"Jake" 1996 - 2010. Good boy, Jake. Rest in peace, boy.

We lost our black Labrador Retriever "Jake" late Friday / early Saturday January 16, 2010. He was almost 14.

For a couple of days after he died, the song "Feed Jake" would not leave my mind. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgsnNKQvAhw

I always seem to give several nicknames to a pet...

Dad usually called him "Jake the Snake" or just "Snake", so I called him that and "Snake Boy" (sort of after "Lobster Boy" - I dunno why).

I also called him "Sneaky Snake" after the Tom T. Hall song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nVIPT9a9B0

When my wife Jackie would mow the grass, he would hide out in the grass watching her until she got close, then move to another spot. For that I called him "Snake in the Grass".

Once in a while we called him "Seal Boy" because of the way he would whine and bark like a seal. We had heard about a lab that got rescued from a fire and when the fireman first heard it, he thought it was a pet seal.

Jake yelped and whined just like a little puppy when his mommy would come home. He loved his mommy more than anything, and I was happy to take second place to him. I think I'm lucky he didn't have thumbs!

But more than anything, I called him "My old buddy", and he was indeed that.

We made this short video of him when we took him to the Mounds State Park last year. He liked it out there.

We dearly loved him and we miss him. He was a great companion.

Good boy, Jake. Rest in peace, boy.

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[clanspaceeXCEL]

I miss my dog to dont worry

[toymay24]

@herdissmith100 interesting statistic, ~7 to 8 TeaParty Member people out of 10 are "dog people" and by contrast, ~8 out of 10 liberals are "not dog people". i found that concept/math kinda interesting, but what do i know. just FYI.

[jimmi188]

i have had six times have this happen to me! AND I HAD A DOG NAMED JAKE TOO!!!

[herdissmith100]

I am so sorry for your loss, been there

[Sumer61]

I feel your pain. Although I have no video of my beloved Balty, he died on April 30 2009 at 12 years of age. I miss him so much. He was a good boy, everyone loved Balty.

R.I.P. my furry friend