Taz (left) was Dreyfuss’ (our dog, right) brother (Jake also has one of the brothers from the same litter, Gutter). They were born on the same day to a litter of 9 other dogs. Losing Taz hasn’t brought into clear view the mortality of Dreyfuss, our family member for the last 10 years.

Words really can’t express my sadness. Dogs are such amazing companions who love and take joy in every moment. As humans, we can learn a lot from them. Their zest for life is something to be admired and Taz certainly had plenty of zest. I know that my parents are going to miss his joyful “smile” and his incessant, obtrusive tail-wagging.

Taz, your family will miss you and the joyfulness you brought to us through the wagging of your enormous tail. I wish I had better words for my mom and dad, but I don’t. All I can say is: I love you guys.

Dogs are amazing and enrich our lives. Please be thinking about ours tomorrow as he goes in to have dental surgery and to remove a lump on his back.

Watching him run around the yard is fantastic though.

One thing that I love about Dreyfuss is how his lip occasionally gets stuck on one of his teeth. I’m not sure how it happens though because I’ve tried to do it myself and it never sticks. I managed to catch this picture of him the other day, but it doesn’t really capture the hilarity.

Dreyfuss does.

There are people complaining about the overkill of Dreyfuss pictures. I’d like to remind you of the name of this blog.

Get it? Grey hound?

One thing I love about our dog more than anything is that he’s about 90 pounds, but doesn’t allow that to keep him from snuggling with us on the couch. For whatever reason, he’s gotten into this habit of laying on top of Alli while we watch TV. Once he gets settled, it’s not too uncomfortable…that is until someone rings the doorbell and he gets up to go bark at whoever dares to enter his realm.

Usually Dreyfuss sleeps on Alli’s side of the bed. I actually found him on my side. So I’ve got that going for me.