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I am feeling particularly sad today as yesterday I had to put down my nineteen year old pup. What is your favorite memory with your dogs? (lemmy.ml)

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Edit: Thank you all for your condolences and the beautiful snippets from your own furry friends. It is so special to be loved by an animal and love them back.

After nineteen years together, we had many beautiful memories and adventures together, but one of my favorite was when we visited the beach. She absolutely loved it and would run up and down chasing seagulls and barking at coming waves as happy as can be.

I will miss you forever, Tandi♥️

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Scott had a lot of nicknames. Scotty, Scottato, Scottocles, and of course, Scott Von Scott of the Scottsdale Scotts who did Scott so Scottily in the war of Scotteen Twelve. He particularly enjoyed that one lol

He loved going places, but he hated being in the car, which I always found kind of funny. He'd always happily jump into the car, but then he'd whine the entire trip until we got wherever we were going.

One time we went out camping, and it was a several hour drive. He whined the whole way, and I was so mad at him. We got there though, and we hiked a few miles out to the camping spots. They were pretty much all taken, but my husband and I did not have the energy to hike back down in the dark. So, we found an out of the way spot that wasn't on top of any foliage and set up our tent. It was on a slope, so that night was basically a mandatory cuddle party while we slid into each other and tried to sleep.

The next day we gathered everything up and hiked back out to the car. Scott pulled on his leash the whole way back, but when we got to the car and started driving he hardly whined at all. He was very ready to be home, just like we were. It was a dark, rainy, uncomfortable night, but it would have been so much worse without my big galoot there.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

That is awesome! I love it when dogs "get it" when you've been trying to tell them what's best for them. My dog loves to be lazy and sit in the sun in the garden, and it takes a lot to fire him up for a walk. When he does get back though, he is absolutely knackered and it's lovely feeling him lie down on my feet to sleep.

Scott sounds like a cracking boi. Thank you for sharing.