March 2, 2007
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Requiem for Ashley Poodle
2006 was not a good year for Jeff and I. We lost two of our three dogs due to old age. In April, Bubba my Border Collie suddenly took ill and had to be put down. And, two days after Christmas, after a long, heartbreaking, and urine filled decline, I put down Ashley my beloved poodle who I’d owned for seventeen years. I’ve been very depressed about it and I apologize if I haven’t been in touch. But I’ve been too exhausted to pretend to be happy and too sad to talk about it. It’s been completely overwhelming. But, I’m slowly working through my funk mostly through biking and there’s going to be the pitter patter of little paws in our house as soon as the lifecycle is over. Our surviving dog, Mimi, as all who know here will attest, is likely protected under the Geneva conventions. I’m keeping his collar and his hawaiian “Magnum PI” shirt at work and finally, when I look at them, they make me smile.
Ashley and Bubba before we got Mimi
Ashley at age 8 at home at my place in Santa Fe
Mimi the terrible
Doesn’t she know that horizontal stripes aren’t for big girls??
Ashley in his “Magnum PI” shirt
