Thanks guys.
Yea, the beagle. We adopted him from the shelter in Topeka just after thanksgiving in 2001. He was about three months old. He slept in my room until I moved off to college my freshman year.
He was old and in poor health. I thought I was prepared for this moment, but it's still tough. Thinking about it this morning has dug up a lot of memories. A ton of good ones, and some bad ones where he was there to help ease the pain.
He was a great dog. I couldn't have asked for a better one. I'm going to drink a lot of booze tonight and cry some tears.