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86-year-old man and his dog are soulmates (Original Post)
catbyte
Apr 2023
OP
My Dad was the dog/animal person in my family, I learned my love of animals from him
Rhiannon12866
Apr 2023
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Karadeniz
(24,731 posts)1. Made for each other!!!
UTUSN
(77,302 posts)2. Which one is 86? - me & my dog
Skittles
(170,204 posts)3. "dad didn't want a dog"
"dad now"
Rhiannon12866
(252,189 posts)4. My Dad was the dog/animal person in my family, I learned my love of animals from him
And so the dogs we had definitely bonded with him. Actually, his siblings, my aunt and two uncles were much the same, and now their kids are, too. And my grandmother, his mother, was our dog's most favorite person even though she didn't see her all that often. My mother's parents emigrated from Poland so my mother had never had pets - but she learned.
