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Poochie Millians, R.I.P.

We had to put Poochie, our Yorkie, down today. He was diagnosed over the weekend with sudden congestive heart failure, and there was little they could do to help him, given his age (assumed to be 18).

We have had Poochie since January 2002, when our friends Charlie and Malinda Coulter rescued him and gave him to us to take care of—at the time, he was in pretty bad shape, but he pulled through and lived a happy 6 more years.