[Geary]

Our remaining dog at present is a Jack Russell terrier that showed up at our doorstep one night (again, a house in the boonies @ 2,000 feet, but in the CA foothills this time). From his fear of trashcans, we surmise he'd been thrown in the trash .. maybe more than once before being abandoned (or perhaps he just escaped). He's made a wonderful companion for our larger dog, who finally went last year.

This little JR just won't die. He's been on prednisone for a lung/trachea issue for 10 years (unheard of longevity), tussigone and other drugs for other stuff .. had to have a damaged eye removed last year (Arr, matey) .. he's over 15 years old with all these physical ailments, yet still going strong (living out his final years in sunny Kailua.