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Baxter (Antic 02-108) 14, died peacefully at home on April 17, 2016, surrounded by his people Joe, Sunny, and Jeff, with some assistance from the good folks at the local veterinary clinic. Bax's health had been in decline for a few years due to Cushing's disease and then arthritis. He had a rough spell around Christmas of 2015 but rallied for a few more months like the tough guy he was. In the end, he all but quit eating and had a very hard time walking, and the very difficult decision was made to let him go.
He was born in April 2002 in Minnesota to a RAGOM foster who surpised her hosts with a fine litter of mongrels. He was one of Daisy's April Fool's Day litter. Bax picked us in June 2002 and we flew with him back to our home in Petersburg in Southeast Alaska. Bax spent his entire life in Alasks with us. He was remarkably easy to train and was the perfect first dog for us. Baxter most loved to be with his people and a few select two and four-legged friends. He loved fishing local streams, warming up the tent, hiking local trails, and riding in his boat. He loved guarding his own. He loved little dogs, eating blueberries off the bush, hot dogs cooked on campfires, bunnies, leftover salmon, going mushroon hunting, chasing ravens, venison burgers, afternoon naps on his sofa, and going to work at his office every morning. Baster did not like black bears, wolf packs that tried to get near his fishermen, moose, river otters, or sea linons. He did not enjoy our nation's holiday, duck hunting, or other loud noises. He did not like golden retrievers, especially boys that had the audacity to share his neighborhood. He knew when his people were feeling down and he actively, intnetionally helped them back to the sunny side of life. At the time of his death, Baxter was survived by at least one sibling - Hatch (02-110), good four-legged dog friends Farley and Henry, and his calico cat companion Spaz. When Bax began to slow down he spent a lot of time on short walks around his neighborhood with Spaz (see Bax and Spaz on a winter hike here. He's survived by his people Joe and Sunny who miss him terribly, and good friends Jeff, Liz, Heidi, and Joe V. Bax was preceded in death by four-legged girlfriends Riley, Lucy, Nika, Luna, Zoa, Lacey, Maggie Moo, and Leia; and his four-legged friends Japhy and Reximus. We can't thank RAGOM enough for allowing us to spend 14 years with Baxter. A few years ago when Bax's health declined we were able, with Debbie at RAGOM's assistance, to track down two of Bax's littermates - Hatch and Funnyman (Oreo). These connections were a great comfort to us, espeically being able to meet Hatch (and Sue and Hank) in July 2016 after Bax's death.
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