So long Stinky

So there's this dog that I ride my bike past almost everyday on the way to the gym or grocery store. I have named him Stinky, well, basically because he is very very stinky. I'm not just talking wet dog kind of stinky, I'm talking mouldy foot/cheese smell combined with beer gone bad. You can literally smell him a block away. No matter what time of day I ride past, he is ALWAYS outside tied to a rope. And when I say always, I mean I've passed him at 9:00am, 3:pm, 10:pm, and even on the way home from the bar at 5:00am. It is definitely dog abuse, especially in the summer where the heat humidity is unbearable. I don't think I have wished for an animal to die, as much as I have wished for Stinky's death. He is old, and stinks, and I feel so so bad every time I go past. But Stinky has become my friend, and I usually buy dog treats to give to him when I ride past. He is kind of like my Japanese muffy. Well for the past week he has been constantly crying outside when I ride past. BUT for the past two days in a row, there has been no sign of Stinky. No smell....no sad dog....no Stinky. Could it be true, has Stinky finally kicked the bucket?? Fingers crossed he has passed away peacefully, FINALLY. But I will be sad not to see my smelly friend every morning.