Frankie Floyd

Gary and I adopted Frankie from “Save a Dog Today’ out of Redding in 2007. Gary retired in 2005 and we had talked about adopting a dog but he wanted to make sure he was going to stay retired. We looked at several animal rescues and Gary saw Frankie’s picture and said, “he’s the one.” Frankie was close to both of us but I was still working and the bond Gary and Frankie had grew deeper. We were a Pack, not a part from each other for more than a couple of days. Life with Frankie was full, we attending several training classes with him and he obeyed commands in the back yard – He was part hound and his nose was in control. We went on hikes all over the foothills in Auburn, CA. There is a nice area close to our house where we would walk Frankie everyday and everyday we did. We would hide treats for him in the backyard and give him the command, “find.” Watching him use his nose to find every morsel of a treat was fascinating and helped him to burn off excess energy. Because we walked Frankie in the neighborhood, we introduced ourselves to our neighbors we wouldn’t have met otherwise. Our world opened up more than it ever had before because of Frankie and our love for him and we wanted a good life for him. The day we said goodbye to Frankie was the worst heartache we could bear. He’s be absent physically from our lives but will forever remain in our hearts until he is no longer a memory we can hold onto. We still say goodnight to him and the tears still come. He was our Frankie Boy, Frankie Doodle, Frankster, Frank, Doodle Dog and more.