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Why I Didn’t Buy a Puppy Last Saturday

by Andy Wood on March 5, 2008

in LV Cycle,Waiting

WinnieWinnie the Pooh died last week.

Not the “chubby little cub all stuffed with fluff” – lest I start a bad rumor.

This Winnie was a member of our household for the last sixteen years. The shih tzu has offspring scattered from Georgia to West Texas. She lived in seven different houses and outlived two hamsters, three cats, and two other dogs. What times she wasn’t a yapping fool, she was a good dog. And we’d been anticipating that she didn’t have long to live… for the last three years or so.

In our family two beliefs have always converged. Belief #1: Pets are good things. They teach us a lot about unconditional love, trust, and care. Plus, they’re (usually) a lot of fun.

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