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So terribly sad

Posted 09-06-2009 at 11:04 AM by alaskayorkie
Updated 09-06-2009 at 11:08 AM by alaskayorkie

We rehomed Rosebud today, and I'm miserable. I feel guilty. I feel ashamed. And I can't even let myself think about how bad she feels right now. She just lost the family that had cared for her for 14 years.

Rosebud is a gorgeous and healthy green-winged macaw. My wife and I got her in 1995 as a 3-year-old. It was two years before we got married and was really the first commitment we made to one another: this was OUR pet. We'd take care of her together.

It was never...

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Jack's last gift

Posted 02-18-2009 at 03:16 AM by alaskayorkie
Updated 02-18-2009 at 05:08 AM by alaskayorkie

This is a personal story that a couple weeks ago I would have never dreamed of sharing with anyone. But the outpouring of condolences over Jack's passing makes me think you guys might appreciate it, and more, benefit from the lesson I learned from Jack today.

A couple months ago, I started seeing a licensed clinical therapist because of stress at work. That's the personal part. I'm not nuts or anything, lol, but I was feeling pretty miserable. Two years ago, I was placed in a supervisory...

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Thanks to my YT Family

Posted 02-11-2009 at 03:46 AM by alaskayorkie
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Ahh, where do I start? The outpouring of support and sympathy has hardly slowed since we lost Jack on Sunday. I'm overwhelmed, flattered and, if possible, even more proud of little Jack. I knew he was special, I knew he was popular, but I had no idea he genuinely touched so many lives.

I did some quick math yesterday: On the Internet alone, we've received about 500 notes of condolence. I've read every single one, sometimes two, three, four times. Each one has lifted my spirits, and...

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R.I.P., Yukon Jack

Posted 02-08-2009 at 11:20 PM by alaskayorkie
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Jack died today, at 3:50 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009. Born Jan. 16, 1996, he was 13.

I'm still sorta numb. It came on so suddenly. He was feeling as frisky as ever when we hopped in the car and drove to the Sunday dog meetup. He even slipped down off his doggie seat in the back, scrambled across the floor and squeezed his way around the side of the front seat to sit right next to me. He was an escape artist until the day he died.

The attack happened the second I stopped...

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Eddie shows a flash of aggression

Posted 01-27-2009 at 03:19 AM by alaskayorkie

I wish I was a behaviorist and could look into Eddie's wee brain and figure out what's going on. Last night at the little-dog meetup, a nice shih-tzu came up to give him a sniff, and he wheeled around and bit him right on the face, leaving a red mark dangerously close to his eye.

I was stunned. Eddie has toy-hoarding issues that I've worked hard on and successfully controlled for years, but there was no toy involved here. The other dog may have been a little pushy, but Eddie overreacted...

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