[ckissick]

Thanks, all. Teddy came to work with me every day for over 15 years. He had so many friends. Everyone on the local coastal trail knew him by name. They never knew my name, though.

About Teddy and the raccoons in his heaven: my daughter says the same place is hell for raccoons. He was the most gentle, docile dog you ever met. If the head dog is an alpha dog, then Teddy was a zeta dog. But whenever he saw a raccoon, it was like Jekyll and Hyde. He once went head to head with one of the bastards in our backyard. After quite a commotion, he came trotting up to the back door with a gash across his snout and a big smile on his face. I never saw him so happy.