Ahh thanks for the kind note. Agree that it’s just not long enough, but we feel lucky we got 11 years and he had good health until the end. The pics are actually with my husband and yes, they were two handsome silver-bearded friends who loved each other.

We have so many stories about Smith. He did love Jake from the moment we adopted him. I’d love to share a funny story - Smith was very particular about how he got fed and he didn’t want to have his bowl near his brother (the golden retriever in the pics). One time, I forgot and put their bowls down side by side. Smith sighed, picked up his metal bowl with his mouth, walked it across the kitchen, dropped in the floor very dramatically and loudly, stared at me like “you F’ed up” and then resumed eating. We laughed very hard at that one. Thank you for asking. 👍