I was changed but not completely. She was the one in ten. She was no longer just a running partner, she was my best friend.
I was changed but not completely. She was the one in ten. She was no longer just a running partner, she was my best friend.
We sat on the couch together as we have for 38 years and it dawned on me that Cora and Nana have become inextricably tied. And I recognized that this was a good thing.
There is pain. And then there is pain. It’s the pain that cleaves your heart and makes you feel as if you’re tumbling into a chasm with no end. It’s the pain that exhausts you to sleep.
Her tools are her nose, eyes, stamina and a boundless desire to please her human. But it’s the nose that’s the primary tool and her skill in putting it to work comes from an instinct hardwired into her through centuries of breeding and heredity.
Dogs have been a big part of my life. This is what will likely be the first of many posts on dogs from time to time. “My fashion philosophy is, if you’re not covered in dog hair, your life is empty.” ~ Elayne Boosler. It was a few months after our Gordon Setter, Rainey was …
The Life in My Years 