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CDB Entry: Mickey Has Left The House

Wed, 29 Sep 2004 15:19:25 -0700

Please excuse our regularly scheduled blogging for a sad announcement. Today we had to put down my labrador retriever, Mickey, normally the dog on the banner image for this blog. As warm and affectionate he was with humans, this dog...

comment by: James Farmer

Wed, 29 Sep 2004 16:45:21 -0700

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

comment by: Stephen Downes

Wed, 29 Sep 2004 16:50:25 -0700

I'm really sorry to hear this and send my condolances.

comment by: blalor

Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:22:06 -0700

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.

comment by: Jay Cross

Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:33:16 -0700

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.

comment by: Rob Wall

Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:37:11 -0700

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!

comment by: Will Richardson

Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:48:44 -0700

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.