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May 31, 2010
Our
very difficult winter - illness, flooding from the severe winter
storms, downed trees - is finally behind us but the sad news continues.At 6:43 AM, our beautiful German Shepherd, Mister Dudley, passed away at the age of 12 years and 5 months after a long struggle with inflammatory bowel disease, perianal fistulas, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, pancreatic failure, and degenerative myelopathy.
His playful antics and perfect imitations of fire and ambulance sirens will be deeply missed.
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his picture was taken two weeks ago. He was the fabulous big brother to Emily, Toughie, Katie, and Elizabeth.The bottom two pictures were taken in December, when Katie was 3 months old. Dudley showed such patience with her!
We're going to miss you, Big Guy.
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| With Katie, December, 2009 |
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| With Katie who is testing the waters for a future career as a dentist. |
