TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Henry “The Dog” Bachmeyer died on Friday, January 13th and his obituary appeared in the Leelanau Enterprise recently amongst the bios of other community members who had passed away. In the obituary, it is clear to see that Henry was a much loved part of the family even with all of his quirks and mischievous ways.

Henry, it seems, was a wanderer. It wasn’t that he didn’t love his family but he liked to roam around and meet people.

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His obituary said he was an “escape artist” whose owner said had at least nine lives who “was always looking for a human that would contact me when he was lost.”

The obituary went on to say, “Running was Henry’s mantra. Not really good but always ready to go. He followed his nose as his guide to where ever he traveled.”

The obituary said, “Jehovah Witness churches were convenient places to find nice people who called me. He never forgot where his last bowl of food was and always came back to it even if he was gone overnight. Any backyard was a magnet if it had cats or chickens or raccoons or dogs. The people who found Henry and called me I called rescue angels. They all had love at first sight for him. Henry had a long life of meeting many, many people while trying to find his way back to me. He knew many people and dogs in Leland, Cincinnati and Vero Beach. He loved running golf courses and neighborhood streets.”

Henry, called a “star” and a “cool dog” in his obituary, had been diagnosed with lymphoma about three months before he was put to sleep by a veterinarian. He was 15 years old – a long life for a dog but never long enough for their humans.