Not a buzzkill, man. It's an unfortunate reality all pet owners face.
My condolences for the loss of your partner in crime. Focus on the good memories and shenanigans and when you're ready, adopt a rescue pet. They'll never replace Travis, but they'll love you unconditionally.
Potato Dog got extra treats and attention tonight in his memory. She's turning nine in October, but is still unclear on the meaning of "senior doggo". Hoping she stays that way for as long as possible.
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chandlerman wrote: Today, I did one of those things you never want to do. We said goodbye to Travis Barker, our faithful hound of almost ten years. He'd lost weight, but we'd put it down to him being a skinny old man and a lifelong picky eater. Today, we came back from lunch and errands and something was not right, so I took him to the vet and he was in the final throes of liver cancer. Nothing to be done but say goodbye. Anyways, sorry to be a morbid buzzkill. Give all your human and furry friends a little extra love tonight, because it might be the last chance you get. Worst god damned thing about being a human is having a pet. Yet we keep putting ourselves through that inevitable pain. Hang in there sir. Sorry to hear the terrible news. 
Here she is with her bud Sanne the cat. Nap number 31 of the day.
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Thanks, y'all, for the kind words. Days like yesterday (which started out pretty normally) are the sort of worst that remind you how bad most bad days aren't.
FridayMatinee wrote: I'm in that same boat with my Bluetick Coonhound. She's 15 or so (adopted 8 yrs ago) and has always been a picky eater. Worst god damned thing about being a human is having a pet. Yet we keep putting ourselves through that inevitable pain. Hang in there sir. Sorry to hear the terrible news. Our White Tick Coonhound Mr. Biggs is still pretty young, only three or four, we think, and a complete pain in the ass sometimes, but he loves me to a fault. And, of course, Josie, who's a fair bit chonkier now, but absolutely stole the show at 2:40 of this test ride video. 
Mr. Biggs, just doin' his bein' big thing
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Our beloved Sqrl dog was diagnosed with a brain tumor in May. The clinical presentation was abrupt and heartbreaking. (Falling over, no balance, vomiting from the vestibular symptoms). We have been lucky enough to afford extensive specialty treatment and after a course of radiation and medications to shrink the tumor, she is stable and pretty much back to normal. ...albeit we know we are on borrowed time. 3 months post radiation and feel like every extra day is playing with house money.
A loss of a pet is always heartbreakimg. An abrupt, unexpected loss more so. Best to your fam CM. Hang in there. Sqrl (and Big Mama Lu) send good vibes to you and yours. 
The one and only time she ever used her dog house.
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Although it breaks my heart, I sold my Fazer to a friend since I haven't been riding it for the past 2 years. It's on its 20k interval so it's new plugs, oil & filter, coolant, brake fluids, etc. Since I needed to get the radiator out to do plugs, I also removed the exhaust manifold and gave it a good clean up. Used inox weld cleaning gel for the burnt road crap and then gave them a pass with marine metal polish cream. I'll definitely miss the plate. Although it doesn't read as "Not Sixteen" since our plates have a different meaning, it looked really great...
       
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whodatschrome wrote: A couple weeks ago i pedaled the annual two day Seattle to Portland bicycle ride. I've done it the past two years on my BMX (in two day), but this year one of my friends wanted to see if he could pedal the one day option. I was fairly confident that it wasn't going to be physically possible for me to pedal 207 miles in one day on my BMX, but i was open to the idea of a moonshot attempt. The official starting time of the ride (it's not a race) is 5am saturday morning for the 1 day riders. The 2 day riders start at 5:30am. The finish line closes down at 9pm saturday night for the 1 day riders, then opens back up sunday mid day for the 2 day riders. I did some math and came to the conclusion that it would be impossible for me to finish before 9pm if i left at 5am….so i left the start line EXACTLY at 12am saturday morning instead! My buddy left the starting line closer to 4:30am. He caught up to me around mile 140. He was pretty spent both physically and mentally, so when he saw me he was really relieved. He ended up tucking in right behind me for the next 70~ish miles. We both finally cross the finish line at about 7:45pm saturday evening. We were both pretty proud of our achievement. I was out in the course for 19 hours and 45 minutes. The GPS app on my phone got me lost multiple times in the wee hours in the morning, so i waisted about a full hour of getting back on course. It also added about another 8 miles of backtracking to my ride, so my distance was closer to 215 miles. I had tons of fun. The weather was great. The temp only got to about 85 degrees out. The shirt came off at the midway point, sunscreen was liberally applied, and i walked away with zero sunburns by the end of the day. Ride was epic. Especially pedaling around Lake Washington (in seattle) at 1am with the moon casting its beams across the water, which was then reflecting back in all directions. It was quite amazing to watch. https://cascade.org/rides-events/seattle-portland-2025/route 
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Had some time at the workshop and storage, so clean up a couple of stablemates plus check on that removal progress and do some spannering Each one of these was bought a a none runner wreck and fixed up by yours truly Paintwork done by my partner in crime in the workshop "Professor Johnny Go Scoot" 
Happy little donkeys
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Picked these up from the painter, they are for the chap whose scooter i panelbeat in another post.... I would have started a thread, but its not mine.... although I have a feeling I may wind up building it for him as he has just dislocated his shoulder 
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Today it was my turn chandlerman. Well sadly not me but my wife had to take care of it all. I'm at Knoebels (google it) and called my wife to let her know our neighbor texted me to tell me that I left the sprinkler on and asked her to turn it off. I got her right as she got home and she walked in the house to Bernie splayed out on the floor with a bathroom mess under and around her. She couldn't get up. Could have been like that for 4 hours. So we painfully said goodbye.
True story, any time I or anyone else would say in her presence that she wasn't a good hunter she'd bring a dead animal inside the house within 2 days. She was a quiet sunbathing Bluetick Coonhound. She lived her best lazy life when we rescued her. Memory foam mattress bed instead of a concrete floor? I'll miss her. 
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