tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5941998686502295912.post4011549421064562396..comments2011-03-09T19:09:47.022-07:00Comments on non-obligatory blogging: the grand duke of hop canyonLauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512111486519963920noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5941998686502295912.post-60267565655017092802008-11-11T10:19:00.000-07:002008-11-11T10:19:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5941998686502295912.post-42329192087677316622008-09-10T21:49:00.000-06:002008-09-10T21:49:00.000-06:00mk - thank you so much for your kind and understan...mk - thank you so much for your kind and understanding comments. It's been tough. Duke died on Tuesday, August 26, just five days after I wrote this blog entry. We had a wonderful weekend together -- he was so improved that I would've sworn he was recovering somehow. I was a mess that first week after he was gone but day by day I'm a little more able to accept it, though like you said about your experience, I'm still crying whenever I think of him. I've thought about getting a puppy but I can't quite believe that I will ever find another dog friend like Duke. He's a hard act to follow. :)Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01512111486519963920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5941998686502295912.post-41601933629516294412008-09-10T21:28:00.000-06:002008-09-10T21:28:00.000-06:00i am so sorry. we lost a wonderful 10 yo to a sple...i am so sorry. we lost a wonderful 10 yo to a splenic tumor- teddy's burst and he bled out. we didn't know he had the tumor until that happened. this was 4 months after our other dog was put down at 13 1/2 and one week after we brought the new puppy home. i swear teddy waited for me to have halle.<BR/><BR/>and i still cry when i think about him- nearly 2 years later.<BR/><BR/>i try to remember that every day is a gift. not just with the dogs, but with friends and family too. as your story makes clear.<BR/><BR/>anyway- thoughts with all of you. may duke have an easy transition, and the rest of you hold him in your hearts with joy.mariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02161286244652942493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5941998686502295912.post-45810806665859366372008-08-22T15:37:00.000-06:002008-08-22T15:37:00.000-06:00The funny thing is Leau, he's always been a bit ha...The funny thing is Leau, he's always been a bit hard to convince that he should actually give up the stick. He's quite proud of them and has sometimes hauled some of Ivan's wood pile down the hill to our house. :) There even some times when it was like he was looking for bigger and bigger sticks -- he'd come up to us with these four foot branches he'd found.<BR/><BR/>I know Nic, I didn't mean for the blog to be a tear-jerker -- I just needed to get it all out. I love you!Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01512111486519963920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5941998686502295912.post-16582562514147053582008-08-22T14:52:00.000-06:002008-08-22T14:52:00.000-06:00Mom, I cried and sobbed the entire time I was read...Mom, I cried and sobbed the entire time I was reading this.... He has been the best dog that I have ever known and to lose him really digs deep into wounds of past losses that we have experienced.... I have been hurting this week because of issues in our family and of Dukey. It is so painful and I am grieving with you mom, for there is NO dog who can take the place of Duke! Not even Brewster or Mocha!<BR/><BR/>I love you Mommy and you are NOT alone!!! I love Duke too!<BR/><BR/>Love, Nic!Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00043902043758568457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5941998686502295912.post-45570148980506697202008-08-22T14:46:00.000-06:002008-08-22T14:46:00.000-06:00Duke is a good dog and I will be sorry when he is ...Duke is a good dog and I will be sorry when he is not around to fetch big sticks. I love the wild look in his eye in that picture, kinda like, "take it if you dare" when I know he really means again, again, throw it again! That Jimmy is a smart man. smoochesLeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16119047024777421198noreply@blogger.com