My heart is heavy this evening. A quick pop on Facebook brought me face to face with a GIANT merle dane face – Cash.
This wasn’t a happy posting. Karla, Cash’s mom, was posing that this sweet giant gent had passed away in the morning. He was 10 years old.
I met Karla and Cash back when the Dogs of MSP was a budding group, not quite to the bazillion people it got to before the pandemic. He was the TALLEST dane I had met, a lovely merle color. On one of those occasions, while the group mingled at Lakes & Legends (now Brühaven) I remembered that the weekly blog ring challenge was architecture.
I asked Karla if we could borrow Cash for some pictures. She said sure! Here are the images from that day in 2017. (And the architecture blog post.)
As the years progressed to the current, I saw Karla and Cash occasionally. He had some health scares, but told them all he wasn’t going to depart any time soon. He got a dane sister and helped her to come out of her shell. He was along when Karla started a dane rescue. I wish I would have seen them more, but I’m glad I did get to photograph him those years ago.
Run free Cash. Say hi to the ones who have gone before you – Mick, Icey, Axel and Bender – an all the others we have lost.
Hug your dog deeply tonight and cherish them forever.