Trudie died today, a week shy of her eighteenth birthday. Her vet said he had never known a dog to live as long.
To the left is a photo of her from ten years ago. From this photo and the undated family photo below, you can see that she kept up her good looks over the years.
Trudie was a cool character who did not easily show her emotions. But she was a linchpin of her family: two young men whom she first met as little boys, and their parents, who were devoted to her and faithfully tended her through her final illness.
Trudie is also survived by the family's other dogs, Oliver and Winnie.
Although Trudie was much older than Winnie and Ollie, she made a point of keeping up with them on their evening walks.
We will miss her quiet presence at the bluff.
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