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byronius

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3. The best dog I've ever had was a black lab.

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 03:34 AM

Yesterday

Picked him out of a cardboard box in the back of a car outside a Safeway in Eagle, CO.

We were homeless together for awhile, but I never let go of him. He was with me through years of good life — I took him on my honeymoon, he played with both my kids as they grew up, and he lived to be 16.

I’ve had a few other dogs since then, but never one as important for me. I still keep his ashes out on a shelf in the garage.

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