He was a nice looking dog. I know he is missed, and will be for a long time. And I don't think you are being morbid at all!
I have been blessed with a number of companions. Every once and a while my wife and I sit and go through a "litany of remembrance" - my dogs, her dogs and cats, then our mutual dog and cats. Over the last 50 years I have lived with Blackie (Cocker, my brother's dog), Lisa (mostly Great Dane, my mother's dog), Houdini (Lisa's son by a neighborhood mastiff who was a great fence climber); Rin (my father's short-haired pointer); King Wenseslaus (sp?) (basset hound); Robbie (another Dane); Bubba (another Dane, this one a show dog, my mother's last dog, but he and I thought he was really mine). Then since I met my wife, the trend has been mostly to cats. Gatha (grey shorthaired cat), Galligaskins (large black and white shorthair); Oaxaca (black shorthaired cat), Muppie (Shitzu [I swore I would never be caught dead with a toy dog, but then my wife insisted I go to the pet store to see this guy]), Pharo (Abyssinian); Cattywumpus and Kittencaboodles (our current Main Coon cats). Every one of them was/is unique and had/has a special place in my life. I still miss every one. One fond memory - we lived in Paraguay where our house, like most, was in a fenced/walled-in yard. When repairmen etc. came through the front gate Blackie and Houdini would pull a two-pronged attack. Houdini, all 120 lbs of him, would come rushing around the corner of the house barking madly. We would hurriedly assure the visitors that he was nothing but bluff. Then Blackie would come around the corner, wagging not just her tail but her whole body. "Watch out" we would warn. They would ignore us, lean down to pet the cute friendly dog, and she would bite them on the hand or leg. Never really hurt anybody, but got their attention! stan On Mar 26, 2008, at 7:27 PM, Cory Waters wrote: > I don't want to be morbid, posting pictures of my departed pal but > I've > been looking all over my computer for this picture that I knew was > here > someplace. I found it on my server drive at work, of all places. > I may have posted this one to the list before, but it would have > been a > good long while ago. > http://cwaters.smugmug.com/gallery/2793835_9yqag#270924008_gmiC9-A-LB > > Peace, > Cory > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
