About 6 months after we adopted Haggred, we adopted an older Lab/Husky mix from the same shelter. This poor dog was afraid of everything and everyone, and seemed to have forgotten how to play.
Haggred decided that he was going to adopt Nikki, as she was named. He would bring in live mice and moles to watch her play with them. When I would bring Nikki for a walk, Haggred would come along as well. I'll tell you, the looks I got from the neighbors from walking a cat and a dog at the same time were quite incredulous.
Nikki passed away from congestive heart failure one Sunday morning. Haggred went over and sniffed her, rubbed up against her, then disappeared outside. He came back in shortly with a flying squirrel he had killed and dropped it as close to her as he could get.
It was a very touching scene. Haggred lives on, still bringing us all kinds of local wildlife as gifts, but Nikki is very much missed.
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