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Dogs That Left Faux Paw Prints Extant Within Me Life

lids black out and allow me to write while eyes shut tight bring back four legged friends sprite and though many years passed quite I can remember those precious creatures who barked at night howling at inaudible sound or invisible light casting silhouettes that fight punctured the air with verbal byte and now I list long gone smart pets in alphabetical order – alright? Baron – substantially German Sheppard met his demise chasing a car on level road the advantage overtaken per vehicle with greater lode which accidental death found him buried in an unmarked grave i.e. underground abode. Georgie – a combination Boxer and Dalmatian (with his cropped tail to boot grew up as my canine brother an essentially gave up the ghost from organ failure of one or another. Lady – this fur certain white German Sheppard uncertain how, when or what led to her body to collapse perhaps while listening to snoop doggy dog raps found on base near first stair when rigor mortis set deathly traps. Ruff – he and his litter mate Teddy (listed below), an alpha beast o man’s and woman’s best friend with moments of rage as applicable to a dog, and seemed to evince an intelligence like a sage. Schultz – he apparently vanished in thin air without a trace, not e’en a filament of fur like hair hopefully taken in by another pet lover, but who knows where. Shadow – pride of eldest sister, he succumbed after becoming thermally ill though diminutive for a black lab, his absence left a void quite large to fill. Socrates - dealt with harsh mistreatment and distemper than tossed out like trash, mine to sisters, who nursed him with tender loving care from his faux paws to a keen snout which maintained his longevity no doubt. Teddy – another throw away pet found at Jacobsburg – near Easton, Pennsylvania. one lame leg (damaged during his puppy hood) lived til olde age. my younger sister ( Shari) brought him and Ruff home, where their entire life he did stay inherently evincing intelligence that happiness found that chance provided a doting owner this way.

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