# Goodbye to my dog, Pooka Bear

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-to-my-dog-pooka-bear/821326>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 14, 2018, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-to-my-dog-pooka-bear/821326 "2018-09-14T05:32:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mind\_the\_gap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@mind\_the\_gap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mind_the_gap)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-to-my-dog-pooka-bear/821326/41 "2018-09-15T05:03:36Z")

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Just saw this now, hugs to you from all of us here at the house of Gap. He’ll show up now and then, you’ll catch him out of the corner of your eye. That’s how we see Seamus, who was Mrs Gap’s Boston.

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**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-to-my-dog-pooka-bear/821326/42 "2018-09-15T06:10:05Z")

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> [@mind\_the\_gap](#):
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> Just saw this now, hugs to you from all of us here at the house of Gap. He’ll show up now and then, you’ll catch him out of the corner of your eye. That’s how we see Seamus, who was Mrs Gap’s Boston.

I know exactly what you mean. I am absolutely positive he’s sleeping next to my side of the bed right now.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-to-my-dog-pooka-bear/821326/43 "2018-09-18T23:40:00Z")

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> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#):
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> You will see him again.

Oh, I so hope this is true. I remember something I read about Martin Luther, he said it wouldn’t seem like Heaven if there were no dogs. After what animals have to put up with, it wouldn’t seem fair if they didn’t get their reward.

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**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-to-my-dog-pooka-bear/821326/44 "2018-09-19T19:01:00Z")

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So sorry to hear this. He was a grand dog.

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-to-my-dog-pooka-bear/821326/45 "2018-09-26T19:38:41Z")

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I’m just seeing this thread now, and I made it through without crying until this:

> [@Sunny\_Daze](#):
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> What Pooka loved most in life was me.

I’m so sorry, **Sunny Daze**. ❤

My 10-year-old hound mix wants to sleep wherever I am, too. Has since she was a puppy (much to my ex’s consternation). She isn’t a very affectionate dog, but whenever she seeks me out I \*know \*that she loves me!

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