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congratulations to you and your beloved pup! it's a very special relationship and i hope it's many more years.

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Happy belated, Boswell! I'm glad you had the great fortune of finding each other.

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Happy Birthday to Boswell!

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If it’s any consolation, my cat was diagnosed with a heart murmur as a kitten and still lived to almost 16.

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that is good to hear! the vet was really encouraging too

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happy birthday to the most handsome of little princes.

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I knew someone who named her puppy Lover. “Here Lover! Down Lover!”

Many regrets later…,

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Long live Boswell!

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Happy birthday, Boswell

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he is sooo perfect. happy birthday!!!

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three cheers for boswell!!!!!

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This reminds me that in my younger years, before a decade of fixation on having a dog named Benicio, I wanted to name a male chihuahua Dame Judi Dench… I’m glad I never did that lol

Happy birthday to Boswell!!!!

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lolllllll. I think the moment you had introduced the puppy as "Dame Judi Dench" you would have the same realization I had with "Flush"… that is "I cannot possibly do this every day for the next ten+ years"

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We are lucky these dogs save us from ourselves!!!

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Happy birthday, Boswell! I hope you see... no dogs (?)... & receive everyone's full attention. 🎉

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day already ruined (he saw Buster)

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Our dog had the same name as an in-law (the dog was there first). It was gloriously confusing. Questions to someone else, in her earshot, about whether it looked like she had to go to the bathroom…

Many many healthy years to him ❤️

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hahahaha. this sounds like the sort of situation that results in a memorable advice column letter lol

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