For DU'ers Only! My Dog Flip! His PIC from 30 years ago!

[Whoa_Nelly]

This is my dog, Flippy!

I just had 30+ old slides put on CD. This pic of Flip (we called him The Old Man) is the first time I've seen it in many, many years.

Flip was just about the coolest dog on earth. He lived to be 17.

[SeattleGirl]

1. Awwww, he looks like such a sweetie pie

:hug:

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. He was! He adopted me when he was 10 years old

The family that owned him gave him to me. Flip and I met when I moved to Tucson in '70. He lived behind my house.

A real character...would bring presents, would steal things, then return them (like my Rolling Stones concert tix...brought'em back the day after the concert...), and would figure out which building I was in at school, and would wait for me to get out of class.


...and he was a party dog...loved to party and to take trips with me in my VW camper.

[SeattleGirl]

5. Our four-legged friends are so smart, aren't they?

[zanne]

3. The dog you grow up with...

Is always the best dog in the world. I'm sure you have great memories of Flip.

[Whoa_Nelly]

4. I was 16 when I got him...so kinda grew up with him

Hr still visits occasionally in my dreams....and it's always fun :-)

[ET Awful]

6. He looks like a very cool dog

:)

What a face!

[In_The_Wind]

7. Flippy has a very regal look about him.

I'm glad you were able to save your old pictures. :hi:

[Tom_Foolery]

8. I got my childhood dog when I was almost 5 years old...

I had to put him to sleep when I was 21. It was like killing my brother. He and I had been through a lot together. He's been gone 25 years, and I still think about him everyday. His name was Inky.

[xchrom]

9. what a love!

and isn't it amazing they can find you at school?

that dog was meant to be with you.

[Whoa_Nelly]

11. Yes, Flip really was a very special dog :-)

At age 14 he could still jump up to the top rail of a wooden fence and vault himself over. He was an Airdale mix and very protective of me, especially the years I spent on the road wtih him while traveling and living in my VW camper.

RIP Flip
1960-1977

[ThomCat]

10. Awesome picture.

Remembering the animals we've loved is a wonderful thing. I've had two previous cats, and I often miss them both terribly. They were wonderful beasts.

[driver8]

12. What a great picture. Flip is very handsome.

Thanks for sharing Flip's photo with us. He sounds like he was a very special friend.