Eulogy for Beebs, the best damned dog in the world

I recently had to say goodbye to my dog, Beebs. She was almost 15 and had been sick on and off for weeks. She couldn’t walk well, I often had to hold her as she peed, and she had been pooping in the house for over a year. Her hair was falling out, she wouldn’t… Read More Eulogy for Beebs, the best damned dog in the world

February 6, 2015February 6, 2015 cinthiaritchie14 Comments

Goodbye Rocky, you were a great dog

Today we got an unsettling phone call from our friends out in Hatcher Pass. Rocky, their 17-year-old dog, had just died. We knew it was coming. Rocky, half Rottweiler and half German shepherd, had been sliding downhill for over a year. When I housesat for them in January, Rocky could barely walk, his back legs lurching… Read More Goodbye Rocky, you were a great dog

August 13, 2013 cinthiaritchie2 Comments

Cinthia Ritchie

Author of "Malnourished: A Memoir of Sisterhood and Hunger" and "Dolls Behaving Badly"

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Eulogy for Beebs, the best damned dog in the world

Goodbye Rocky, you were a great dog