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Home › Relationships

Relationships | 10/02/2009 12:00 am

wOw Readers Bow to Old Dogs – Part IV (Photos)

Photo Essay

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When we introduced you to Old Dogs Are the Best Dogs, a book of photographs and stories about loyal, old dogs, we asked you to share with us your old dog stories. Your submissions were pulled together to create wOw Readers Bow to Their Old Dogs Part I. Then came part II and who could forget part III? Now, we have part IV, and as the pictures continue to pour in, we will continue to share the stories of your best friends’ lives. Click through this slide show for photographs of old dogs and to read personal accounts from the owners who love them.

Do you have an unforgettable old dog? E-mail photos and stories to submit@wowowow.com for possible inclusion in a future photo tribute.
Read more about: Books, dogs, Gene Weingarten, Lifestyle, Micahel S. Williamson, Old Dogs Are the Best Dogs, Pets, Simon & Schuster

9 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

Marjorie C.

Being only three, my Milo doesn’t qualify as an old dog, but, I’ve had them and I’ve loved them, and still remember them all. 

Nice tribute to these wonderful companions. 

 

By Marjorie C. on 10/02/2009 5:06 am
C Hardy
My oldest dog will be 7 this December!!!  Then we have a 8 month old yellow lab who we should have called Marley…….Im so glad that our daughter is growing up with the LOVE of dogs!
By C Hardy on 10/02/2009 7:49 am
Maggie W

What great picturess!  So many dogs have been a wonderful part of my childhood and my adulthood.  I cried when I left for the university because Fancy Pants couldn’t come along.  When I would call home, Mom or Dad would place the receiver to her ear so she could hear my voice, and she would smile. Fancy had a super smile!.

Right now Angel With An Attitude is in charge of the house, and everyone knows it…. especially Trouble ( the cat).

By Maggie W on 10/02/2009 8:45 am
Sharon McBride
What a wonderful tribute to the Senior canines who have devoted their lives to loving owners! Jake, our gentle black Lab, was nearly 15 when he was diagnosed with oral cancer. Because of a heart arrythmia, it could not be treated with chemo. We chose to let him live out his days until the cancer made eating a chore for him. His smile, his galloping side run, his love of "meet & greet", his ability to outstare a coyote too close to our house……all this we miss daily. His marker reads "Rest well, faithful friend."
By Sharon McBride on 10/03/2009 12:35 am
Pamela Kripke

My bijon-poodle, whom I rescued as a puppy, passed away this summer at nineteen and a half. I have written a book about her, as her longevity has come to mean many things. These photos are wonderful.

 

By Pamela Kripke on 10/03/2009 12:26 pm
Patti J
Thank you so much for featuring my Beana who passed away in 2008 shortly after her picture was taken.  She was the beginning of my love affair with the breed of Rat Terriers.  She was one of the sweetest dogs I’ve ever seen, with a little zip and vinegar thrown in.  I miss you Beana.
By Patti J on 10/04/2009 6:41 pm
Patti J
And, the person who actually got that beautiful pose was my friend Debbie Collins with her never resting camera.
By Patti J on 10/05/2009 5:59 am
Chris Broersma

Old dogs are old friends who are a part of us forever.  My old dog Foxy, our Foxy Lady has been with us 10 years.  A sharpei/German Shepherd mix, she became my constant companion and friend when my youngest moved out on his own. 

By Chris Broersma on 10/05/2009 2:57 am