Posted by Duane Dichiara at 12:00 am on Feb 02, 2010 7 Comments
Some years ago I wrote a post on the death of my dog, Felony the
Dog, that came to mind today when I learned that Kingpin, the dog
of my friends, Jason and Patty Roe, was on his last legs. As a
person who spent many years in the company of Kingpin I thought I’d
republish. After all, if the people in politics were more like
dogs, we’d have to watch our backs a bit less and our shoes a bit
more. To me that would be a fair trade.
Eat many burgers in your last days Kingpin, and take many
walks.
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FELONY THE DOG
For some thirteen years I’ve had a British Staffordshire Terrier
named Felony the Dog, or Felony for short. One of my peers in my
first year of law school had purchased a puppy, but his apartment
manager had very particular and definite views about the
acceptability of pets that required either Donald and Felony, or
just Felony, to move. Donald chose to stay, and I, who had just
moved into an ancient Victorian downtown that happened to have a
yard, became Felony’s new owner. Felony proved to be an intelligent
dog who picked her friends and her enemies at first site and
generally stuck with the… Read More