The DS and the Nintendogs' Demise....

This is not my DS and I don't have this game (yet) but it's a nice presentation! (thank you Grandma Hardcore!)
I love the DS and I've enjoyed most of the games I've played (except for the Sims 2, as mentioned, and also Goldeneye: Rogue Agent.)

I bought a blue DS in the fall a few weeks after Nintendogs came out and I could hear people all over the office at work calling to their dogs and the joyful barks in reply. A bit stereotypically although I had no professional reason to own a DS at that time, I got the DS and Nintendogs...

I had fun with my dogs - it was awesome, I rode BART more often and I loved to walk my dogs, Chekhov and Stormy, every day. They even found the helicopter toy on one of their walks, so I could dive bomb them with it mercilessly.
Chekhov was the best trained...
"was" you say? Why is that in the past tense?
Rest in Peace, my poor Nintendogs, who are no more after the save data in my cart decided to give up the ghost.
The game is now entertaining my co-worker and her fiancee...

Sigh...