A must read.

Dog years by mark Doty.

I just started the 3rd chapter. It is so heavy, every word so far has been verbatim what I am feeling and that I lived with Panda. The love, the sadness, the exquisite heart squeezing adoration of my beloved pooh.

It is not a haha book, but what I have read so far, if you have lost your dog, you must read this. The most poignant part so far is that I need to mark her being. She WAS here. I went and snuck a cigarette in the dog run. I stood in there puffing and looked at the spot where she peed every night.

Kilroy wasn't there but Panda was....
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What are you doing sneaking butts? I shouldn't talk as I ahve been "quitting" for a year now :roll:

I lost my first sheepie a long time ago...Rags...at almost 15 years old...It was devistating to me...I got him when I was first married and then getting divorced I traded everything to keep him so it was just me and him, alone, for many years...he was my best friend, my companion, my everything....I must read this book you speak of...thanks!

But, stop sneaking those butts!
Sounds like one I would like to read! Will look it up.
Thanks for sharing the book. I'll bet we all could find it heartfelt.
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