PEACHY'S PET PALS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH PECKIE ARBUS: After fourteen years Peckie breaks his silence and sits down for an exclusive feature with Whom You Know thanks to his human mother, Mover and Shaker Loreen Arbus!!!

Peckie Arbus doesn’t like to admit his age … but he’s 14 ½ years young.  He was a ‘boo boo’ (thus, nicknamed Peckie Boo.)  His human mother, Loreen Arbus, rescued his birth mom, a Shitzu, named Chile.  Loreen immediately brought Chile to the Vet for a check up and was told Chile wasn’t ready to be fixed, it was too soon.  That same evening, Chile had a one-night stand with a much older gentleman who gave her a night to remember.  He was a Tibetan Terrier named Weebie whom Loreen had rescued many years before when her very first Argentine Tango teacher decided to leave the U.S. (to escape his girlfriend) …

Peckie has five brothers and sisters.  Loreen kept three out of the litter (Peckie along with girls, Cowgirl and Toddie).  She wrote a contract with the adopting parents of the other three pups and her Agreement with them stipulated two clauses:

1) they’d make best efforts to attend the Annual “Doggy Birthday Party” (going strong for 14 years now!) and

2) Loreen would have first right of refusal if the (human) parents couldn’t keep their adopted (pup) baby.

Loreen later auditioned Peckie’s sisters and his mother, Chile, as “travel dogs”, taking them across the country.  They all MISERABLY failed (barking, whining, clawing out of the Sherpa bag, etc.) - - except for Peckie!  The shining star of Tranquil Travel.  Loreen loves all her dogs equally, Peckie just a little more.

Peckie would have you (and the Queen of England, if he and Loreen were invited to Tea) believe his name connotes that he was Low in the pecking order in his litter.  Actually, it is true.  He was a slow learner - - last to figure out how to nurse, to climb out of the blow-up plastic pool-whelping-bed, to navigate stairs … (Goes to show, never pre-judge!  He turned out to be the smartest of all - - he has 2 Ph d(ogs) from Harvard.)  It so happens he was also the homeliest which is why he got to be a Chosen One (of three) from the litter of six.  (For several months, his face had but one feature - - a huge black, wet blob - - much later he grew a structure to complement and give context to the nose.)  He’s very modest but he’s always being asked to pose for pictures, so handsome did he become.

Here, for the first time in print, brought to you by Peachy Deegan who breaks MAJOR stories, is the real truth about his name … It stems from his proclivity for assuming the position whereby it is easier to give him a tummy rub.

There isn’t a more friendly, responsible, brilliant, adaptable, happier-go-lucky, more loyal nor sweeter four-legged companion than Peckie.  His Excellency represents Excellence Everywhere so he is honored to represent Peachy’s Pet Pals in his travels about Manhattan, The States, and other countries.  We look forward to keeping up with Peckie Arbus at Whom You Know!