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Joshua D Peters's avatar

Nothing like losing a dog. But you saved a life and a world!

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Andrew Smith's avatar

Indeed - and we've done it a few times since then, albeit for much shorter durations <3

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Author John G. Dyer's avatar

We used to call our beloved Teddy by the nickname Turdy, long after he was housebroken.

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Andrew Smith's avatar

I love it. Many may never understand.

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Andrew Sniderman 🕷️'s avatar

Lola shrine; the ashes are behind the heart. They sent a paw print but that gave me the heebiea because she was dead for it, so no. JFran has always had a thing for Día de los Muertos so we had those before and now I get it.

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Andrew Smith's avatar

I have a paw print from Tiamat from late 2008. That was my first exposure, and back then I thought it was really appropriate and heartfelt. I was a big mess that day.

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Andrew Sniderman 🕷️'s avatar

Same; my neighbor's dog just died and he's thinking of making his into a tattoo

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Andrew Smith's avatar

It might be cheesy, but if it works for them I'll never judge!

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Sum's avatar

The both seem to be unwanted thing that might teach us wisdom…

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