HI MIke,   
      
   On Sun 2012-Jan-22 06:53, Mike Roberts (1:261/1381) wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE:   
      
   MR> You Know Wayne.. Over the years, reading about You and Spanky.. Yes!   
   MR> You were  lucky to have a dog like Spanky, but just for the heck of   
   MR> saying it..  He was  Lucky to have had You. So many dogs abandoned,   
   MR> left alone and not cared for  or cared about. Spanky had You and I   
   MR> think that was pretty darn good for him.    
      
   Indeed, and that story Roger posted, as well as Wayne's   
   posts about Spanky remind me of Roxy, our first Rottweiler.   
   I"ve told plenty of Roxy stories in this echo as well.  We   
   took  her in off the streets of New Orleans.   
      
   I've loved all the dogs I've had in my life very much, but   
   Roxy was ... hmmm, hard to find words, but very special is   
   as close as I can get.  By the time she finally died I'd   
   mourned her "passing" twice before, and both times learned   
   that she survived.  Both of the previous were during the   
   aftermath of Katrina.   
      
   Regards,   
              Richard   
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