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My condolences on your loss.

I lost my German Shepherd, Ike, in January due to a brain tumor.

In April a friend from church let me know about a white male German Shepherd at the Salt Lake County shelter. He's a year and a half and we are total buds.

p>You will...I believe... see Seamus at the Rainbow Bridge. br> -- Jim Woodward br> Midvale, Utah /p> p> Thank you for printing this sweet tribute. Two months ago I had to put my dog down and she would have been 18 later this year. I've often wondered if our dogs go to heaven and I prefer to think they do. C. S. Lewis believed our dogs go to heaven and the Bible tells us that the lion will lay down with the lamb when all is said and done. Seamus lived a great life and then laid down for a well-deserved nap. That's how it should be. br> -- Fran McKinney /p>

Regarding the question of whether or not dogs go to heaven, according to James Thurber, "If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons."

p>If Mr. Thurber is correct, the odds are good for Seamus. The bigger question is: who will be available to give him heavenly tummy rubs?

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