Thoughts on the death of my dog HotAir

A dog provides genuine companionship. For that reason, every widow or widower who can take care of a dog in fact, any person who lives alone should consider adopting a dog. The many studies showing that people who have a dog live longer are undoubtedly correct.

My wife and I are not alone. We have each other as well as children, grandchildren and precious friends. But only those who own a dog know how much a dog (or, ideally, two dogs, since every dog should have a companion for when no human is present) adds to a home. They are life-enhancers. And when they leave, some life gets sucked out of any home, even those filled with people.

The Hebrew word for dog is kelev. As Hebrew has no vowels, the word is actually spelled klv. Those three letters can also be seen as a contraction of kol lev, understood to mean wholehearted. It may be coincidental. But I no longer think so.

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Dennis Prager.

I still feel guilty for taking Denali out on a run with me, after which he collapsed and nearly died. He eventually recovered, but was never quite the same. Also, I should have done more to treat his chronic skin condition which gave him his terrible odor. But he’s been dead more than a decade now and I still love him deeply. As I did Biscuit, his graceful, canny and intuitive older sister, long dead as well. LWJ lost Gandalf unexpectedly what, about a year ago? Jeanne was deeply hurt by his passing, unexpected as it was. She got a wizard’s hat and pipe tattooed on her wrist to commemorate her heart dog. Now we have the jolly Chopi, the mysterious and intelligent Bonny, the crazy Mitzi and a quarter of the officious Dachshund Buddy, our permanent house guest. But we’ll never forget or even stop loving Biscuit, Denali and Gandalf.