Losing two dogs in two months is a lot. They were five years apart in age. Life has no guarantees.
Trudy’s last day was today… she was sixteen, and yes, she is the dog who inspired Trudith in the Otters In Space trilogy. I could never have written Trudith without her. She was a friend, part of my family, and also an inspiration — one of my muses.
Trudy’s profound goodness is immortalized forever as Trudith in Otters In Space, Capt. TJ Barker in my webcomic Space Hounds!, and Gerty in my short story, “Gerty and the Doesn’t-Smell-Like-a-Melon.” She was with me for almost half of my life and affected me in so many ways.