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darnit, why'd I look in this thread?

My first dog was Blackie, a Heinz 57 farm mutt with some BD in him somewhere. I had been begging my mom for a dog for YEARS so when we finally moved somewhere where we could have one, she knew some ppl on a farm that had puppies! We drove there, and it was on/near my birthday and she said she had to pick up some 'papers'. I remember whining about it, heh heh. When we pulled up to the house there was puppies and dogs and cats galore, I remember I was playing with some puppy and then the begging ensued "OOH PLEASE MUM! CAN'T I HAVE HIM!?!?!?!?' She said no and i started to bawl! then she said 'I picked THIS one' and there was Blackie, snoozing in a cardboard box with a bunch of kittens! I remember the drive home, with him in my lap and he was a black ball of fuzz with a white stripe on his nose and four white feet and a white tip on his tail and i thought he was the most beautiful thing I'd ever laid eyes on (I'm bawling as I am I writing this btw)

We got him home and of course i had to show him off to the other kids and they asked me 'where did you get the skunk from?' hahah!!! too cute.
my mom made me go take a shower *ggrrr* and my friend Mike came over and i remember to this day walking up the stairs and looking back down and seeing mike on the floor with Blackie in his lap.

I had named Blackie in the car (hey, I was 10 and he was mostly black).

He was my best friend for 14 years and I will miss him until the day I die. My mom still has his ashes, and I have pics of him up still, 5 years after I had to have him euthanized, I found him having a doggie 'stroke' and he was beyond help. .

He was a very beautiful dog for a Heinz 57, glossy, long, thick black fur and bright yellow eyes.

Now I have Juneau, and he has filled the hole that Blackie left in my heart, but there will never be another "Blackie"

Btw, my mom loved Blackie alot too, we still talk about him

RIP Blackie, 1984-1998