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RIP, Henry the Dog

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Henry the Pekingese was adopted from the ASPCA in June 2006.

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Henry shortly after his adoption.

He left this world this morning, released from his many ailments by his people.

You’re only a dog, old fellow;
a dog, and you’ve had your day;
But never a friend of all my friends
has been truer than you alway.
— Julian S. Cutler

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  1. So sorry for your loss of your best buddy. He seemed like a champ. hugs from Boston, jess & claudine petunia

    “And it is exceedingly short, his galloping life. Dogs die so soon. I have my stories of that grief, no doubt many of you do also. It is almost a failure of will, a failure of love, to let them grow old—or so it feels. We would do anything to keep them with us, and to keep them young. The one gift we cannot give.”
    ― Mary Oliver, Dog Songs

  11. Oh Wendy and Paul,

    We’re so terribly sorry to hear the news. This has been such a tough year in the pet families. Henry was such a sweetie all the times I met him. Even with his little paw, he was still such a nice boy.

    We’ll be sad we won’t get to see him again and are sending you all all of our love.
    – T and S

  14. Henry, my sweet, I could fill a book with your cute and funny stories. I just know you’re in doggy heaven stealing everyone’s food. Unlimited treats and snoozin 🙂 You’ll always be in my heart, little lovie. Aunt Stacy xxxxxoooo

  15. Henry was an amazing little guy. Some of my favorite things about him:

    1. He was a great ottoman
    2. He was enthusiastic about his role as an ottoman
    3. He was proud of his snaggletooth
    4. He wore foot bandages with style and grace
    5. He also wore bows without compromising his masculinity
    6. He doted on Gigi without question
    7. He was great at playing dumb
    8. He was actually very sneaky
    9. He always posed well for the camera
    10. I’m not a HUGE fan of dogs, but this guy, he was basically a cat, which made him awesome.

    My thoughts are with you, and I miss him too.
    xxx

  17. Hi Wendy, my thoughts are with you guys, I loved following Henry’s antics that you shared. You have him such a great caring home, be proud. xx

    Randall

  18. Aww shucks, Johnny,

    Me ‘art is achin for ya. Wish I ‘ad known the littol bloke, he right seems to ‘ave been a propa gent.

    Love, George

    🙁

  19. I’m so sorry darling. I know he brought a lot of love into your life, and you changed his too.

  20. I am so sorry for the loss of your Henry.

    How fitting my anti-spam word is cold beer – I raise my bottle of cold beer to you Henry! RIP sweet boy! ox

  21. My deepest condolences on the loss of your lovely little sweetheart Henry. It is a hard, brave thing to let them go when it is time. May your fond memories of him bring you some comfort.

    Sending you cyber kleenexes and hugs.

  23. Losing a beloved dog is never easy. I hate to say this but when my mother died, I went back to work as soon as she was buried. When my rabbit died, I couldn’t function for a month. Forgot to take my pills and got pregnant!

    I love my mother more than my rabbit, okay. But my rabbit loved ME and me alone, unconditionally. I will never ever have that from any other creature on this planet. That’s why when she died, I was shattered.

    Pets are true love. The tightest hugs to you, dear Wendy.

    • Oh my goodness, you know the old joke about bunnies and pregnancy tests!??

      What you say about love and pets is spot-on, plus having to always make all the decisions for the pets all their lives … all those years I was always trying to figure out the right thing to do for Henry and then having to make this final decision for him. It’s very hard 🙁

  29. So very, very sorry for the loss of your furbaby. Never fair how short our pets’ lives are in comparison to how much joy and love they bring to our lives.