is his best friend or mom, and she has a special bark specifically for when Pirata is being annoying. He respects the Lucy's authority and will let her steal his toys. If Lucy goes on a walk without him he will cry and howl until she comes back.

Pirata has a secret command for "put my entire hand in your mouth"

He's good at puzzles!

Auxiliary Names: Pi/pie, Pie-pie, funny, babyboy, Schpottz, Peepee, Patas

Tucker Alphonse Pizza

2012-2020

Beloved Beast from the North

Tucker was a stray who spent possibly a year in the backwoods and had the buckshot embedded in his back to prove it. He began as a wild and muddy puppy who could hulk out of any crate you put him in, but matured into a polite, somewhat awkward old man, one who would often sit at a chair with us during dinner.

He was very soft and had the biggest paws I'd ever seen on a dog, emphasized by how small his predecessor Zena's had been. He was also the floppiest dog I've ever owned. There were fur patterns on his neck that looked like gills, that's cool as hell.

The paradox of Tucker was that he would demand to be near you, steal much of the couch or bed, but would get annoyed if you sat close to him on your own accord. He always liked to be pet, though.

He loved to howl and stomp- His stomps could rattle all the windows in the house. I think he learned to do this from the deer, maybe.

As a direct contrast to his friend and successor Lucy, Tucker ADORED children and was at his happiest when happening upon a group of them on a walk.

Auxiliary Names: Tucky, Tucko, Boof, Big Poof, Fluffernutter, Buppy Boy, Butter Dog, Galoot, Oaf

Zena Bean

2005-2011

A serious woman I once knew.

Zena was already a grown dog when we adopted her, and while we only had her for two years before saying goodbye, she left a great impression.

She did not like when people would play videogames, and would press her sharp muzzle sternly onto any controller-holding hands in an act known as "Serious Nose"

Zena had a peculiar but harmless condition where her head would begin to wobble very quickly for a few minutes, and then stop. In a bizarre coincidence, I experienced my first and currently only earthquake during the two years we lived with her.

She liked water. She drank so much water. It was kind of a problem.

Auxiliary names: Pickle Dog, Nose

Treasure Tickle-Toe-Teaser

1996-2008

The most wonderful beast to have ever graced this earth!!!!

Treasure was named for the golden glint seen throughout her fur- Like shiny dubloons at the bottom of the ocean- And I think she lived up to her name by being a unique and beloved creature.

She was a golden retriver/boston terrier mix which gave her a bizarre physique and phenomenal personality. Her head was too small for her body, and she vocalized in silly charismatic gurgles and her signature "Aarroooooo!"

Her prey drive was immense and she could be whipped into a frenzy upon hearing the word "Mousie," or even "Mmm-"

Despite this, she would never so much as look at the rodents we also kept as pets. Did she understand they were ours?

She used to watch the fishtank like television, though.

Being a childhood dog, we shared a lot of toys whether I had any say in it or not. She chewed up a venonat figurine that my mom had bought for me, and when it was replaced with a new venonat, Treasure chewed that one as well. She also destroyed my only build-a-bear. She destroyed my favorite stuffed elephant "Gacky" which lead to me creating my first imaginary friend to take it's place. This sounds like a list of crimes, but I really do respect her choices and believe they left some kind of positive impact on me.

Auxiliary Names: Tweasure,*repeating her noises at her*

Chief

late 90's-somewhere in the mid 2000's

1 braincell

Chief was a dog we had during the transition to digital photography, and due to multiple harddrive failures, with a heavy heart I must inform you that he is lost media.

Thankfully, he was a black lab, so if you websearch "Black lab" you will pretty much know what he looked like!

His biggest feature was having a bunch of rocks for a brain. He was a very nice dog, mind you, but there was absolutely nothing going on behind those eyes.

I feel he was overshadowed by Treasure's immense beauty and intellect... that is to say, I liked Treasure more, so I don't actually remember much about cheif.

Auxiliary Names: Just anything. Say any word at him he'd come barreling towards you

Kenzington "Kenny" The Clown

1988-early 2000's

Puffball (original Flavor)

Due to being dubbed "The Clown" I assume he must have been quite funny!

My clearest memory of Kenny was when he fell into the window well. For those of you who don't have basements, a window well is a hole dug out around a basement window to allow sunlight in and probably some other stuff I don't know. Maybe a good emergency exit? It wasn't super deep, but deep enough for a big dog to fall in and be unable to climb back out.

He got loose a few times, but always came back on his own accord.

Auxiliary Names: Kenny-Beast, Legs

Ginger Noodle

1986-mid 2000's

My grandmother

Ginger was just.. huge. I thought she was big because I was small, but sources point to her just being an enormous thing.

I was told that she was part wolf, but I'm not sure how much truth was in that. She was a peach, though. Loved children, put up with the siblings piling toys on her, never bothered the other animals. Wonderful girl.

Auxiliary Names: Noo, Noonie
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