The coolest dog in the world is reaching the end of his time with us
This guy has worked on shrimp boats with us, traveled to Bimini with us on a small speedboat with the wind in his fur, chased iguanas down island, and been a real good guy. He's about 20 as far as we can tell. He was a rescue 16 years ago.
It's pretty sad because we can tell he's in pain. We were looking at pics, so I wanted to share Reeces with you guys.
I'm thinking of cooking him some ground beef with white rice (his fav "people meal"
tomorrow. Tonight I gave him chicken off my plate and it was the first he had eaten in almost two days. He was my first puppy, as I met him when I started dating my now wife.
He hasn't climbed up in my lap in I can't remember how long. He'll always be my first puppy.
We have another rescue dog in the house now, but she is nowhere near as cool as Reeces was in his prime. This is not going to be a good week.
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It's always tough to say goodbye to a beloved pet; I've been there too.
Those are great pictures!
Spoil the heck out of him this week...
May he pass gently.
Grieve not,
nor speak of me with tears,
but laugh and talk of me
as if I were beside you...
I loved you so --
'twas Heaven here with you.
by Isla Paschal Richardson
He looks like he is just so full of character; I love that photo of him on the boat.
Don't let him linger too long; we kept our beloved Tommycat too long and I hate myself for it.
It's so damn hard. But he knows he was loved, and no doubt loves you. 
and we were all stunned by the level of grief. . . . and how long it lasted.
Thanks for sharing the pictures of your sweet Reeces.
You're doing the right thing -- keep spoiling him rotten while you can. If you need a vet to help at the end, call to make sure they'll give you time to say goodbye. We had our whole family going in and out of the room for a couple hours.
Don't just 'think' about making his fave meal. Do it while you still can. every day.
It will be a hard week, NightWatcher, and I am sorry you have to make that tough call. We are going to keep you in our hearts and thoughts. May Reeces pass gently.
they bring so much to our lives and we can keep that in our hearts forever.
knowing what you're going through. Our dog came to her end in January at 14 1/2, and I miss her all the time. We don't have another dog to distract us, but we have had our friends' lab girl for an overnight and she'll be spending a week with us this month. Gotta get my dog fix until I find another special one.
Our relationship with dogs is ancient, and our love for a dear dog is everlasting. 
