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Our Adopted Cockapoo is Fifteen Today

BeBe (May 24, 2008) Happy Birthday, baby girl. You’re 76 years old in equivalent dog age.

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Sir Eight was a Very Faithful Dog even until Death

Hachikō (November 10, 1923 – March 8, 1935) Now, you knew I couldn’t let this rest until I’d looked at this dog astrologically. His birth chart is randomized. I was really wanting to see if there were any inconjuncts not … Continue reading

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Tearjerker: This Dog Met the 5 O’clock Train for 9 Years

Hachi: A Dog’s Tale (2009) I should have known better: with BeBe’s current state of health (and mind), this little film was going to break my heart. I blubbered a lot of tears. In October 2009, Christopher Lloyd of the Sarasota … Continue reading

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My Companion Through These Last Nine Years

BeBe is Facing an Uncertain Future She has been with me (and by my side) while I have posted on this webpage. Now, she has been diagnosed with impending renal failure. She may not have long to live. Her birthday … Continue reading

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On the Anniversary of My Youngest Daughter’s Birth:

An Image of BeBe Looking at Me with Those Puppy Dog Eyes Happy birthday, Rosanna. xo

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We Honestly Have Never Heard Her Do That Before

BeBe Howling in Her Sleep You wouldn’t think she had it in her. And for those in our extended family who have heard Bosco (a boxer) do it when he’s missing his ‘mom and dad’, you’d be surprised that the … Continue reading

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There’s a First Time for Everything, It Seems

Dirty Laundry BeBe woke me up from a fairly sound sleep at about 2:30 this morning. She needed to go outside to do her business, so she barked once. That was enough to get me out of bed, as usual. … Continue reading

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Our Pet Dog is Actually a Cockapoo!

BeBe She’s almost 14-and-a-half, now.

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It’s Taken More than Sixty-Five Years to Get Over It

Raven and Me In late summer, 1956, I was bitten by a German Shepherd. I was six years of age. It was traumatic to me, especially since I had been farmed out to the Duff family in New Lowell, while … Continue reading

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They Seek Her Here, They Seek Her There

The Doggies Seek Her Everywhere Is she in heaven, or is she in hell, That damned, elusive Chipmunk-elle?

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