There was a man who had a dog, and he loved that dog with everything in him. Wherever he went, his dog was with him, and everyone in town knew them as an inseparable duo.
Then one date, the man went into the local goldsmith’s shop, without his dog and looking very miserable.
The goldsmith asks, “Hey, what happened to your dog?”
The man sniffs and replies “Bonnie passed away last night.”
“Oh, I’m so sorry to hear that,” the goldsmith said. “How can I help?”
The man says, “I want you to build a statue of Bonnie, out of solid gold.”
“Of course, 18 carat?”
“No, chewing a bone.”