Pete!
A hound dog mutt who charmed the world
Two years ago today we were trying to reimagine our lives without our 17 year old dog, Pete. He had an amazing run, and was beloved by people all over the world. Had he known, I have no doubt he would have felt that was exactly his due. After we announced his passing, Pete was trending on Twitter for two days, and the post itself had three million impressions. Artists sent images of him; people sent beautiful and heartfelt condolences. And all for an adopted hound dog who, for seventeen years, dominated our household. I know many of you on Substack remember him, so here is a little Pete tribute, featuring some of the artwork people honored him (and us) with.
Pete is memorialized in a children’s book I published last year, with illustrations by Hannah M. Brown. You can find it here.
What wonderful artwork of the extraordinary Pete! I still look for his picture on the mantle behind Charlie on TV. There was an iconic close up that I loved. Dogs show us our better angels. Thanks for sharing him again.
As someone who has five rescue dogs in the house (one who is a foster, my loving husband likes to point out, just in case anyone thought he was staying 😂), your life with Pete resembled my own. I cried when he died, and I cried six months later when my own old hound Calvin followed him. I purchased two signed copies of Pete’s book, one for each of my new grandsons, so that they could love Pete, too. ❤️