RIP Pearl the Dog, 1999-2012

[DanaC]

I know from my own experience that the extra innings is a precious thing. Vets are truly amazing. They gave my lad extra time and I was and am deeply grateful for every minute of that time.

I know you didn't talk a lot about Pearl before all this started, but you talked of her enough, and posted pictures enough, that I felt a connection to her, as a loved dwellar pet. I feel priveleged to have been able to share some of her last journey with you. She was a special little dog.

This time last year I was heading to where you are now at. And all of you here, all my friends, helped me immeasurably to cope and to find the points of light in a very dark time. It helped somehow, to know that his passing was marked by so many people beyond his immediate pack. And even that someone in a whole other country, who had never met him in the fur, felt moved enough to cry salt tears for him.

Pearl touched so many people without even knowing. She was and always will be in some way a part of the Cellar. More so than most because she was your baby. In a way, like the landlord's dog in a favourite bar, she was The Cellar Dog. And she will be missed by us all.