On January 19th, 2003, Rosie, our oldest dog, passed away.  Rosie’s health had been declining for the last year.  Rosie survived several seizures and cancer during her life. Rosie was almost 12 years old and was a great family pet.  She is missed by the whole family and by our other dog, Daisey.

Genealogy

• Barb and Dan (Texas) Kelsey, Melinda (Mindy)and Benjamin (Ben)
  [Samantha (Sam), Jacob (Jake) and Jason deceased]
• Barb and Jack (Virginia) Daisy [Rosie deceased]
• Tina and Jamie (Massachusetts) Bailey [Buddy and Buddy Junior (BJ) deceased]
• Babs (Florida) Molly
• Nancy and Mike (Massachusetts)  Brittany [Chloe, Sadie and Chloe Junior (CJ) deceased]
• Annie (Florida) [Missy  deceased]

Jake, the oldest, was not related to any other family dogs and came from a breeder in Texas.

Samatha and Buddy were siblings from different litters of the same parents from a breeder in Texas.

Missy came from a breeder in Eastern Massachusetts.

Missy and Buddy had two litters of pups.

There were three pups in the first litter, all females, Sadie, Rosie and Celia. (Celia was sold to another family in Greenfield, Massachusetts).

There were two pups in the second litter, one male, BJ and one female, Tyler. (Tyler was given to a relative in Virginia)

Chloe who was from a breeder in Texas and Chloe Junior was from a breeder in North Carolina. Neither are related to any other family dogs.

CJ and BJ bred and had a litter of five pups, two males and three females. One of the males died two days later. The remaining male was Bailey. The three females were Daisy, Molly and Brittany.

Of the dogs listed above as deceased, Buddy and Chloe, were killed in vehicular accidents.  All others passed of natural causes.

Jason and Kelsey were obtained from different breeders.

The two new pups are Melinda and Benjamin obtained from different breeders.