talk about it last week about it on the show and frankly didn t think i could without completely losing it. and we ve had three wonderful dogs and jet was my inseparable companion, and my hunting and fishing companion and sat next to me during the books i ve written and i don t think the country is going to the dogs, that would be a good thing, jet was good and kind to everyone, especially children, but if there were a hundred people in the room and they were holding out a steak and i was standing there empty handed he would still come to me first. he didn t believe any of the nasty things people wrote about me in newspapers, blogs, or letters to the editor. and he never thought my speeches were too long, or my jokes were too corny or that i had made some student decision. he got up when i got up. he went to bed when i went to