01/17/2025
Molly Jones Papatola, age 12 ¾ (or about 80 in dog years), peacefully crossed over the Rainbow Bridge on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. She made her final journey at home, in the arms of her Person (Dominic Papatola), her Backup Auxiliary Person (Mary S. Jones, as well as the son (Nicky Papatola) who Never Liked Dogs and the daughter (Sofie Papatola) who said that Dad needed a project and she didn’t want it to be her.
Molly bounded out of a minivan driven by her Wags & Whiskers Animal Rescue of MN foster family at Como Park on a July day in 2016. We were her third family…previous owners said she “barked too much.” And a majestic woof it was…deep and resonant; an exemplar of the breed standard for whatever breed she might have been.
She was too big and mellow to be a lab. Barrel-chested but too small for a Great Dane. Too yellow to be a German Shepard. The trainers were positive she was an Anatolian Shepherd. Google pictures pegged her as an Akbash.
Molly Jones Papatola, age 12 ¾ (or about 80 in dog years), peacefully crossed over the Rainbow Bridge on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. She made her final journey