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March 24, 2008

In memory of Pudgie (1992-2008)

Pudgie, the Shih-Tzu who Baltimore Sun columnist Kevin Cowherd loved to grumble about -- from the cost of his vet bills, to his gourmet (i.e. expensive) tastes -- died last week.

He was 16.

Cowherd estimates he'd written about Pudgie about once a year in his column since the family got him to help son Sean overcome a fear of animals.

Pudgie succeeded at that, and much more -- even though Cowherd's references to the dog over the years were cloaked in crustiness. Most often, Pudgie appeared in columns about the lengths humans go to to keep their animals happy.

"The truth was," Cowherd writes in today's paper, "everyone in the family loved the little guy, and I would have happily pulled out the VISA card every time he sneezed or eyed a can of top-shelf chow if it gave him more time on this earth." To read Cowherd's full column, click here.

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About Jill Rosen
Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.
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