Annie Camaro Brownhound, run in peace.
A composer with a love for science, Annie was born approximately Oct. 31, 1996, near Purcell, Okla., with strong sense of survival and a winning smile. Rescued from near-starvation as a tiny puppy, she was thought to be a whippet because of her small size. After several months of regular meals, she grew – a lot – into the long-leggedy, brown-eyed girl who had the ability to make friends wherever she went. While recovering from severe injuries inflicted by a hit-and-run driver in 2005, she taught herself to read by watching Animal Planet and looking at the pages of the National Geographic Atlas of the World, which she called “the Big Book of Maps.” Perhaps more importantly, over a period six months she learned to walk again and discovered the internet. Although not her native language, she became fluent in English, although she never lost the strong accent that sometimes made it difficult for two-footers to understand exactly what she was saying. She made up for that by writing about the subjects and friends that interested her most, both in words and music.
She was a graduate of Home School High School and took on-line classes in physics and modern American poetry from Yale. Her musical creations include an opera, “Guinefort,” about the first dog to become a saint. She was pleased to discover in mid-life that she was a princess, but she never bragged about it. She wasn’t that kind of girl.
She is survived by her mom; a younger sister, Lizbit; and a younger brother, Rusty, from whom she became estranged under mysterious circumstances. She would wish to note a special friend and confidante, Evil Squirrel, who lived in a tree in her back yard. At the Rainbow Bridge, she joins an array of older canine and feline siblings: Tigger, Ashley, Irish, Sammy, Oreo, Binky, Blackie, and others who preceded her in death. Refreshments will be served, including an unlimited supply of her favorite treat, pizza bones.
