I've now enjoyed the delight of living, and paid the painful price of parting, with a dozen or so lifelong canine companions, going all the way back to Queenie and the little red wagon. Great models of companionable commitment all. And they're all still with me.
"You know the pain is coming, you're going to lose a dog, and there's going to be great anguish, so you live fully in the moment with her, never fail to share her joy or delight in her innocence, because you can't support the illusion that a dog can be your lifelong companion. There's such beauty in the hard honesty of that, in accepting and giving love while always aware that it comes with an unbearable price." ~Dean Koontz, The Darkest Evening of the Year
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