Thursday, December 21, 2006

Howard


Howard
1994-2006

My daughter called this morning to tell me that her dog, Howard, a Cardigan Corgi, had to be put down last night. He'd had a couple of seizures, and the vet suspected pancreatic cancer -- insulin and blood sugar problems -- and last night, he had a series of seizures that got progressively worse.

Named after the horror writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Howard was a big part of the reason that we decided to get a Corgi. Howard was a playmate for Cady when they were puppies, and later, for Scout. He was a distant great-great uncle to our dog Jude.

Yesterday was a bad day for dogs in our family.

2 comments:

Tiel Aisha Ansari said...

Supposedly a little girl once asked Cotton Mather if dogs went to Heaven. He said to her dog: "At the Resurrection, my friend, you will wear a tail of gold."

Old Witch-Burner Mather. Apparently he liked dogs.

Dan Gambiera said...

Not Cotton Mather, Martin Luther