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  1. CGar;

    I’ve been meaning to send this message to you. I discovered that you had to put your dog asleep while I was away. All I can say is that I understand well what you are going through, having done so myself recently. My condolences.

  2. I dunno, benson- it’s one thing to have a tiny westie go crazy, but you should be grateful the big oafish mutt didn’t.You might have major breakage in the dining room and need a new couch.

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    A study in dogs
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    The week before last, my wife and I went on vacation. When we had our dearly-departed Westie, the best part of our vacation would be coming home to him. Upon seeing us return, he would go beserk for a good half-hour. He would run around the dining room table 20 times, and jump on and off the couch about 40 times, tail wagging furiously and barking his head off. After this 1/2 hour welcome reception, he would then proceed to let us know that, while happy to see us, he was pissed that we had the nerve to go on vacation without him. He would be stand-offish for a good week or so.

    And so it was with anticipation that we came from our recent vacation, hoping that we would get a similiar welcome reception from our recently-adopted dog (big oafish mutt from the shelter). The door opened into our apartment, and there she was. She saw us, wagged her tail a bit, sniffed the luggage and that was it. Right back into our usual routine – and she had no grudges about our being away.

    I miss my Westie. He was such a rascal.

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