MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Jasper!!!
The New Offical Mutts of the House thread
mccauleytree
TreeHouser
He was a very good looking dog B!
PCTREE
Treehouser
Just checked this thread, sorry for your loss Mike. So hard to loose your best friend. My last dog died of natural causes at 16, had 1 bad day and died in the night. Such a great dog he didn't even make me put him down...
mccauleytree
TreeHouser
Thanks Paul, I appreciate it. That sounds like a very noble way for a dog to go out, especially after living what I am assuming was 16 great years.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Odd how 16 seems to be the magic number.
mastermind7864
Treehouser
So sorry for you loss Mike.
I understand how this feels. Just lost Ol' Blackjack a few months ago.
I understand how this feels. Just lost Ol' Blackjack a few months ago.
Burnham
Woods walker
Condolences, Randy.
mccauleytree
TreeHouser
Thanks Randy. And I am sorry to hear about Blackjack.
mastermind7864
Treehouser
I'll soon have to go through it again I'm afraid. My Redbone hound, Bowzer, is at an advanced age as well. He's been here with me since he was just a pup too, and is 12 or so.
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
Why do we do this to ourselves? Humans are strange.
I guess the companionship is worth it. Sometimes.
I guess the companionship is worth it. Sometimes.
mastermind7864
Treehouser
I wish dogs lived as long as humans....
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
I hope ole Bowzer surprises you Randy.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
No, though it might be somewhat easier to look after dogs compared to humans, old folks homes generally suck. I wouldn't hesitate to send an old dog to a Filipino staffed rest home though, they tend to be excellent and compassionate care givers. It must be something in their culture, perhaps respect for the aged.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
My nest dog is gonna be a tortoise. It can watch ME die, lol.
Burnham
Woods walker
That's a worse thing to put a dog through than the other way around, perhaps. When my father died, his Brittany spaniel was never the same. They were tight. She was lost without him, worse than me and my sister...though maybe not worse than my mother. But only maybe.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Burnham, it isn't the first time I have heard the story of a dog being lost when it's owner passed away. Sad. I have a friend couple that had a beloved aged Shepherd. They went to Europe for a year's stay and had to leave the dog with someone that would be house sitting. The dog seriously mopped around and ended up dying...perhaps of a broken heart. I think that my friend ended up questioning the wisdom in leaving the dog. It might still haunt them.
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
I got two turtles for sale!
The story of a dog in Fort Benton Montana who came to the station every morning for six years to wait for his dead master. Got old and was run over by a train.
Wikipedia under "Shep"
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Tortoises?
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
Nah, they are turtles. Red eared sliders. Tortoises would be cool though. I like desert stuff.
Butch, how do you link to a page like Wikipedia? I got the video thing figured out but would like to link an article once in a while.
Butch, how do you link to a page like Wikipedia? I got the video thing figured out but would like to link an article once in a while.
Burnham
Woods walker
It would haunt me, no doubt.
Faithful...if there is anything else but a dog that can carry that ideal to the extreme, I'm not sure what it might be.
mccauleytree
TreeHouser
Terribly sorry to hear that Jack. It is very tough. It is nice that your daughter and spouse got to say goodbye to her though and be with her til the end.
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
Sorry to hear that Jack.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
SouthSoundTree
Treehouser
Sorry guys.
Burnham
Woods walker
A bit too much of this going around the House 
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