Our Family's Special Boy
My family has had many dogs over the years, all setters. Bink came to us through the Gordon Setter Rescue after our previous dogs, Seamus, Luke, Gunner and Danny, had passed away from old age. He was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and given the name "Pinkie" as a puppy due to his pink belly. However, when he was a year old and went to a new owner, he decided that "Pinkie" sounded too feminine. Not wanting to change his name too drastically, Binkie's previous owner gave him a similar-sounding moniker.
When Bink was about six years old, his previous owner became too sick to give him the life he felt he deserved. Since we had just lost our other dog, Danny, several months before, we were looking for a new companion to change the feel of the gap we now had in our household.
Bink fit that bill. He was gorgeous, larger than the field-type Gordon Setters we were used to having (the show breed of Gordon tends to run larger; we suspect Bink was half show-dog). We jokingly used to call him "bus boy" due to the way he turned his body--very carefully, as if he were a bus trying to navigate a difficult turn. While he looked perpetually soulful thanks to the droop in his lower eyelids, he had a bright spirit. He loved to play with his stuffed toys and 'boink' people (usually in inappropriate places) when he wanted attention.
We knew that when we got him, we would only have him for about half of his breed's normal lifespan. We really weren't prepared to lose him; while the vet tried everything when he began showing a high white cell count last month, every medication he could think of, consultations with several vets of internal medicine, we discovered the day before his death that his stomach was riddled with ulcers, probably cancerous. One likely burst shortly after the vet biopsied it to test it. He died early the following morning.
Bink, you are and always will be our special man. Be free and play at the Rainbow Bridge until we see you again. Love you always.
Thank you to Sniksnak for sponsoring our Bink's memorial. We appreciate it so much!
My family has had many dogs over the years, all setters. Bink came to us through the Gordon Setter Rescue after our previous dogs, Seamus, Luke, Gunner and Danny, had passed away from old age. He was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and given the name "Pinkie" as a puppy due to his pink belly. However, when he was a year old and went to a new owner, he decided that "Pinkie" sounded too feminine. Not wanting to change his name too drastically, Binkie's previous owner gave him a similar-sounding moniker.
When Bink was about six years old, his previous owner became too sick to give him the life he felt he deserved. Since we had just lost our other dog, Danny, several months before, we were looking for a new companion to change the feel of the gap we now had in our household.
Bink fit that bill. He was gorgeous, larger than the field-type Gordon Setters we were used to having (the show breed of Gordon tends to run larger; we suspect Bink was half show-dog). We jokingly used to call him "bus boy" due to the way he turned his body--very carefully, as if he were a bus trying to navigate a difficult turn. While he looked perpetually soulful thanks to the droop in his lower eyelids, he had a bright spirit. He loved to play with his stuffed toys and 'boink' people (usually in inappropriate places) when he wanted attention.
We knew that when we got him, we would only have him for about half of his breed's normal lifespan. We really weren't prepared to lose him; while the vet tried everything when he began showing a high white cell count last month, every medication he could think of, consultations with several vets of internal medicine, we discovered the day before his death that his stomach was riddled with ulcers, probably cancerous. One likely burst shortly after the vet biopsied it to test it. He died early the following morning.
Bink, you are and always will be our special man. Be free and play at the Rainbow Bridge until we see you again. Love you always.
Thank you to Sniksnak for sponsoring our Bink's memorial. We appreciate it so much!
Our Family's Special Boy
My family has had many dogs over the years, all setters. Bink came to us through the Gordon Setter Rescue after our previous dogs, Seamus, Luke, Gunner and Danny, had passed away from old age. He was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and given the name "Pinkie" as a puppy due to his pink belly. However, when he was a year old and went to a new owner, he decided that "Pinkie" sounded too feminine. Not wanting to change his name too drastically, Binkie's previous owner gave him a similar-sounding moniker.
When Bink was about six years old, his previous owner became too sick to give him the life he felt he deserved. Since we had just lost our other dog, Danny, several months before, we were looking for a new companion to change the feel of the gap we now had in our household.
Bink fit that bill. He was gorgeous, larger than the field-type Gordon Setters we were used to having (the show breed of Gordon tends to run larger; we suspect Bink was half show-dog). We jokingly used to call him "bus boy" due to the way he turned his body--very carefully, as if he were a bus trying to navigate a difficult turn. While he looked perpetually soulful thanks to the droop in his lower eyelids, he had a bright spirit. He loved to play with his stuffed toys and 'boink' people (usually in inappropriate places) when he wanted attention.
We knew that when we got him, we would only have him for about half of his breed's normal lifespan. We really weren't prepared to lose him; while the vet tried everything when he began showing a high white cell count last month, every medication he could think of, consultations with several vets of internal medicine, we discovered the day before his death that his stomach was riddled with ulcers, probably cancerous. One likely burst shortly after the vet biopsied it to test it. He died early the following morning.
Bink, you are and always will be our special man. Be free and play at the Rainbow Bridge until we see you again. Love you always.
Thank you to Sniksnak for sponsoring our Bink's memorial. We appreciate it so much!
My family has had many dogs over the years, all setters. Bink came to us through the Gordon Setter Rescue after our previous dogs, Seamus, Luke, Gunner and Danny, had passed away from old age. He was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and given the name "Pinkie" as a puppy due to his pink belly. However, when he was a year old and went to a new owner, he decided that "Pinkie" sounded too feminine. Not wanting to change his name too drastically, Binkie's previous owner gave him a similar-sounding moniker.
When Bink was about six years old, his previous owner became too sick to give him the life he felt he deserved. Since we had just lost our other dog, Danny, several months before, we were looking for a new companion to change the feel of the gap we now had in our household.
Bink fit that bill. He was gorgeous, larger than the field-type Gordon Setters we were used to having (the show breed of Gordon tends to run larger; we suspect Bink was half show-dog). We jokingly used to call him "bus boy" due to the way he turned his body--very carefully, as if he were a bus trying to navigate a difficult turn. While he looked perpetually soulful thanks to the droop in his lower eyelids, he had a bright spirit. He loved to play with his stuffed toys and 'boink' people (usually in inappropriate places) when he wanted attention.
We knew that when we got him, we would only have him for about half of his breed's normal lifespan. We really weren't prepared to lose him; while the vet tried everything when he began showing a high white cell count last month, every medication he could think of, consultations with several vets of internal medicine, we discovered the day before his death that his stomach was riddled with ulcers, probably cancerous. One likely burst shortly after the vet biopsied it to test it. He died early the following morning.
Bink, you are and always will be our special man. Be free and play at the Rainbow Bridge until we see you again. Love you always.
Thank you to Sniksnak for sponsoring our Bink's memorial. We appreciate it so much!
