{"id":38369,"date":"2013-08-06T09:28:54","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T15:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/06\/life-goes-on.html"},"modified":"2013-08-06T09:28:54","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T15:28:54","slug":"life-goes-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/06\/life-goes-on.html","title":{"rendered":"Life goes on"},"content":{"rendered":"
Except sometimes it doesn't.<\/p>\n

It's funny — you go off on vacation and expect things will be different when you get back, but fundamentally the same. \u00a0But sometimes they aren't. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Jake was a regular fixture over at our house, when we were actively gaming. \u00a0Doyce says it was December 2000 when he joined the family; Kay would have been 6-7 months old at that point, and Jake was never anything more than kind and caring toward her, even when he loomed over her like an elephant would above us grups.<\/p>\n

The last time I saw him was a week or so before we headed off to Africa. They were out of town at SDCC, Jackie was watching the dogs, but needed someone to come by at lunchtime to check their water. \u00a0Both dogs were happy to see me, but Jake in particular, quiet and tired and content and tail-thumping. \u00a0I gave him a good pet, made sure he got some water without having to get up for it, bade him and Dizzy farewell.<\/p>\n

It's sad — though not unexpected — to see him go. That Doyce and family treated him with such love and caring over the extraordinary many years is a tribute to them. \u00a0My heart goes out to them in their loss. \u00a0<\/p>\n

But it was also a tribute to Jake, who you just always had to love, table leg-snapping and all.<\/p>\n

Good dog.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Jake \u2013 doyce testerman<\/a>
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Except sometimes it doesn't. It's funny — you go off on vacation and expect things will be different when you get back, but fundamentally the same. \u00a0But sometimes they aren't. \u00a0 Jake was a regular fixture over at our house, when we were actively gaming. \u00a0Doyce says it was December 2000 when he joined the … Continue reading “Life goes on”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43573,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/14\/so-long-dizzy.html","url_meta":{"origin":38369,"position":0},"title":"So long, Dizzy","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 14-Jul-14 7:11pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I think the remarkable thing about pets is how much we make them part of us, part of our families, part of our loved ones. \u00a0Yeah, there's some projection there, but the fact is, there's more going on in those heads, and in their needs and wants and loves, than\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10989,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/05\/01\/wag_the_dog.html","url_meta":{"origin":38369,"position":1},"title":"Wag the Dog","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 1-May-07 6:15pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Dogs wag their tails a lot -- and it turns out the wagging can convey a message.\u00a0 If it's wagging more toward their left, the dog is fearful or apprehensive.\u00a0...","rel":"","context":"In "Pets"","block_context":{"text":"Pets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/personal\/pets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8870,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/04\/01\/this_ones_for_j.html","url_meta":{"origin":38369,"position":2},"title":"This one’s for Jake","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 1-Apr-06 12:49pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Fart diapers for dogs. 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