Reply #17: Hi, JanMichael. In most respects it's none of my business --

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-- to say so, but your dog certainly seems to have had the life you say he had, and more important, he has someone like you to tell the tale.

You tell it awfully well -- so well that I feel like I knew your dog. Some people say telling the truth well is a mark of greatness. If it is, imagine the caliber of pal your dog has when someone who can write and think and express himself like you is the speaker.

I wish your dog were still with you but unless I'm just completely wrong, you loved him with all you had, and he led a great life as a dog and a great life as your pal.

Hard to argue with a combination like that.

And you were the human being who helped make it so.

My hat's off to the dog you describe and to the people who took care of him.