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July 07, 2004

Dom DeLuise said it best.

Our sweet dog Roxie got cancer recently. She got sick very quickly and was in pain and not going to get better, so on Wednesday last week we did the hard thing. She was the best dog and we miss her.

Roxie with Dad and the Moms

Posted by didofoot at July 7, 2004 08:33 AM

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awww...that's so sad!!! i'm so sorry to hear she's gone. You need to go visit Rocky at Nuala's in Santa Barbara, my puppy will make you feel a little better :)

Posted by: ady at July 7, 2004 09:07 AM

my moms made the face of sad when i told her this weekend and said she was very sorry. :(

Posted by: michele at July 7, 2004 09:27 AM

I'm sorry to hear about Roxie. She was a very sweet dog and I'm glad I got to meet her, even though she couldn't hear me.

Posted by: kati at July 7, 2004 10:34 AM

that roxie was indeed a cute pup. brilliant at making kristen fetch things she had thrown herself. and excellent selective listening skills. i'm glad i got to meet her in her final days. she was a charmer.

Posted by: Jolie at July 7, 2004 11:59 AM

Have I met Roxie? It's so hard to remember. I've only been to your house once, and I spent most of my time there wondering about that blond fellow who'd just gotten back from Gallivating Around The World Part I. I think there may have been an elderly pup nosing endearingly around me, but I can't quite remember.

Posted by: Dianna at July 7, 2004 01:18 PM

I'm so sorry to hear about Roxie.
At least Honey will never have to undergo such an ordeal, being imaginary and all.

Posted by: robyn at July 7, 2004 01:40 PM

i'm so sorry, sweetie. roxie was such a great dog. i like to think of roxie selectively listening to god in doggie heaven. =/

Posted by: erica at July 7, 2004 01:58 PM

you guys are great. thank you. i'm sure she is having a great time with old yeller and all the lassies refusing to fetch anything.

Posted by: didofoot at July 7, 2004 02:04 PM

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Posted by: brian at July 8, 2004 12:17 AM

That dog was so sweet. She could impersonate an elephant.

Posted by: jason s at July 8, 2004 04:59 PM

It{s true. She could do the best tricks--mostly making humans look like the species with the lower IQ. I{m sorry too.

Posted by: Christine at July 9, 2004 05:30 PM

i hope she met anya (our dog that died from a brain tumor)in doggie heaven. they will be best of friends. that warms my heart.

sorry for your loss.

Posted by: tracy at July 15, 2004 10:57 AM

Roxie performed the miracle of making me like dogs, or at least not hate and fear them, and like her in particular, despite her being a dog. I think she accomplished this mainly by being so catlike and not caring whether I liked her or not. Anyway, she was lovely and she let me set her in the swimming pool. What an odd soul. Best wishes up there and big mountain lakes.

Posted by: kt at July 22, 2004 01:10 PM

I think she just assumed you liked her, as she assumed everyone liked her, even that little dog down the street who tried to rip her throat out and who gave us the term "neckbiter" to refer to angry little men.

thank you again everyone for saying all this, it means a lot. the house is very empty without her.

Posted by: didofoot at July 22, 2004 05:47 PM

wow. i just got an image of my old dog otis and roxie whooping it up in doggie heaven, which for them really means just sitting around, but still, what a picture.

Posted by: erica at July 23, 2004 11:41 AM

is it possible that dogs play poker in heaven? maybe all those fleamarket tapestries are not as far off as their extreme tackiness would have us believe.

Posted by: didofoot at July 23, 2004 11:42 AM

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