Dominic, R.I.P.
I heard yesterday that Dominic the dog came down with adrenal cancer, and is no longer living. Ah! It’s sad. He was a great dog, much admired by people who knew him. He was a humble guy who got a bad start in life (perpetually chained to a tree, apparently, and used by someone for BB-gun target practice). Nonetheless, he was a very gentle dog who loved people. I trained him to walk nicely, sit, lay down, and not enter roads without permission the summer between my first and second years of graduate school. I also trained him not to jump on people, since he was so large he would have knocked almost anybody over. He always remembered me, and was really happy and excited whenever he saw me. When I went to visit Jenny B. in Cincinatti, Dominic smelled me while I was still outside, got excited, and started barking and howling.
Poor guy! I’m going to post a picture of him on Flickr to memorialize him and let everyone admire him.