New Zealand Dog News

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June 10, 2007

A man, his dog and the other

A man-beast bond meant Chilli evaded death more than once. But her time finally came, writes YVONNE MARTIN.

It is not easy signing someone's death warrant, even if it is for a barely alive, ragamuffin dog that loved menacing people with her teeth.

A dog that, friends and family often joked, was the "other" woman in the life of my partner Neill.

Our muscular red german shorthaired pointer, rhodesian ridgeback cross called Chilli had dwindled before our eyes in a few weeks to a frail, wobbly old lady, with a ghostly white head.

Sprawled on the vet's table with her legs at impossible ragdoll angles, she looked more like a pyjama-stuffer than the honed athlete she once was.

The vet shook his head. "I'm afraid this dog has had its day," he said matter-of-factly.

More of the teary-eyed story....

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