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		<title>Why Dogs Are With Us So Briefly</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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This is another story e-mailed to me by a friend.

A Dog’s Purpose (from a 6-year-old).
Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog’s owners, Ron, his wife Lisa, and their little boy Shane, were all very attached to Belker, and they were hoping for a miracle.
I examined [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=243&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jasper and the Unbaked Rolls</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 11:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is another story that came to me in an e-mail, with no indication of the author or source.  If anyone knows the author or source, please e-mail me so I can put the credit in this post.
Please note: The story is funny, but the outcome could have been serious, even fatal. The ASPCA has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=205&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Greta and the Cockerel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 12:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had a new Greta adventure Wednesday morning. The people next door keep chickens and they have one rooster. Well, the rooster got out of the coop and flew into our back yard, whereupon Greta did her greyhound race memory thing and chased it. She pulled a lot of feathers out and stopped it cold, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=193&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jasmine, Canine Earth Mother</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This came to me in an e-mail message from a friend. I have no idea who wrote it, or when, or if it was published anywhere or is just making the rounds via e-mail forwarding. But it&#8217;s such a wonderful story, and it describes so well the fundamental greyhound breed characteristic of gentleness that I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=184&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Greta Comes to Live with Us</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 7, 2009
A month since Joey died, and  we have adopted another greyhound: Greta.  I was so bereft during the day, I started looking at the greyhound rescue web sites and saw this little girl dog who needed people like us. The description on the rescue site said she needed a quiet home as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=189&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>March 7, 2009: A Pet&#8217;s Death</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, March 7, 2009
Today my sweet, gentle Joey died. We were in the field for our regular walk, and he came running back to me as always, tail wagging and eyes bright; then he was suddenly on the ground gasping and moaning; and he died. Less than twenty seconds, I&#8217;d guess. I felt his heart, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=187&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Village in Summer</title>
		<link>http://lightwithspirit.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/the-village-in-summer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©2008, RKSilipo. All rights reserved.
Today I stepped out of the village shop and post office and was face to face with a horse. Three horses in fact.  Here the kids ride horses, not bicycles, during summer vacation. The horses were smallish, not gorgeous quarter horses but sturdy farm horses.  The girls mounted and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=123&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Good Dog, Carl &#8211; A Canine Babysitter with Lots of Stories to Tell</title>
		<link>http://lightwithspirit.wordpress.com/2008/05/26/a-babysitting-rottweiler-named-carl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 15:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©2008,Ramona K Silipo. All rights reserved.
Good Dog Carl is the first in the series of Carl books by Alexadra Day, based on her own experiences with her dog. In this story, we meet The Mother who is seen only fleetingly, because the protagonist of these books is a cuddly, paternal Rottweiler, and his sidekick is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=108&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;What is REAL?&#8221; asked the Rabbit one day.</title>
		<link>http://lightwithspirit.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/the-velveteen-rabbit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 10:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margery Williams, with gorgeous illustrations by William Nicholson, can truly wear the designation, A Modern Classic. First published in 1922, the original edition is now available again from Doubleday, in their &#8220;A Book for Young Readers&#8221; series. It&#8217;s also available in paperback and in various editions with more contemporary art. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=90&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Greyhound Gambols in the English Countryside</title>
		<link>http://lightwithspirit.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/walking-the-dog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©2008, RK Silipo. All rights reserved.
28 November 2005 &#8211; Hertfordshire
Just a little while ago I got back from taking Joey along the river walk. We haven&#8217;t been for a while because icy ground and wet leaves are too slippery when it’s very cold out. Today it was warmer, so we walked in soggy leaves and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=88&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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