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And it is exceedingly short, his galloping life. Dogs die so soon. I have my stories of that grief, no doubt many of you do also. It is almost a failure of will, a failure of love, to let them grow old__r so it feels. We would do anything to keep them with us, and to keep them young. The one gift we cannot give.
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And it is exceedingly short, his galloping life. Dogs die so soon. I have my stories of that grief, no doubt many of you do also. It is almost a failure of will, a failure of love, to let them grow old__r so it feels. We would do anything to keep them with us, and to keep them young. The one gift we cannot give.

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