Archer Harrington

People let me tell you about my best friend…

My boy Archer, by Lisa Harrington

While driving to work one day, I spotted this little miniature pincher pup running in traffic. I pulled my car over immediately, opened the door and he jumped right in, grabbed the breakfast burrito I had just gotten from McDonalds and made his was to the back seat for breakfast and a nap. Little did I know that he would be my best friend, my soul dog and one of the biggest heartbreaks of my life. Archer was named after my father who was a Nevada State Archery Champion and had just passed. Archer, also known as Archito, my fuzzy buddy, Archerboy was my constant companion for 12 years. He would come to my classroom with me and my students loved him! Well except for Chandler who for some reason had the chosen backpack that Archer deemed necessary to “mark”. Sorry Chandler. Archer joined me on an off-road trip and got car sick. Archer went swimming with me and hated it. Archer would run out the front door like a bat out of hell every chance he got, but he also had to be in my lap or by my side anytime I wasn’t standing. We endured the pandemic together and when teaching online, he was always in my lap. I wept with him in my arms following the loss of a cherished friend. He loved dancing with his Auntie Irma, eating everything he could get his teeth into (especially those McDonalds burritos)and sleeping “teddy bear style” with me every single night. Just a year ago June, following a brief illness, I had to say goodbye. I get a pit in my stomach as I write this…There is a piece of my heart that will never be filled. He is survived by me, his person, his Nina Eileen and Nino Luben who would snack him and send home treats regularly, his min-pin brother and sister Callie and Kona, that pesky cat Jaxson, his girlfriend Penny from the dog park, the neighbors outdoor cat Kozmo who loved to taunt him through the sliding glass and their two boys Koufax and Kooper who provided hours of “bark” time through the fence. Not a day goes by that I don’t miss my boy. I love you with all of my heart. I’m trusting that he met up with my Dad at that Rainbow Bridge and by the time I join them, he’ll be even more spoiled than he was on Earth.