Lincoln's Dog Fido

[LincolnMan]

(03-20-2013 05:30 PM)L Verge Wrote:  I can't believe I'm right! I was once asked the same question about what the name Fido meant, and I said that I could only guess that it was a derivative of a Latin word meaning fidelity. Thank you, Linda. It has taken about twenty years to learn that I did know how to conjugate verbs...

I also think that the Lincolns were very mean to leave Fido behind. I have had dogs all my life, and they grow just as attached to humans as we do to them. My grandson's puggle has a fit if Aaron even walks out the door without him. You should see his reaction when Aaron hops out the car to run into a store without him. The bond between a boy and his dog is wonderous. Fido must have wandered the streets looking for his boys.

Since it has been acknowledged by so many that Lincoln loved animals, I wonder what the thinking was that resulted in leaving Fido behind.