A Friend Is Gone
Clover

This has been some year. Another friend has passed.

Clover was a very good dog, a good companion, loyal, friendly, protective of the family that loved and cared for her.  She stayed close to whichever family member was home. She had her priorities. Depending on who and how many were home, she stayed close based on her priorities and preferences. But should a stranger appear at the front gate, she entered her "protect and guard" mode. She wanted her family safe and secure.

We think Clover has been yet another victim of the "dog food from China" catastrophe. Her cancer was sudden, painful, horrible to watch. When she finally lay down to die, there was no choice. She was put down with her family around her, comforting her as best we could. All of us should be so lucky, to enter into the big sleep surrounded by those we love, who love us.

Clover is, it should be obvious, the blond dog, half lab, half basset. The darker dog is Clarence, a mutt with more Plotthound background than anything else.

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