In Memory Of Our Dearest Nigey-Boy

In the midst of downloading pictures from my camera so that I could blog about the cutest animals in the world that are ours (and I promise I will do that tonight or tomorrow), I came across several pictures of Nigel that I had forgotten were taken. Even though it pains me so, I wanted to share just a few with you because they are so stinking adorable and he is just too beautiful to forget...

And this would be why Rylee is so lonely now, saddened by a void she does not understand. I found them like this one day as I walked into the kitchen, laying together, fast asleep in front of the door.

We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment. ~George Eliot

This would be me sneaking some puppy luvins while the kids were asleep because my Nigey-Boy wasn't allowed on the furniture. He always slept on an ottoman at my feet, and I would secretly pull him up on my lap late at night and snuggle. I guess it doesn't need to be kept a secret anymore...
I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better. They fight for honor at the first challenge, make love with no moral restraint, and they do not for all their marvelous instincts appear to know about death. Being such wonderfully uncomplicated beings, they need us to do their worrying.

~George Bird Evans

Stay tuned for some fun at the Hepfer house with the kids and the rest of our pets...