A boy and his Dog (1335 hits)
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Submitted by The Drake... (View user info) at 2007-11-06 21:34:48 EST
I remember when I first met you. I had wanted to find someone just like you for years and had almost given up the search when you fell into my lap. Your big brown eyes. Your black hair and that little patch of white on the end of your tail. You were my first dog. You were my first love.
I remember when I brought you home, Nichole thought I was spending too much time with you and not enough with her. But she couldn't understand. She could never know the connection between a boy and his dog. I could just hold your little warm puppy body and fall into you like you were holding me. You could warm me on the coldest day. You were my dog.
You weren't very bright. You didn't sit down. You didn't roll over. You didn't lay down. You didn't stay off the couch. You never stopped chewing those shoes. Your bark could split an atom. Your breath was enough to make James Bond stutter. You were fast enough to run away when I wanted you to come home, yet slow enough to take 7 minutes to cross an entire queen size bed when I yelled at you to "get off my damn pillow".
Every time there was a knock at the door, you were there, ready to protect me. Ready to die for me. Without a moment's hesitation, you would be between me and whomever was at the door. And as soon as you knew it was someone familiar, there was no hesitation in burying your nose in whatever it could reach.
I remember with the time you nearly killed yourself in my car window.
I remember the time you nearly burned yourself to death chasing that rabbit.
I remember when you jumped over the rail only to realize it was the rail to the stairs, and an 8 foot drop.
That time you locked my keys in my car while it was running. Absolutely entertaining.
I remember you digging through the gun cabinet and eating all those bullets.
I remember you eating that cat.
But you have to wake up from every dream. All good things have to come to an end. And something else that signifies the finality of stuff...
My dog is gone. He was taken from me Monday, October 29, 2007. And along with it, a piece of myself.
This one time I saw a movie called "All dogs go to Heaven." I hope it's true. I hope you spend the rest of eternity digging up bones with other dogs who sound like Dom DeLuise. I hope there are a million different butts a day to sniff. I hope there are a million stumps to pee on, and fields as long as you can run. Rabbits to hunt. Birds to catch, and roads to cross without the fear of ever getting hit.
Goodbye, old friend.
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Submitted by congo (user info) at 2008-08-13 17:08:38 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2008-04-04 08:35:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-03-22 18:29:35 EDT (#)
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Aw
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-03-22 17:44:57 EDT (#)
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WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN?
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2007-12-03 22:43:51 EST (#)
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*http://www.ubersite.com/m/113415#2592654
you let me down
I'm waiting!
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-11-29 23:23:59 EST (#)
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Hullo Drake! Glad to see ya 'round.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-11-08 20:22:15 EST (#)
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Ouch.
Submitted by BrittInToledo (user info) at 2007-11-08 18:19:02 EST (#)
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I told myself I wouldn't cry.
Didn't work.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2007-11-08 17:03:35 EST (#)
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Fuck. You made an old man cry, ya fuckin' jerk. . .
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2007-11-08 16:43:38 EST (#)
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FUCK YOU IN THE ASS FOR POSTING THIS!!!! :) :)
We have lost two dogs in the last three years, and the 16 year-old Border Collie is about to go.
Luckily, we have a four year-old Australian Shepard/Malamute and an eleven month-old Border Collie.
Losing a dog is right up there with losing a child, at least to me and my wife.
Get another dog and smother it with affection. You won't regret it. . .
Submitted by TheDoctor (user info) at 2007-11-08 09:13:18 EST (#)
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Submitted by TheDoctor (user info) at 2007-11-08 06:34:49 EST (#)
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Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2007-11-08 06:26:15 EST (#)
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That's life I guess.
Doesn't mean it doesn't suck.....
Sorry for your loss, been there myself.
Submitted by St_Jimmy (user info) at 2007-11-07 20:16:35 EST (#)
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Drake!!
I clicked on this post expecting a hilarious Drake ancedote involving a dog.
Gotta admit man, this kind of bummed me out.
Sorry about your dog, though it sounds like he had a good run.
On a totally relevant sidenote, I believe I own that exact same toaster.
Small world.
Submitted by Entaran (user info) at 2007-11-07 19:57:59 EST (#)
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There's no connection in the world like a man and his dog.
It trancends the connection between a man and his family.
A really good dog is worth more than your son. I have three dogs, they'd all die for me and I for them I think.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-11-07 18:18:54 EST (#)
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Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-11-07 13:48:56 EST (#)
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ATTN: ROB
if some hugs are good, wouldn't MORE hugs be better? i submit to you that they would.
i am right.
again.
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More hugs are always better.
I welcome and distrubute them rather freely, in fact.
Doesn't change the fact that I don't feel I could 'use' more.
ergo: you are wrong. Yet, even in your wrongness you are right.
So nice work, eh.
Submitted by triangle_man (user info) at 2007-11-07 18:04:33 EST (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-11-07 13:03:02 EST (#)
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Submitted by triangle_man (user info) at 2007-11-07 17:59:10 GMT (#)
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tough break
sounds like the dog lived a good life because of you
My dog ate light bulbs once...
go rescue a puppy from the pound when you're ready
Dogs need you and vice versa
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What the fuck does a human need a dog for? That makes no fucking sense.
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have you ever cared for something? or someone?
Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2007-11-07 14:52:47 EST (#)
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Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-11-07 13:48:56 EST (#)
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ATTN: ROB
if some hugs are good, wouldn't MORE hugs be better? i submit to you that they would.
i am right.
again.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-11-07 13:06:57 EST (#)
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attn scourge: Not true. I, for example, am very pleased with both my current and historical level of hugs.
However - I would agree that MOST people need more.
OK... Who wants one?
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-11-07 13:03:31 EST (#)
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Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2007-11-07 05:51:03 EST (#)
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That was a really dramatic reaction to my opinion on pets, which I'm entitled to have. Does the fact that I don't kiss everyone's ass make me a miserable person?
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It's only as dramatic as you are willing to make it there princess. I assure you they are little more than just words on the page.
You are absolutely entitled to be a cunt - and lets face it sister, you rock that shit out.
I'd suggest the fact yer a miserable person makes you a miserable person. Shame that you never learned that being thoughtful and nice to strangers doesn't necessarily equate to "kissing ass".
You and iddqd should get a room.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-11-07 13:03:02 EST (#)
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Submitted by triangle_man (user info) at 2007-11-07 17:59:10 GMT (#)
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tough break
sounds like the dog lived a good life because of you
My dog ate light bulbs once...
go rescue a puppy from the pound when you're ready
Dogs need you and vice versa
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What the fuck does a human need a dog for? That makes no fucking sense.
Submitted by triangle_man (user info) at 2007-11-07 12:59:10 EST (#)
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tough break
sounds like the dog lived a good life because of you
My dog ate light bulbs once...
go rescue a puppy from the pound when you're ready
Dogs need you and vice versa
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-11-07 12:27:32 EST (#)
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hahaha, true below
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-11-07 12:23:12 EST (#)
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Submitted by Paralyzed_By_Hope (user info) at 2007-11-07 10:29:29 EST (#)
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Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-11-07 10:07:23 EST (#)
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Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-11-06 22:59:23 EST (#)
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you know, at the risk of a cheap shot against me, this place can be quite compassionate and friendly. I appreciate this, everyone.
i've been surprised here for sure.
You all can pretend you're bastards, but probably each and every one of you has a fuzzy inside. But I suppose that could just be the mold growing from not using your hearts as often as you should. Seriously, I can see uber has heart. No matter how hard you all try to hide it.
no, people here are bastard coated bastards with bastard filling.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-11-07 12:21:23 EST (#)
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Love the B listers.
Submitted by Lib (user info) at 2007-11-07 12:19:57 EST (#)
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Sad
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-11-07 11:52:08 EST (#)
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Missed The_Drake.
Sorry about The_Drake's dog.
ATTN: rob_berg, everyone could use a few more hugs in life. i, for instance, could use a few more mouth hugs per day.
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-11-07 11:45:12 EST (#)
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Submitted by czwij (user info) at 2007-11-07 05:37:56 EST (#)
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Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2007-11-07 05:14:48 EST (#)
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My five kittens go to their new homes tonight. It makes me sad for mummy cat.
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any "homes" of the asian persuation?
if so, "kung pao" means; free meat from those dumb ass round eyes.
just thot you should know.
sorry about the dog.
dog meat tastes like rabbit, which in turn isn't very good, unless done in a rich cream sauce to get rid of the cagyness (spelling?).
still, it seems as though you are eating a rat (pork sechuan).
again, my condolences on the dog.
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That actually made me laugh. you get a +5.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-11-07 10:36:16 EST (#)
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"nasty" People on Ubersite tend not to be genuinly nasty, they tend to just be trashy and crude.
Apart from Kaelic of course. He gave Hannah Aids so he could pimp her for charity money and raped Lojope for the crack.
Submitted by Paralyzed_By_Hope (user info) at 2007-11-07 10:29:29 EST (#)
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Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-11-07 10:07:23 EST (#)
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Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-11-06 22:59:23 EST (#)
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you know, at the risk of a cheap shot against me, this place can be quite compassionate and friendly. I appreciate this, everyone.
i've been surprised here for sure.
You all can pretend you're bastards, but probably each and every one of you has a fuzzy inside. But I suppose that could just be the mold growing from not using your hearts as often as you should. Seriously, I can see uber has heart. No matter how hard you all try to hide it.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-11-07 10:07:23 EST (#)
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Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-11-06 22:59:23 EST (#)
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you know, at the risk of a cheap shot against me, this place can be quite compassionate and friendly. I appreciate this, everyone.
i've been surprised here for sure.
Submitted by sexualchocolate1984 (user info) at 2007-11-07 09:44:30 EST (#)
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You should have kept it in more of a "calm submissive state", been "the pack leader"
shame, sorry about the dog.
Submitted by Paralyzed_By_Hope (user info) at 2007-11-07 09:22:48 EST (#)
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Puppy. :(
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-11-07 09:08:37 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by keitsith (user info) at 2007-11-07 08:20:20 EST (#)
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dude,
sorry about your dog.
Submitted by moneyshotforyou (user info) at 2007-11-07 07:22:07 EST (#)
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Sorry to hear that. Keep your chin up.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-11-07 05:55:31 EST (#)
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Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2007-11-07 05:51:03 EST (#)
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That was a really dramatic reaction to my opinion on pets, which I'm entitled to have. Does the fact that I don't kiss everyone's ass make me a miserable person?
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Chill Lisa. He's probably just a bit prickly that the only living creature that can show him unconditional love dies after 15 years.
Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2007-11-07 05:51:03 EST (#)
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That was a really dramatic reaction to my opinion on pets, which I'm entitled to have. Does the fact that I don't kiss everyone's ass make me a miserable person?
Submitted by czwij (user info) at 2007-11-07 05:37:56 EST (#)
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Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2007-11-07 05:14:48 EST (#)
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My five kittens go to their new homes tonight. It makes me sad for mummy cat.
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any "homes" of the asian persuation?
if so, "kung pao" means; free meat from those dumb ass round eyes.
just thot you should know.
sorry about the dog.
dog meat tastes like rabbit, which in turn isn't very good, unless done in a rich cream sauce to get rid of the cagyness (spelling?).
still, it seems as though you are eating a rat (pork sechuan).
again, my condolences on the dog.
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2007-11-07 05:14:48 EST (#)
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My five kittens go to their new homes tonight. It makes me sad for mummy cat.
Submitted by orph (user info) at 2007-11-07 05:06:56 EST (#)
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Made me quite sad.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-11-07 04:49:32 EST (#)
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Cats > Dogs.
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2007-11-07 04:47:06 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-11-07 03:48:08 EST (#)
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Just to further the thought below: just because you CAN do something, doesn't mean you should.
Complacency is arguably the greatest enabler of stupidity.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-11-07 03:26:22 EST (#)
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Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2007-11-07 02:14:00 EST (#)
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I'll never understand why people spend money to feed and house animals. You have to pick up their shit, they tear up your belongings, and what do they provide for you? Their "love" is just a shallow dependence on you for the food you provide.
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Duh,
Because it makes them happy, silly. I don't particularly like pets myself - but Pebbles is pretty fucking cute and I know my best friend loves that little yappy dog.
You seem to have desperately damaged little soul there princess. Seems to me you have some healing to do away from this nasty little shit hole. I truly dig that your hobby is coming here and unloading your misery on the collection of nerds around here.
Heck, you really did seem fairly enjoyable most of the time - for an uppity angry wee bitch n' all - but showing up here and acting like such a detached, thoughtless cunt on post about a guy losing his dog?
really?
you = FAIL
I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest you probably could've used a few more hugs in your life.
Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2007-11-07 02:14:00 EST (#)
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I'll never understand why people spend money to feed and house animals. You have to pick up their shit, they tear up your belongings, and what do they provide for you? Their "love" is just a shallow dependence on you for the food you provide.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-11-07 01:51:49 EST (#)
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Crappy-ness.
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2007-11-07 01:46:54 EST (#)
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I miss my dog. She's getting old and her hips are starting to give out. She hobbles now when she used to shake the house when she ran. Every time I come home from school she's noticeably worse.
:(
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2007-11-07 00:26:43 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Creepy_guy (user info) at 2007-11-07 00:05:28 EST (#)
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Sorry for your loss man...
*remembers own dead dog*
*emo tears*
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-11-06 23:46:44 EST (#)
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Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-11-06 23:46:33 EST (#)
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Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2007-11-06 23:06:38 EST (#)
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Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-11-06 22:59:23 EST (#)
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you know, at the risk of a cheap shot against me, this place can be quite compassionate and friendly. I appreciate this, everyone.
*****
Drake, if anyone here takes a cheap shot against you, that person is/should be slapped, killed, eviscerated, etc.
Now maybe you understand why I love animals more than people. Maybe. . .
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-11-06 23:05:01 EST (#)
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*rethinks 'fag below' cheapshot*
I loves ya.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-11-06 23:03:59 EST (#)
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Yes. We're very sensitive.
In that vein, I cried like a baby when I lost Maggie.
Beautiful dog, by the way. (Yours, I mean. Maggie was goofy looking.)
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-11-06 22:59:23 EST (#)
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you know, at the risk of a cheap shot against me, this place can be quite compassionate and friendly. I appreciate this, everyone.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2007-11-06 22:52:30 EST (#)
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Goddamn you, you asshole!!
In the last two years we have lost two old dogs, and the one who is now 16 years old is about to go.
Sorry, I didn't want to call you a name, but you hurt my heart.
I feel your pain, and I know exactly how you feel.
Like Jack McC said, get another, because there is always room for more love.
I will cry a real tear for your lost friend. . . .
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-11-06 22:50:12 EST (#)
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Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2007-11-06 22:42:05 EST (#)
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It's good that your dog had a home where he was loved.
When you are ready, however long from now that may be, I hope you'll go to the local shelter and think about getting another dog. Not as a replacement, but as another friend. It's amazing how much room there is in the human heart for just one more.
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That's a nice expression.
I lost my old hound last year. Rough.
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-11-06 22:48:55 EST (#)
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Thanks, Jack. I appreciate that.
One day maybe. It's just a period of adjustment right now.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2007-11-06 22:42:05 EST (#)
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It's good that your dog had a home where he was loved.
When you are ready, however long from now that may be, I hope you'll go to the local shelter and think about getting another dog. Not as a replacement, but as another friend. It's amazing how much room there is in the human heart for just one more.
Submitted by Rejection (user info) at 2007-11-06 22:29:32 EST (#)
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Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2007-11-06 22:18:31 EST (#)
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Solidarity.
http://www.ubersite.com/m/83878
Submitted by Fartman (user info) at 2007-11-06 22:06:07 EST (#)
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Love The Drake.
In a strictly platonic way, of course.
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2007-11-06 22:02:34 EST (#)
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beautiful dog
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-11-06 21:56:30 EST (#)
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Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2007-11-06 21:46:23 EST (#)
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You creative bastard. You've found a way to steal MY thoughts. Well, I'll soon come up with a machine to fix that, but till then, I'm watching you.
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I can let you borrow it. It comes with a clock radio.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2007-11-06 21:54:01 EST (#)
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Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-11-06 21:50:25 EST (#)
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Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2007-11-06 21:44:55 EST (#)
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You should knock up Nichole, kids last longer.
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Funnily enough, I did.
Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2007-11-06 21:47:39 EST (#)
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What kind of name is Nichole?
Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2007-11-06 21:46:23 EST (#)
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You creative bastard. You've found a way to steal MY thoughts. Well, I'll soon come up with a machine to fix that, but till then, I'm watching you.
Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2007-11-06 21:46:00 EST (#)
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I reread that post and LOLed.
Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2007-11-06 21:44:55 EST (#)
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You should knock up Nichole, kids last longer.
Your title reminds me of this: http://www.ubersite.com/m/91959
Submitted by experima (user info) at 2007-11-06 21:39:57 EST (#)
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sorry. i know how it feels.
:(
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-11-06 21:39:48 EST (#)
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You weren't very bright. You didn't sit down. You didn't roll over. You didn't lay down. You didn't stay off the couch. You never stopped chewing those shoes. Your bark could split an atom. Your breath was enough to make James Bond stutter. You were fast enough to run away when I wanted you to come home, yet slow enough to take 7 minutes to cross an entire queen size bed when I yelled at you to "get off my damn pillow".
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Aw, I'm sorry to hear. I miss my dalmatian, Casey, too..this brings back memories. RIP, boy.