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TOOTSIE, THE R&B DOG 
I've gotten thousands of inquiries to know what Tootsie, The R&B Dog looks like. Well, here she is, in all her [messy but] furry glory. She's mostly a cairn terrier (think Toto in The Wizard Of Oz), but I have no idea what the rest of her is. I got her in 1994, when she was around 3.
Not that I think she actually likes the stuff, but, because of all the shows I put together, I bet she's listened to more R&B over the years than you have. Given the choice though, she'd rather listen to opera and polkas.
Tootsie left me in May 2010; I'll miss her for the rest of my life.
Tootsie's last message to me was "Woof, woof, yip, bark, arf," which I take to mean "Keep that good R&B spinning, Unca Marvy." I miss her as I've never missed another. The twelve years that we had flew all too fast. Did she know deep inside how much I loved her? Did I know it would soon be in the past? I miss the things we used to do together; Exhilarating long walks in the park. Her spirit that no earthly bonds could tether; The places where she used to make her mark. And now she's gone, my heart is all in tatters. I reach in vain for one to stroke and touch. To keep her mem'ry live is all that matters. I never thought I'd miss a dog so much. |