Hi Pat,
I am so glad to "meet" you at last! No one was offended by your typos, far from it in fact. Like the others have already said, we hope you weren't offended by this "intended to be good-natured" thread. It was totally in good fun and not meant to make anyone feel bad in any way. No one was making fun of you, hopefully if you read the thread you realize that.
I am so sorry for your loss, I have lost more than one pet, and unfortunately in the last year and a half, a sister and my Mother to cancer. My favorite dog ever, JB, died of Liver cancer in 1986 and I still cry when I think of her. I have had (and currently have) other pets, but JB was the most special to me. She was a great dane, what kind of dog was Hannamae? She must have been wonderful for you to name your screenname after her. My current doggie, Chloe, is a mutt, they seem to have the least health problems and live the longest. JB only made it to 9, but we had a mutt at the same time, Gypsy, who was around for 19 years.
I hope you have no objections to us using Hanname as a synonym for all that is good, peaceful and loving here on the DIS boards. And now we can also think of it as honoring your beloved dog. If for some reason you find it upsetting or disrespectful please tell us and we will close the thread.
Mar'