This short video will give you a tiny glimpse of what it was like to live with Papi. What a personality! He was 16 years and 7 months old when he passed.

I have had other dogs, but not like this. I don’t think I’ve ever loved another little being like I loved my boy Papi.

We took Papi in as a foster dog in 2008. And in August 2009 we adopted him. I told my wife that all I wanted for my 50th birthday was to make Papi a permanent part of our family. Our sweet senior told us he was ready to go and we helped him to the Rainbow Bridge on March 1, 2024.

Our boy had a full life and loved many things including chicken, watermelon, kale, canoe rides, looking for and trying to catch fish, swimming in Barton Creek, hiking in the Greenbelt, road trips, squirrel chasing, running in the park, playing with all sizes of dogs, but most of all that boy liked to be close to me and Sue. And I mean CLOSE.

Papi has been on social media since 2010. He started by occasionally making guest appearances in my AskWoodMan videos here on YouTube. But he was on several other of our YouTube channels as well. And he also has plenty of his own starring roles and his blog AskPapi.com is still out there. He’s also on Flickr, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and most recently TikTok where he has one video about to hit 800,000 views. All silly stuff. (My wife Sue is “Mom of Papi” on TikTok)

I love looking over the photos (2012-2015) on Papi’s blog. Many were from in my shop.
And the TikToks my wife has made are pretty sweet as well. Links below.
Papi’s blog from years ago is still online: https://AskPapi.com/
Here is one of Papi’s TikTok videos (no account needed to watch): https://tinyurl.com/PapiandHarlow
Here is one of Papi’s first YouTube videos promoting eating your greens: https://tinyurl.com/PapiLoveKale

Piano music by Italian composer Mattia Cupelli “Touch” (old version)
Narration by Tom O'Bedlam
Poem excerpts from "If Tomorrow Starts Without Me" by David M. Romano
Spanish song in the background at the end by the Pretenders “Rabo de Nube”

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