Fido Meets a Shocking End

My daddy worked at General Electric in the photo lab when I was very small. He had some of the nicest co-workers you'd ever wish for. One of them was a particularly nice man named Bob Good and we became friends with their whole family. He was a very talented photographer and went on to have his own successful studio. He was a soft spoken man and a Christian. He loved animals and people. He lived in Shenandoah and drove each morning to work at GE which was about an hours drive one way. He had to be an early riser. He found that his neighbors dog developed the habit of relieving himself on the front door mat. Each day he'd be cleaning up dog poop. He spoke to the neighbor about it several times to no avail. Finally he decided if he couldn't get the man to curb his dog he would break the dog of the habit.

He had one of those metal braid and rubber tire welt door mats. He took a car battery and hooked it up to the mat and went to bed. He figured the dog would pee on it and run off hollering and that would be the end of the problem. He woke up early to go to work and went to see if the battery prevented the dog from pooping on the rug? He was astonished to see the dog lay there dead as a hammer on the front porch!

He was horrified. It DID work in preventing that dog from pooping on the porch anymore, but Bob had to have a very hurried funeral ceremony for Fido at O'Dark Thirty. It was one of those moments where you either laugh or lose your mind! What made it really funny was he was the very last person who'd ever resort to killing a dog. He was horrified, but knew the nature of that irascible neighbor.

Before you pass judgement on the man, you animal lovers....... I leave you with the following excerpts from his obituary.

He loved the years that he spent and the friends that he made at General Electric Company and still got excited about those good old days. He was an animal lover and enjoyed finding homes for lost cats and dogs. He was an elder at the First Christian Church in Shenandoah and Past President of the Virginia Professional Photography Association.

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Online condolences may be sent to the family at [emailprotected]. Contributions in his honor would be appreciated by Cat's Cradle and Shenandoah Valley Spay and Neuter Clinic.

Fly high with the angels old friend until we meet on that beautiful shore!