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"go to sleep little doggie, go to sleep" I sang to her the first night that she stayed in our house. We had just adopted her and she wouldn't go to sleep. She kept crying in her crate. My wife already, had one dog and I really didn't want another dog...
by The Boss Gomez
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on Sat Apr 20, 2024 at 07:54 AM PDT
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I delayed writing this because I needed time to process and not start bawling like a baby when I wrote this. We adopted Addison when she was five. According to the shelter we got her from in Iowa, her family surrendered her after they lost their home...
by the wolfs mama
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on Thu Apr 18, 2024 at 03:31 AM PDT
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» See Also: I Dare You To Find Something Wrong With This Today’s completely normal, absolutely nothing-to-be-seen-here-but-your-own-depravity kind of picture below is of a pet store. I dare you to find something wrong with it. Cheers! » See Also: I...
by nevdull
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on Fri Mar 08, 2024 at 03:15 PM PST
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On Friday afternoon, March 1st, our darling Rosy left us. She was our heart dog, our soul dog, our heart-and-soul dog. Our house is empty of the joy she always carried with her, and there is a huge Rosy-sized hole in our hearts. Our dear little parrot...
by arhpdx
237 comments
on Sun Mar 03, 2024 at 03:59 AM PST
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I’ve been on a trip down memory lane recently, courtesy of discovering boxes…�and boxes…�and some more boxes of photos in our attic. Some are photos that predate me (or non-little kid me) ...
by brillig
23 comments
on Mon Feb 19, 2024 at 07:00 PM PST
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My son is back in San Diego for work. He sent me these pictures yesterday and my heart melted more than if Antonio Banderas himself had shown up at my door with flowers and chocolates. For a long time the dog beach was unofficial. It's nice to see that...
by A Pagan in Arizona
120 comments
on Wed Feb 14, 2024 at 08:04 AM PST
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People come up with some pretty amazing ideas for their fur friends.
by strawbale
42 comments
on Sun Feb 11, 2024 at 07:00 PM PST
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My dad was supposed to have an in-house vet coming today to send our sweet little boy across the rainbow bridge. As it turned out, he ended up canceling the appointment, because yesterday Simon decided it was time to take that trip by himself. Simon...
by Ninalyn
172 comments
on Mon Jan 22, 2024 at 11:08 PM PST
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
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on Fri Jan 12, 2024 at 08:59 PM PST
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My cat Greta first graced the pages of DKos in 2017, when she deigned to leave the street life for the comfort of our home just before Christmas. We thought she was old then. Maybe she is. But she is a testament to what a good home and great love can...
by B52D
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on Sun Dec 24, 2023 at 03:10 PM PST
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The painting on the right was a birthday present for my wife. It was painted by our next door neighbor who is now a famous artist. His name is Steve Boaldin. He painted it for me for practically nothing. He is a real cowboy. Some time in 1990 my wife...
by sweeetbbj
50 comments
on Sun Dec 17, 2023 at 11:31 AM PST
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First of all I have to thank you for all your help and good wishes. For the first time since I lost Reid I don't feel afraid. As many of you know I have a cat named Pixie. She was my late Mom's cat and my brother Mike and I refused to let Mom call her...
by michelewln
57 comments
on Sun Dec 10, 2023 at 01:03 PM PST
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Back when I was 18 my sister gave me a puppy, a little toy poodle. Now toy poodles are small by nature but man! this puppy grew up to be downright tiny, about half the size of his parents. Maybe the size of a chihuahua. I named him Papyrus, Pup for...
by McCrowlerr
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on Sun Nov 19, 2023 at 11:32 AM PST
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Good afternoon everyone. I’ve been a long time “lurker” on this site. Occasionally I comment on a story here and there, but mostly, I come to read and learn from you all. You are a wonderful community in the sea of insanity that this world has...
by Psychguy09
103 comments
on Thu Nov 16, 2023 at 10:02 AM PST
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Sometimes I just have nothing to say; more accurately, I have nothing good to say. There's plenty I could talk about. But nothing I'm ready to share with anyone. So this week I'm taking the easy way ...
by A Pagan in Arizona
99 comments
on Tue Nov 07, 2023 at 01:00 PM PST
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
12 comments
on Fri Oct 20, 2023 at 09:34 PM PDT
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My heart is aching as I write this. Our beautiful Nora died on Sunday. Those of you who follow the Good News Roundup have known Nora for several years, because I always gave her credit as a “co-editor” for the good news stories about cats that I...
by arhpdx
297 comments
on Tue Sep 12, 2023 at 05:25 AM PDT
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Our furbabies can be angels for us.
by strawbale
30 comments
on Tue Aug 22, 2023 at 07:00 PM PDT
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Our furbabies will always be our babies.� But they also get to be old folks.
they can become ...
by strawbale
75 comments
on Mon Aug 21, 2023 at 07:00 PM PDT
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This is disgusting and no matter what words come out of the drivers mouth to try and form an excuse, there is none. He or they should be locked up. From CBSNEWs CHICAGO (CBS) – Multiple dogs being taken from Chicago to a K9 training facility in...
by livingliveinusa
20 comments
on Sat Jul 29, 2023 at 08:38 PM PDT
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