Comments for Shadow! Load up the tennis ball launcher...

Shadow! Load up the tennis ball launcher...

2009-12-11T13:34:10Z

...there's a newby headed to Piddler's Green (across the street from Fiddler's Green). Dark Lord Sly's family lost a furperson.

Her name was Sadie, and while she wasn't with us long (she was only 5), she was nonetheless a fighter. She was one of two littermates, the only one to survive having been poisoned after chewing on pieces of railroad tie that were lying around the desert where we were last stationed. And while she survived, she was forever changed physically. She never got bigger than a five month old pup and was plagued with a yeast infection in her skin that we could never get rid of. It was this infection, I believe, that finally took her. She may have been small, but Bill knows, she was my little Napoleon. She had the heart of a lion, and would never back down from any of her much larger 'brothers' or 'sister' -- or the coyotes and other loose dogs that roam the valleys where we live right now.

Detail! Fall in!

Gunner! Put that squirrel down! Jake! Don't pick it *up*! Sheesh. Muffy, get this crowd under control.

Better.

Paw... SALUTE!

Now is the time at Castle Argghhh! when we ~~dance~~ sing a soul to the Great Hunting Ground and Tennis Ball Chasing Facility at Piddler's Green

Comment from htom on 2009-12-11

2009-12-11T23:36:17Z

Oh that we were as good as dogs think we are ... so sorry, DL Sly & family.

Comment from olga on 2009-12-11

2009-12-11T22:27:04Z

Sly, I am sorry for your loss. ((((hugs)))) Sadie was beautiful...

Comment from Justthisguy on 2009-12-11

2009-12-11T21:57:34Z

I send my most earnest heartfelt condolences. Wherever she goes, may the tennis balls be easy to catch, and may all of the trees bear low-hanging steaks.

Comment from Rod Thorsen on 2009-12-11

2009-12-11T21:23:37Z

So very sorry.

Comment from HomefrontSix on 2009-12-11

2009-12-11T21:17:40Z

As the daughter of a dog breeder, I completely understand how hard it is to lose a member of the family like this. I'm so sorry, Sly. She was beautiful. Pit? Or AmStaff?

Comment from Barb on 2009-12-11

2009-12-11T20:39:44Z

Sly - So sorry for the loss of your beloved Sadie. Having lost a furperson of my own this year, I feel your pain.

Comment from Boquisucio on 2009-12-11

2009-12-11T18:12:15Z

Even after so many years, I still miss dearly my Rottie. She left a big empty hole that time hasn't filled. I know that it is the same for you DL Sly.

Comment from DL Sly on 2009-12-11

2009-12-11T18:02:14Z

Thx, John, everyone. She is sorely missed.

Comment from AFSister on 2009-12-11

2009-12-11T16:47:25Z

Ball thrown, bone made available... and a nice, cushy bed to sleep on.
Sorry for your loss, Sly.

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2009-12-11

2009-12-11T15:48:26Z

FM - Sadie isn't one of ours, she was a member of DL Sly's family. We honor the losses among all the Denizens, not just here at the Castle proper.

Comment from Tim on 2009-12-11

2009-12-11T15:46:49Z

I lost my sweet 3 year old cat Simon Gabriel to a freak accident a couple months back. He was a friendly soul who overcame a lot of health problems as well. I'm sure he'll make a tremendous playmate for Sadie.

Comment from Fishmugger on 2009-12-11

2009-12-11T15:07:14Z

Sorry John. If I lived closer, I'd come out and assist with grave detail. It has to be doubly difficult this time of year.