12/16/2022
Goodbye, dear friend.
It is with heavy hearts that we must announce the passing of a dear friend of ours. Brown Dog (aka Doogie, Douglas, Hunter Douglas, Brown) has been fighting intestinal lymphoma for several months, and he let us know that despite every treatment we had available, he was done fighting.
For the past 13 years, Brown Dog has been the Official Greeter of the Pet Health Clinic; he took his responsibilities seriously, and loved to complement his activities as Greeter with the chance to run out the front door any chance he got. Playing “catch me if you can” kept him busy for many hours, and allowed our staff to get some much-needed exercise as we tried to convince him to return indoors.
He supervised all activities in our treatment room, and loved to nap on the heated surgery table at lunchtime. Brown also put up with many costumes over the years; playing dress-up wasn’t his favorite activity, but it was one of ours and he graciously accommodated our shenanigans. He could always be found bunkering up in any spare box or bag (empty or not)!
Thank you to all of our clients who have loved and spoiled him throughout the years. Things will be a little quieter over the Holidays as we grieve his loss.
Rest well, Brown Dog! You will be missed.