Davis: A best friend ... through thick and thin (tissue warning!!!)

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George on a recent trip to the field behind our home for a walk and a sniff. He still wants to go outside, but his walks, which used to average a mile, now consists of short treks around the yard.

POSTED: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2014 1:00 AM | UPDATED: 1:58 PM, SUN DEC 21, 2014.
Column by Mark Davis / World-Herald staff writer

This was the first year since moving into our little house on the east side of the river a dozen years ago that I missed the Iowa shotgun deer season.

And I haven’t been out once for pheasant or waterfowl. Or ice fishing. Or even bird watching.

All I can do is sit and wait.

My best friend and roommate for the past 13-plus years is old and sick. And I plan to stay by his side until the end.



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George enjoys a walk shortly after joining the family in October of 2001.

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