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onehandle

(51,122 posts)
Thu Sep 5, 2013, 11:10 PM Sep 2013

Sarah Silverman Wrote a Heartbreaking Obituary for Her Dog

In the immortal words of Louis C.K., bringing home a puppy is a "countdown to sorrow."

Chances are you're going to outlive your pet, and when you do, you're going to cry.

Of course, that has yet to stop anyone from actually getting a dog, but when the inevitable happens it's still very sad.

C.K.'s fellow comedian Sarah Silverman had 14 long years with her pet dog Duck, who was already 5-1/2 years old when she found him in a no-kill shelter in Van Nuys.

Duck passed away this week at the age of 19, and though his health had weakened over the years, he remains a happy dog, and was very much loved by Silverman.

http://gawker.com/sarah-silverman-wrote-a-heartbreaking-obituary-for-her-1258650389

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I have been blessed to never have to put a dog to sleep hollysmom Sep 2013 #1

hollysmom

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1. I have been blessed to never have to put a dog to sleep
Fri Sep 6, 2013, 12:26 AM
Sep 2013

My Mom put one to sleep while I was on vacation and one was hit by a car and my greatly beloved divorce dog died of heart failure after years of strong medication thanks to an unfixed 200 pound dog humping her her little body and breaking her knees, Yeah,the owner felt like a man after that when I was pulling his dog off her body as she screamed. Now my dog Holly is aging, and I love her very much, but when you adopt an old dog, the days are shorter. Thankfully, she is healthy and I monitor any large dog around her, and note unfixed dogs.

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