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Sorry to hear about your loss. Your love for your pets has always been obvious at the races. I'm sure they knew that too. Cherish the memories.

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Jim, I am so sorry about your loss. Brody was loved beyond measure, just as he loved you. Perhaps you recall what I wrote about losing our precious Lucy just a couple of months ago....one day upon meeting again we will all bound like puppies on new snow.

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Jim so sorry for your loss. I know how much he meant to you.

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been there very very very sad

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I would like to thank all of you for the kind words about Brody's passing. He was a great dog and I will miss him greatly. Hershey, my previous Chocolate Lab who passed 5 years ago, taught Brody how to be the best race dog he could be. Brody was a Lab Rescue dog and my daughter Shannan rescued him when she was in college. He came to live with Hershey and me after he had run away from Shannan three times and had bonded with Hershey so well when Shannan had come home on holidays etc. from school with him. He lived with Hersh and me for 10 years and became a great dog . When I lost Hershey, the best race dog ever, Brody helped to fill a very large hole in my heart. Two years ago Matt and Kelly Cooke entrusted me with an 8 week old Black Lab named Tonka when we were at racing at Gainesville and he and Brody became fast buddies. I swore after Hershey died I wanted no part of a new dog, especially a puppy, but Tonka is now filling the new hole in my heart as Brody had done before. Tonka is a born race dog and a great traveler and I can't thank Matt and Kelly enough for having the forethought of giving me Tonka to help me through this tough time.
Thank you everyone. Jim

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Jim, I'm glad you have Tonka. I'm sure you are giving him the best life he could possibly want. Your plight brought tears to my eyes cause I went through it almost 3 years ago. I lost my Chewy after 14 years and it really broke my heart. I rescued Buddy and he has become my best friend. Now I'm giving him the best life he can have cause he gives so much back to me.