->  He's lived a good long life Wayne. I was wondering why dogs don't
-> live longer than they do. 

Genetic hand they were dealt.
Perhaps if we cross the canine genome with that of a parrot...

-> Just why is that? Patches was so full of
-> life, so full of energy almost right up to the end. IF we could have
-> gotten him a heart transplant I would have... heck I'd take a loan out
-> of the bank to do it. He  would have been worth it. (Patches was
-> diagnosed with mitral valve inefficiency last August.)

->  WC> He does hog the bed at night though.

->  Our two figure d out the best/safest place for them was right in
-> the middle though Patches always took toward the foot of the bed
-> and Cosmo toward the center.
                                                              
That's where Spanky is, dead center or sprawled across.

-> They say dogs don't 'feel' but I beg to differ. Cosmo knows his older
-> brother isn't with us anymore. He really does know. We're going to
-> adopt another dog soon..  Cos was an 'only' dog for five years before
-> we adopted Patches. He didn't mind it but now I think he truly does.
-> There was nothing quite like this pair.. these two dogs were an
-> act.... tons of fun to watch how they played together... got along so
-> well. Like slightly competitive fun loving brothers.

Dog's feel alright, they develop a sense of ethics based on the pack
leader too and mine has played practical jokes on me.
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