Pets

[Seul]

By Odin's beard!.. That's a cute pupper!..

[Signal11]

@Giles:

By cheating, but charming the adjudicator?

Yep, Loki worthy.

[Giles]

[Chap]

Ellie

[Aetas]

Beautiful pic @Chap

After rising a triple of kids for the last 12 years, it was time to let a new member into the family! 

An Airedale Terrier

He is four weeks old at the moment.

[den1mhead]

Congrats @Aetas and family on your soon-to-be newest member of the family 

[RoxRocks86]

How exciting!!! & what a total cutie

[dinobarnesberlin]

Babysitting Rico today— he’s always in a good mood

[Chap]

Nice pic @dinobarnesberlin

Ellie, 888-NT and 263-NAV

[dinobarnesberlin]

@Chap:

Nice pic @dinobarnesberlin

Thanks @Chap
Ellie looks like a big sweetheart

[SergeyP]

Yasha

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

My lap is a perpetual cat bed.

[xtcclassic]

Wrigley

[xtcclassic]

Zoey

[hairydangler]

Lisa is taking good care of Mona. A bonded pair.

[Graeme]

How dog breeds are related.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/ng-interactive/2020/oct/25/interactive-see-how-your-favourite-dog-breeds-are-related-to-each-other

[Aetas]

Bandana time for the 13 weeks old Airdale called Henry.

[kkibbey23]

What a great looking dog!!

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[RoxRocks86]

Oh my dog!!! What a cutie!

[QuantumMechanic]

If this is not appropriate I am sorry please remove, but I'm a wreck at the moment.

My wife and I had to let our dog, Berkeley, go today. He quickly developed congestive heart failure and because the right side of his heart grew it was unable to pump efficiently. This caused the valves of his heart to leak plasma into his belly.

It will be 10 years ago tomorrow that we brought him home from the breeders and in that time we were hardly separated. The house is so quiet and the spot beside me on the couch is vacant. Like how I currently feel.

You see 8 years ago I was struck by a car and I got a traumatic brain injury and became disabled. When I got home from the hospital it was as if Berkeley knew that our relationship had changed. That we couldn't do all the things that we once did.

I am able to walk because of Berkeley. He saved the day care owner from a pitty attack and then would not let the paramedics near her. He protected my wife from an unsavoury character one night. He also defended me from an attacking 200lb St. Bernard. He helped train our puppy Emerson. He was the only dog in the history of the day care to have free roam of the place…and his nick name was the puppy-sitter.

I could go on...but as brave as he was - he was equally as kind. He would greet everyone with a big smile and a wiggle of his butt...he loved babies and children and would wine non-stop until he could give them a little kiss. He was my best friend forever.

If you've read this far thank-you and I'm sorry to have bummed anyone out, but I didn't know what else to do. Maybe give your furry friend an extra cookie for Berkeley.

Berkeley my beautiful boy may you be well, happy and peaceful. May you be free of fear and pain. You are loved.