Goodbye old pal, we’ll miss you, big time!
Blogger’s postscript: Just wanted to add some important details that I left out yesterday.
Boomer started out as a southern California dog, roaming the streets of Sun City and eventually becoming the property of my mother-in-law, Eileen. She brought him along when she moved up to live with us in Oregon. Boomer was her pal and companion for years until she died. Then he lived with us after her passing, and he became our pal and companion.
Boomer wearing his snow jacket.
Circle of Life (from the Lion King soundtrack)
Seeing that big, open-mouthed grin with that wonderful tongue with black spots (were you part chow?) was always a joy.
Your response to my touch when I scratched your back side, moving that leg back and forth. It made me feel good too.
- Scientists say that dogs (not sure about cats) are beneficial to humans because there is a chemical response that actually lowers the blood pressure and relaxes both the animal and the human when they interact. Pretty cool, eh!
Boomer, I hope you reconnect with your old friend Eileen, and I hope you and Morty (our other dog that died in 2013) meet up and have a great time running around together.
A couple more pictures – the tongue with the spots and his “summer” buzz cut.
Quote: I learned the roots of any relationship (from working with dogs) – honesty, integrity, loyalty. It’s hard to find a human to give you all three. But every dog, that’s all they know. Humans are the only species that follows unstable pack leaders. Animals don’t . . . why would they? (Cesar Millan, dog whisperer, in Men’s Journal)
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