Week before last we lost our Ladybird, a 3-year-old Jack Russell. I came home from work, started unloading the dishwasher and heard her and my boxer, Boscar, barking on the back porch (we have a fenced yard; they are not allowed to roam). I yelled out the door for them to quiet down, and told them I'd bring them a snack when I was done in the kitchen. I started out the back door, and she was already gone when I got there. It hadn't been 5 minutes. She wasn't a good dog (she was a barker, and a digger, and an escape artist, and a house pooper -- that's why she wasn't in the house anymore), but she was a sweet dog, and we loved her.
So think of the Rainbow Bridge, and all that smarmy crap -- maybe Cabbot and Ladybird can hang out.