Joey

[bill_schubert]

I didn't know when I took this picture last year that Joey would not be able to get back on the table again. He was part of the original contingent at the Dog Ranch. The original 15 dogs. Back in 2020. He spent three years doing everything he could to make the volunteers happy and to grab all the treats he could grab.

Joey is the first dog at the ranch that I really got to know and care about who has died:



I got to walk him last Thursday. He was visibly slower. Dogs don't live as long as people and they seem to fade a lot faster. He was only 12 years old.

I spent a bit longer with Khalisi and the other ones I walked today.



So it goes.

Comments

[mrdreamjeans]

So sad ...

[bill_schubert]

Yeah, he was a good bear of a dog that everyone loved. He got a lot of attention and care so good as it gets.

[mollywheezy]

So sorry for the loss of sweet Joey. :(

[bill_schubert]

I knew he was in hospice care and knew that when I saw him it might be the last time. Didn't help. Most of the other dogs will come and go and I'll feel a bit of sadness but Joey got under my skin and it caught me off guard.

[maisydaisy]

So sorry to hear this. RIP Joey.
The loss of my cats hit me more than any human did.