Best in Best Show!

[Christina]

Aw, Sarah ... I'm sorry.

[fonpr]

On the plus side, my house will no longer be slick with mucous, pus, and blood.  Soon it will stop stinking of death and decay.  The fly population will drop.  Silver linings.  Big fucking deal.

Check!

[masterofsparks]

I'm sorry, Sarah. I'll be thinking of you.

[erika]

My thoughts are with you Sarah. It's so hard. My sympathy...

[Kim Kelly]

My dear dog Duchess died yesterday.  My other dear dog, Bandit, and I are very sad.  The cats seem unfazed.

I'm so sorry for your loss, Sarah.

[ben]

My dear dog Duchess died yesterday.  My other dear dog, Bandit, and I are very sad.  The cats seem unfazed.

 
Very sorry to hear that, stay strong!

[iAmBaronVonTito]

 

[Sarah]

Here is a piece of advice:  Do not attempt to set up a new computer two days after your dog has died.  I think I just ruined mine (it was delivered on Monday, shortly after Duchess died).  Or maybe it's a lemon (I'm sort of hoping this is the case).

Learn from my mistake.

[Andy]

Sorry for your loss. I'll overnight cancerface to you if it'll make you feel better.

[Sarah]

You know, it probably would, but I'd worry about making yet another change in my household so soon.  Besides, the trip would be hell for the boy.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

i was considering taking a puppy from my sister-in-law's new litter.  now, i'd rather not.

i'd rather send it to you, Sarah.  although, he is tiny and she babies them to a fault; i don't know if he could tough it out in the wilds of Maine.

[Andy]

I cannot have dogs for this exact reason. Even as a puppy I'm looking at them and thinking "someday this thing is going to die and it's going to destroy me."

also, we figured out recently that cancerface is a girl.

[Sarah]

How lucky, then, that Cancerface is a unisex name.

Thank you for the thought, Baron, and please know that if your sister's puppy did move in here, the wilds of Maine would not be an issue; my beasts lead pretty sheltered lives. To tell the truth, though, right now the thought of volunteering for more pain down the line makes me feel queasy.  Which is not to say that if someone stopped by and offered me a middle-sized, short-haired, good-natured, lazy adult, I wouldn't say yes in a flash.

[Andy]

Well, my parents 7 year old Australian shepherd died today. A frisbee dog that tore it's ACL, got morbidly obese during the recovery. She was a shell of her former self, but a great dog.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

i officially hate this thread now.