Comments on: Hershey’s Kisses

By: Ginger

Ginger — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:16:06 +0000

Mike– you touched my heart beyond imagination– a true pet person, you ARE–

By: armchairoutfitter

armchairoutfitter — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:41:40 +0000

To Simon . . . cheers! And to all dogs everywhere. We try our best to live our lives in such a way that we can in some measure deserve the time they spend with us.

By: Simon's Mom

Simon's Mom — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:10:16 +0000

With a full heart after reading of your four-legged-friend….I remember Simon.
117 lbs of black lab who became my husband’s best buddy.
When others said he was crazy looking for a pheasant, he did his master proud….going to a fallen tree in a stream and tearing off the bark to “find” the hen pheasant hiding there.
He was gone from us way too soon as medical problems made us do the right thing for our family member….his master, his friend with him to the end. Here is to Simon-the wonder dog that filled our hearts with joy. We have not seen a black Lab that was as big and with a blocky head as he had….they sure leave big footprints on our hearts!

By: armchairoutfitter

armchairoutfitter — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:52:49 +0000

When Hershey passed, my friend Raimey said, “It takes many generations of their lives to span one of ours, and we don’t know why.” He left it at that, but I think that says it all.

By: Michael Todd Congiardo

Michael Todd Congiardo — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:24:18 +0000

As a father who has also lost a canine son, your story touched me deeply. After Count Basie (our 1st child) passed, I was heartbroken, depressed and determined never to have another pet.

Rosie (an 80 lb. mixed breed) now sleeps in the bed with my wife and I…let me rephrase that…Rosie (an 80 lb. mixed breed) now allows my wife and I to sleep in her bed with her. In my defense, it did take about 3 months to get another dog.

Great story.

By: armchairoutfitter

armchairoutfitter — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:35:15 +0000

Thank you, Simon. As a fan of outdoor literature, I always vowed I’d never write the “sad dog story.” I understand now why so many authors have written them. When you lose a loved one, you just don’t know what else to do. If someone can take comfort from it, at least that’s something.

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:26:55 +0000

Hi.. I followed the trail from your experiments on zwiki.org, and just wanted to say thank you! This was just beautiful.

By: armchairoutfitter

armchairoutfitter — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:50:02 +0000

I will always think of Hershey as my special boy. It’s a vicious fallacy that those who participate in the blood sports have no regard for animal life. The loss of a pet can be more difficult to accept than the loss of a friend or a close relative. All human relationships are clouded by expectation, recrimination, and regret, but the love of and for an animal is pure, simple, and sweet.

By: Theresa

Theresa — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:01:45 +0000

What a touching writing about your very special friend. I’ll never forget the time he came to visit us and spent his day playing in the pool and dragging Greg around the yard.