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[sal_amanda]

On a more somber note, I wanted to mark the passing of a member of the family.  

A little over 12 years ago, Julie went to the SPCA and found this poor, pathetic dog.  He was a three year old greyhound/lab mix.  He was completely skin and bones.  He'd had his tail amputated so he was wearing this neon green bandage on his little stub and he had on one of those plastic lampshade things to keep him from biting it.  I have no idea how she convinced Mom to bring this dog home.  

Perhaps it was the way he wagged his entire rear end to compensate for lack of tail.  Or how he was an exact lookalike for the Simpsons dog.  Or the way he refused to believe he was anything other than a person, and certainly not an actual dog.  

Whatever it was, Doc was a really and truly great dog.  His first three years might not have been so good, but overall, I'd say he had 15 years well lived.  

And I'd like to think he's off somewhere chasing (and catching) his fill of groundhogs.

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[soltantosogni.livejournal.com]

...what on EARTH does he have on his feet?

[sal_amanda]

Doggy shoes. My mom goes for a lot of walks along the canal, rain or shine. And sometimes it gets icy, which is not so great for a dog's feet. My sister got him the shoes and he was trying them out, making for this absolutely fantastic picture. John just found those here today as we had used them for Beezley when he had his knee surgery and were trying to keep the mud off his bandages.

[i-am-solid.livejournal.com]

*sigh*

I was going to call over the weekend and see if it had really happened, but I was pretty sure it had and I didn't want to know. I hope it was really necessary and that it is a good thing.

[sal_amanda]

Well, he was having a pretty rapid decline lately. Considering how attached she was to him, I don't think she would have done it unnecessarily. I'm actually surprised that she was able to go through with it.