Posted in In Memoriam

I spoke with my parents an hour ago. Their dog Bernard died on Friday. Bernard was the family dog that I never lived with. He came to my parent's home after one of my father's coworkers had to rid of one of her many dogs. She had horses too, I think. Her husband said they had too many animals in the house and one had to go. Both Bernard a… read more

Posted in In Memoriam

I've written about Sinjin and, of course, The Dog and Tigger but there is someone I've neglected up to this point, Max. I don't count Pabst as my first dog since I have only very fuzzy memories of the guy, known more through photos than actually playing with him. Max was a mutt in all the best senses of the breed. I'm not certain where my pa… read more

Posted in In Memoriam

Working with the animals at LHS and writing these journals has put past pets into my mind. When I was in high school, i think it was, my brothers and I finally convinced our parents that the home had been empty of pets for too long and it was time to find another critter. We spent a while looking at the paper and driving around the area looking… read more