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Capt.
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some eastside hovel
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Jul 10, 2015 - 08:54am PT
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Soooo sorry Brandon. My thoughts are with you and your dog. I know what a tough time this is. Sorry.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
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Out Of Bed
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Jul 10, 2015 - 09:10am PT
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FI break down in tears as we all deal with
the giving of the final reward.
I am so sad for the way that we have to see Us,( not them,they are so much a part of us)
our dogs - more than pets to most of us
Have to be A product, a sales pitch, a commodities play,
Dogs are people too!
Brandon, good son of New Hampshire, blessings of healing, and big hugs for you and yours.
Yes, still crying - we all miss our/my Daisy,
As do all who know this ache, peace and healing vibes.
We went out and found a dog that needed to be saved, too soon, but she was in great need.
Edit: seeing that, Roger that! . . . Bushman,
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Bushman
Social climber
Elk Grove, California
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Jul 10, 2015 - 01:12pm PT
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'For the Love of Dogs'
Brandon,
When you can, tell us some cool stories about your friend and kid, your sweet, sweet dog (I haven't heard them). I've been down this road with my long lost buds a few times now and know how much it hurts.
I got Jack the big curly red golden in my twenties and thirties, or should I say, he got me. A birthday gift from my wife in '83, for my 26th birthday, and he was a wonder dog...man the stories I could tell about that dog. Piled up rocks on the side of lakes as he dove to the bottom and swam up with them all day long. Leaping six feet up to catch at any branch I pointed at, he helped me trim my trees. The time as a puppy when he ran off from the wife and kids in the wilderness because I started up the south face of Mt. Moran with my partner, but without him, only for him to find his way back to my tent at Jenny Lake on his own hours later. How Jack would retrieve logs three times his size and drag them onto the shore...and many more stories, too numerous to tell now or recall them all.
We lost him in '95. It was a hip that was broken and pinned to repair it five years prior when he was seven. He got hit by a car then and we almost lost him, but after the surgery he was good to go, but always limped when he got tired. So the joint finally got cancer in it when he was eleven, he held on for a year but when he was giving me that look like he wasn't having fun anymore, that's when I took him to the Vet to do the right thing. I would hope someone could do that for me if need be someday.
I sure loved that dog. I've loved and love all my dogs, even when they've been brats, or acted stupid. Or maybe I was just too stupid to understand them during those times. One thing for certain, they have always loved me and my family, I was always a part of their family, and they have taught me more about unconditional love than I could ever have learned without them.
Man, I just love dogs. I'm so sorry to hear about you losing yours.
-Tim
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Jul 10, 2015 - 01:16pm PT
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Damn Brandon, that is rough. I am thinking of you and your pooch.
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Brandon-
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The Granite State.
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Jul 10, 2015 - 08:14pm PT
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Just outta nowhere.
The ceremony was painless and personal.
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drljefe
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El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Jul 10, 2015 - 08:20pm PT
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Here for you brother....
So sorry.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Jul 10, 2015 - 08:52pm PT
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Oh Brandon. I have so enjoyed your dogs.
Heartache
Susan
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Bad Climber
climber
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Jul 11, 2015 - 08:42am PT
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Hey, Brandon--
Sorry for you and Emma. Hang in there.
BAd
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cybele
Ice climber
Salt Lake City
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Jul 11, 2015 - 04:00pm PT
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Their little lives are so short. It's heartbreaking and real love
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Bushman
Social climber
Elk Grove, California
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Jul 11, 2015 - 04:11pm PT
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Emma is doing better every day. I hope to have her off IV fluids in about a week if she keeps eating so well. She is back to eating her regular portions for the last two days and is about 75% of her old self now. Big progress, she's pulling hard and we are so glad. Thanks again to everyone here who has thought about her and showed your concern.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jul 11, 2015 - 09:42pm PT
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hey there say, brandon_ ... oh my, sad to hear this... oh my...
may you have strength to get through this hard sad time...
may the joy of the past, carry your heart and spirit, to be glad that
you had such joy, with your pupdog, through life...
we are all in your corner... :(
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Jul 12, 2015 - 03:02pm PT
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Brandon,
I'm also sorry to hear you've lost your friend. It's a tough summer for the SuperTopo canines.
Our dear Oliver was diagnosed with lymphoma 12 days ago. I believe he developed his first symptoms just at the end of April. Some of you (SCSeagoat for sure) will remember Oliver from Indian Creek.
He was off his food and his hindquarters had suddenly become very weak. Soon after we got home he felt much better except his hips continued to become more painful. He was also losing his stamina and could no longer drag me up the hill that is our driveway. At nearly 13 years old we figured it was just Old Age. Then we discovered lumps on his upper gums and in his throat! Immediate trip to the vet, biopsy, 2 day wait for the results. Even in the 2 days the lumps grew!
We immediately started Prednisone pills and Oliver quickly felt better, the lumps have diminished and he has is spring back. He definitely has his good days and his bad ones. We took him to the vet again on Monday. There's no telling how long he'll be relatively comfortable.
Oliver was our son Adam's dog. Adam picked him from the litter and there was an immediate magnetic bond between them.
For the first two years after Adam died, Oliver stayed night and day in front of his bedroom door. Awaiting his return. In many ways Adam's spirit lives in Oliver.
As I write this he's sacked out in the corner of my office. Today he seems lower than he's been. I hope he fells better tomorrow.
The end is of course inevitable. Life is mortal for us all. We can only hope to die with our families and friends near and with minimal pain.
To die, to sleep,
To sleep, perchance to Dream; aye, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. Shakespeare, Hamlet
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Jul 12, 2015 - 03:58pm PT
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Oh Fred. I've been dreading seeing this post.
Your stories of Adam and Oliver have lifted my heart while at the same time breaking it.
I love Oliver. Watching him around the campfire was a particular joy.
Safe travels with Oliver and may there be many more miles to go.
Beautiful picture.
Susan
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Jul 12, 2015 - 04:03pm PT
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Susan, I was terribly negligent about taking pix at Indian Creek. This is the only one I have of Oliver at the creek. If you have any I'd love to have them.
Oliver sends smooches. He and I just had a cheery walk.
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Bad Climber
climber
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Jul 12, 2015 - 06:38pm PT
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Hey, HT:
Wow, that pup's a cutie. It's hard to see our friends go. They represent a large part of our own lives. My dear Django has been with us since my mid-40's, and I'm pushing into my mid-50's. If we started from birth, we'd only have maybe seven dogs. Django is our first. Hang in there.
BAd
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
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Out Of Bed
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Jul 12, 2015 - 07:03pm PT
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c h o k i n g back tears,. . . .no now they are flowing ,
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Jul 12, 2015 - 07:43pm PT
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Sorry to hear this HT. these will be good strong poignant days
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Banquo
climber
Amerricka
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Jul 12, 2015 - 08:07pm PT
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Sadie at the beach.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jul 12, 2015 - 08:11pm PT
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hey there say, high traverse, fred... oh my... very sorry to hear the news on you dog... is there still good hope, for a bit more time?
also, oh my, i did not know, i don't think? about your son adam... :(
(it sounds like he died very young) :(
prayers for pupdog and for some good time, in the midst of this hard stuff...
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