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Lost my Buddy Lucky the Dog Today.
May 01, 2025, 12:41 PM
ArtieSLost my Buddy Lucky the Dog Today.
12 years to the day since we brought him home, he passed on the front porch of our barn after welcoming his mistress back from her horseback ride.
He looked up at her as she came in, decided she was safe, and let go of life.
He was found in a box on the side of the road, at night, with his two siblings, one of whom had already been hit and killed by a car. We adopted him; the size of a football and full of worms. He always had hip troubles as he grew too quickly, and for the last 6 months, we have had to lift his butt end if he was on a slippery floor.
He made being lazy look easy.
He was kind, honest, friendly, loyal, and protected his mistress right up to the end.
He is buried in the corner of the Jump Field, next to his horse buddy Karma.
We have lost 4 animals in less than 12 months, and I am utterly bereft.
We shall miss him terribly.
The day we brought him home:
In his prime:
Later in life:
"I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation."
Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II.
May 01, 2025, 12:44 PM
old rugged crossVery sorry Artie. What a beautiful boy. Looks like you guys had a great life together. As we all know, way too short. Rest easy sweet boy.
"Practice like you want to play in the game"
May 01, 2025, 12:48 PM
BOATTRASH1So sorry about your Loss(s). he was a beautiful boy.
May 01, 2025, 01:12 PM
straightshooter1My wife and I are dog people, always had at least one (even had a cat that had been abandoned by the foreclosed neighbors when they left). We always loved 'em completely and gave them the best home and care we could. That final parting is the hardest and I hope we see them all in Heaven.
I wish the same for you.
Bob
May 01, 2025, 01:13 PM
h2oysCondolences from our family to yours.
It’s never easy losing a beloved pet.
May 01, 2025, 01:15 PM
blindrefI'm very sorry for your loss Artie. It's the worst part of having a pup. If only they could live as long as we do.
Bye for a while, guard the fort. - My Dad
May 01, 2025, 01:38 PM
chellim1I'm sorry, Artie. Lucky was a good boy to the very end.
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible."
-- Justice Janice Rogers Brown
"The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth."
-rduckwor May 01, 2025, 02:03 PM
V-TailMy wife and I had the pleasure of knowing Lucky. He was a big, friendly, boy. Very sad to hear of his passing.
הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים May 01, 2025, 02:26 PM
dsietsSo sorry Artie.
Lucky you were to have him and him, you.
Now I seem to have gotten something in my eye.
May 01, 2025, 02:31 PM
whododatVery sorry. Thanks for giving him the life you guys did.
Because son, it is what you are supposed to do.
May 01, 2025, 02:43 PM
TMatsAlways tough. Sorry.
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May 01, 2025, 02:56 PM
YellowJacketSorry to hear. We had to put our pup to sleep yesterday. He turned 15 back in October. It sucks.
I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log. May 01, 2025, 02:59 PM
jgerge222So sorry Artie. Wonderful family member animals, with lots of wonderful memories!
May 01, 2025, 03:12 PM
k5blazerSorry to hear of your loss.
May 01, 2025, 04:00 PM
armoredI'm sorry for your loss. Your memories of him will last forever.
May 01, 2025, 04:13 PM
hapevoI am so very sorry
“Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really.” – -Agnes Sligh Turnbull
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"Man can measure the values of his own soul in the look of the eyes of an animal he's helped" - Author Unkown
May 01, 2025, 04:18 PM
arfmelSad to learn of your loss. Condolences on the passing of Lucky and your other animal family members.
May 01, 2025, 05:13 PM
linerSo sorry for your loss.
May 01, 2025, 06:53 PM
snorisIt hurts every time, but remember the great memories. And keep your heart open just in case.
May 01, 2025, 07:59 PM
mojojojoI'm sorry for your loss. We love them, they become a part of the family, and we grieve their loss. But dogs are worth it.
Icarus flew too close to the sun, but at least he flew.