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It's been 2 months since Kirby has been gone.  I might be getting used to him not being here, but it doesn't feel any easier or less sad.  I still catch myself thinking he's here when I'm first waking up, or tired.  I'll think.. "oh, I've got to see if he wants to go out.. "  and well, I'm sure those of you who have dealt with this kind of thing know what I'm talking about.

I did think of a couple of things that made me laugh a little to remember.  Kirby used to wrestle with Corky, a friend of his since he was a pup.  They use to wrestle and chase each other till they were exhausted.  Then they'd sleep a little.  Kelley found a couple of pics of them wrestling.

I also remember when I used to feed the squirrels nuts.  I'd have a big bowl of nuts and Kirby would see me feeding the squirrels.  Of course, he decided he wanted some of what they were having.  I gave him a few and was impressed when he cracked the nuts open and ate the inside meat and left the shells.  I thought for sure I'd have to take them away from him if he tried to eat the shells.  I don't know if he watched the squirrels opening the nuts and eating the insides.. or if it was just some doggie instinct to not eat the shells.  I'm leaning towards him learning by watching the squirrels and I eat the nuts.  He was always a very observant dog.  He'd study things.. stare at them.. learn about them before acting.  At least.. that's what I think he was doing.  He always seemed to have the approach that it's best not to go wading in until you figure out exactly what you're facing.  He took a long time to warm up to people too.. very cautious.