My close friend Margaret, lost her long time companion, Pavlov, to cancer this past week. All who knew Margaret and Pavi knew that their relationship was unique and that Pavi was not like any other dog. Margaret once told me that his stare reminded her of Feather’s McGraw from Wallace and Gromit and I had a hard time looking at him without thinking of the mute, malevolent-looking penguin and hearing cheesy organ music in my head (Feather’s music of choice). Some memories of Pavi, though maybe not funny at the time, make me smile now when I think of them…his obvious dissapointment at receiving a silver bone studded collar instead of a toy or a piece of steak or the episode at Peet’s Coffee with the “seeing eye” dog. Last but not least, the time Margaret bought a muzzle for him, so he could socialize with Elvis…what were we thinking? I’ll miss Pavi but I’m confident he’s in poodle heaven happily chasing squirrels and eating an endless supply of gourmet left-overs.
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1 Mr Gravy // May 16, 2008 at 4:18 pm
I am very sad to learn about Pavi’s passing, my most heartfelt sympathies to Margaret. Definitely he had that Feather’s McGraw stare.
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