HI MIke,

On Sun 2012-Jan-22 06:53, Mike Roberts (1:261/1381) wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE:

MR> You Know Wayne.. Over the years, reading about You and Spanky.. Yes!
MR> You were  lucky to have a dog like Spanky, but just for the heck of
MR> saying it..  He was  Lucky to have had You. So many dogs abandoned,
MR> left alone and not cared for  or cared about. Spanky had You and I
MR> think that was pretty darn good for him. 

Indeed, and that story Roger posted, as well as Wayne's
posts about Spanky remind me of Roxy, our first Rottweiler.
I"ve told plenty of Roxy stories in this echo as well.  We
took  her in off the streets of New Orleans.

I've loved all the dogs I've had in my life very much, but
Roxy was ... hmmm, hard to find words, but very special is
as close as I can get.  By the time she finally died I'd
mourned her "passing" twice before, and both times learned
that she survived.  Both of the previous were during the
aftermath of Katrina.

Regards,
           Richard
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