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I didn't see that episode that I can recall!

I was dreading that both of my old dogs may go near the same time. I got a puppy a couple years ago as a pre-emptive strike. So now I have three dogs, two old, 14 year old lab and 15 year old mix, and one young. I have an aging horse too, but I am not ready to think about that yet. Thankfully he is in good health at 21. He could make it to 30 without surprising me. I love 'em!

I take pride in caring for them well while they are here for their short lives, knowing all the while that it will end, and I can make sure it ends well, and they die loved. I will always open my home to new arrivals as a spot opens up.

An old man has loved many good dogs.

Sterling classic; old mountaineer and his dog went out hunting, drowned in a stream, he heads home but no one pays attention to him, sees a couple of friends digging a grave, they ignore him, he figures something is going on, maybe he's dead, him and his dog meet up with a man by a gate and he tells the old man, this is the right place and do come in but leave the dog, the mountaineer says if the dog doesnt go, he doesnt either. So they keep walking and meet another man by a gate, bet you guessed it. Of course the dog is welcome in heaven, come in. The other man and the gate was the other place. Fades out, old man and dog walking into sunset. (black and white, of course) Saw it years ago but never forgot it.