I saw this on Facebook and thought I'd share,
'Hello Everyone: The staff, volunteers, dogs and cats suffered a great loss yesterday. Our long time volunteer, Keith Marker," suddenly passed away. I would like to tell you about Keith. Keith has been coming to the shelter every day on his lunch break to walk some of our dogs. Not only did he walk the dogs, he would often bring special treats for every dog in the kennel. Not just commercial made dog treats, but homemade goodies such as ham and cheese roll-ups that he rolled and cut into bite size pieces. Sometimes he would bring a box or two of chicken McNuggets. On the weekends, Keith would come and take one of the dogs on a special outing for a walk around Cooper River or Audubon Lake. On Fridays, Keith would pop in after work to see if he could lend a hand in the kennel so the staff could leave a little early or even right at 5. Keith came and helped out every holiday and snow day. We could always count on Keith. Sometimes, if he was in the mood, he would drive the staff a little crazy. You could hear the girls holler, "Keith! Knock it off." Always playing around and creating a bit of havoc. He made us all laugh. Keith adopted his two dogs, Jake and Edie, from Almost Home. Keith was dedicated to both the people and the animals at Almost Home. We will miss him very much. Please bare with us as we grieve and become accustomed to Keith not being here every day to lend a helping hand. RIP Dear Friend. Here are some pictures of Keith and the dogs he loved.'
This just tells you the type of person Pipz was. He brought all this to the game, and so much more. I'm still shocked, and I wish this wasn't true. Pipz would always, always check in on me, and I'm going to miss that so much.
But just remember this for those of us who knew him, he's not really gone, he's in our memories, he's in our hearts, and he's always going to be there cheering us on no matter what we do in life, and he'll be waiting on us till it's our turn.
