Boondox
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Some of you may remember the short life of little Oliver, the golden pup with multiple heart defects who joined us too briefly before passing away at the age of four months. We so desperately wanted him to be a troublesome dog, the sort you have trouble bonding to, but he was a sweetie from day one. His passing left a huge empty spot in our house...
We got a call a couple of weeks ago from the Jesuit priest who had adopted his brother, Canisius, also suffering from heart defects but not so badly they were expected to kill him. Just enough to keep him frail and sickly. Well, the priest was being sent overseas for six months and could we possibly board the pup?
Being suckers for dogs, we agreed...and after dropping off the little fellow the priest vanished from the face of the earth! No phone, no email, no snail mail address. Gone.
And little Canisius is the spitting image of Oliver both physically and in personality. The same snuffling. The same panting. The same way of licking us -- tongue touching us, pause for breath, continue the swipe. Uncanny how much it feels like Olliver has come home!
Pete
We got a call a couple of weeks ago from the Jesuit priest who had adopted his brother, Canisius, also suffering from heart defects but not so badly they were expected to kill him. Just enough to keep him frail and sickly. Well, the priest was being sent overseas for six months and could we possibly board the pup?
Being suckers for dogs, we agreed...and after dropping off the little fellow the priest vanished from the face of the earth! No phone, no email, no snail mail address. Gone.
And little Canisius is the spitting image of Oliver both physically and in personality. The same snuffling. The same panting. The same way of licking us -- tongue touching us, pause for breath, continue the swipe. Uncanny how much it feels like Olliver has come home!
Pete
