Comments on: Mickey Has Left The House http://cogdogblog.com/2004/09/29/mickey-has/ Alan Levine's blog space for barking about instructional technology Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:39:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: James Farmer http://cogdogblog.com/2004/09/29/mickey-has/#comment-829 James Farmer Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2004/09/29/mickey-has-left-the-house/#comment-829 Sorry to hear about that Alan, must have been very difficult indeed. It sounds like he had a pretty happy and adored life though and that's a pretty cool thing for a dog. Thoughts are with you & your family, James Sorry to hear about that Alan, must have been very difficult indeed. It sounds like he had a pretty happy and adored life though and that’s a pretty cool thing for a dog. Thoughts are with you & your family, James

]]> By: Stephen Downes http://cogdogblog.com/2004/09/29/mickey-has/#comment-830 Stephen Downes Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2004/09/29/mickey-has-left-the-house/#comment-830 I'm really sorry to hear this and send my condolances. I’m really sorry to hear this and send my condolances.

]]> By: blalor http://cogdogblog.com/2004/09/29/mickey-has/#comment-831 blalor Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2004/09/29/mickey-has-left-the-house/#comment-831 Alan, you have my deepest sympathies. My wife and I (both recently relocated from PHX to IND) are the proud, happy parents of three wonderful, spastic, sweet, devilish and extremely hairy mutts. I can only imagine the heartbreak you must be feeling now. I hope you and Mickey find peace. Alan, you have my deepest sympathies. My wife and I (both recently relocated from PHX to IND) are the proud, happy parents of three wonderful, spastic, sweet, devilish and extremely hairy mutts. I can only imagine the heartbreak you must be feeling now. I hope you and Mickey find peace.

]]> By: Jay Cross http://cogdogblog.com/2004/09/29/mickey-has/#comment-832 Jay Cross Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2004/09/29/mickey-has-left-the-house/#comment-832 My sympathies. Dog people can empathize; others won't quite get it. In 1960, our small, mongrel, family dog, Peanuts, apparently hopped a tall fence and grabbed a lamb by the throat, killing it on the spot. We would have hardly been less surprised had my little brother done the deed. We were living in a suburb of Paris and had not seen the incident. I rode my motorbike to some neighbors who had witnessed the attack. In my broken French, I asked again and again, "Are you sure? It was Peanuts?" They'd been fattening up our dog on table scraps and knew her well. "Oui, bien sur." It was our dog. We had her put to sleep that day. The penalty for a dog acting like a dog. Our neighbor's gardner said they ate lamb for a week. Sorry to hear about your loss. My sympathies. Dog people can empathize; others won’t quite get it.

In 1960, our small, mongrel, family dog, Peanuts, apparently hopped a tall fence and grabbed a lamb by the throat, killing it on the spot. We would have hardly been less surprised had my little brother done the deed.

We were living in a suburb of Paris and had not seen the incident. I rode my motorbike to some neighbors who had witnessed the attack. In my broken French, I asked again and again, “Are you sure? It was Peanuts?”

They’d been fattening up our dog on table scraps and knew her well. “Oui, bien sur.” It was our dog. We had her put to sleep that day. The penalty for a dog acting like a dog. Our neighbor’s gardner said they ate lamb for a week.

Sorry to hear about your loss.

]]> By: Rob Wall http://cogdogblog.com/2004/09/29/mickey-has/#comment-833 Rob Wall Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2004/09/29/mickey-has-left-the-house/#comment-833 Alan, you have my deepest sympathy. My family and I have lost a few pets over the years, including a couple that we had to decide it was time to put down - such a difficult decision! Alan, you have my deepest sympathy. My family and I have lost a few pets over the years, including a couple that we had to decide it was time to put down - such a difficult decision!

]]> By: Will Richardson http://cogdogblog.com/2004/09/29/mickey-has/#comment-834 Will Richardson Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2004/09/29/mickey-has-left-the-house/#comment-834 So sorry to hear about this, Alan. Brings back some hard memories about one of my dogs who was nipped by a car one day and, though she was alright physically, from that point on she just couldn't bear to be alone in the house. She just ripped and chewed it up, to the point where we tried medications, etc. but nothing worked. Eventually, I had to have her put down. It was the hardest thing to do to an otherwise healthy, fairly young friend. Hang in. So sorry to hear about this, Alan. Brings back some hard memories about one of my dogs who was nipped by a car one day and, though she was alright physically, from that point on she just couldn’t bear to be alone in the house. She just ripped and chewed it up, to the point where we tried medications, etc. but nothing worked. Eventually, I had to have her put down. It was the hardest thing to do to an otherwise healthy, fairly young friend. Hang in.

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