It is with very great sadness and a very heavy heart that I must report the loss of a member of our family. On December 3, 2005 at approximately 10:15 PM our 8-1/2 year old male, mixed Labrador Retriever, Ickis, died unexpectedly. He had been fine the night before, wolfing down his supper and running around in the back yard (...and later, the house <BG>) with best pal, Buddy; but very early that morning we found that he couldn't get up and walk around, seemed very weak and was cool (seemingly hypothermic). We got him to the veterinarian for care and treatment, they were going to keep him for at least the night, and he seemed to be doing better; but then he took a sudden turn for the worse. Ann & I spent some quality time with him at the animal hospital that day for about a half an hour, just before supper time, and he was alert and very glad to see us, wagging his tail and wanting to come home. We have lots of great memories of him over the years, and he will be sorely missed.
Ickis on the left with pal, Buddy, tugging on a sock 11-04-2002:
Of course, it eventually became a tug of war:
Ickis giving us a wink 03-02-2003:
Ickis, with his favorite bone under leg, guarding his favorite chair 03-19-2003:
Ickis was always trying to be a puppy - Kind of like the comic character, Marmaduke (01-11-2004):
Ickis sleeping in the sun with kitten, Trinity, who has also departed, 06-03-2004:
Ickis sleeping with kitten, Mouse, 07-25-2005:
Ickis & Mouse again sleeping side by side, 08-07-2005:
Not to be forgotten, our very old cat, Pee Wee, also passed on in September of this year:
