yeah, I've been thinking about getting a pound puppy, the things that are holding me back on doing that is the possible dog allergy I might have (I want to go to an allergist and be sure of that) and the possibility that the pound puppy might have problems that would be hard for my parents and I to deal with.

The possibility of the dog allergy is pretty strong. I was having all sorts of problems with food allergies when I still had TinyMonsters. Then, when he died, all of a sudden I wasnt having weird reactions to foods and it even seemed as if my seasonal allergies were better.

I think it's totally possible that TinyMonsters, the giant allergen that he was, could have been making some of my allergies worse. He was a walking dandruff factory. When I brushed him (every few days during the summer, once a month in the winter) the dandruff would come off like snow. He really liked to be brushed once he realized that the brush scratched his itchy back. I kind of miss doing that for him...we'd stand out side, with him on the cement bench so I wouldnt have to bend over much, and he'd get brushed out. I think the neighbors liked to watch too. I know my aunt would come over and talk to Tiny while he got brushed.

I still have people who live blocks away from us walk by and ask us what happened to TinyMonsters....these are people I dont think I've ever seen before (I have a horrible memory for faces and names), and they know my dog and not me.

If Tiny were here tho, he'd remember them. He remembered everyone he'd ever sniffed.