I REMEMBER THE DAY WE PICKED YOU OUT OF THE LITTER - YOU WERE THE RUNT AND YOU HAD A SPARKLE IN YOUR EYE THAT SAID " I AM YOURS".  WE PICKED YOU UP TWO WEEKS LATER AND YOU HAVE BEEN A JOY FROM DAY ONE.  YOU WERE MY FAITHFUL COMPANION FOR 12 YEARS - MY SHADOW.  YOU LEARNED MANY TRICKS, SIT PRETTY, SHAKE, ETC. YOU OPENED DOORS BUT STILL MANAGED TO STAY IN YOUR YARD.  AFTER MOVING YOU WERE HOME SICK FOR A FEW WEEKS BUT CAME TO LOVE HOME SINCE IT WAS WERE I WAS.  YOU ENJOYED THE W-A-L-K- WE HAD TO SPELL IT BECAUSE YOU WOULD GET SO EXCITED WHEN WE SAID IT- THEN WHEN YOU FIGURED OUT WHAT WE WERE SPELLING WE STARTED TO SAY STROLL.  YOU TOLERATED THE NEW KID -  THE "OTHER DOG" - SHE MISSES YOU DEARLY - YOU TAUGHT HER WELL -  YOU WATCHED OVER THE BABY WHEN WE BROUGHT HIM HOME.  YOU LET ME KNOW WHEN HE NEEDED ME.  YOU THOUGHT EVERYONE THAT CAME OVER CAME TO SEE YOU.  I ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE WITH ME FOREVER BUT THE DAY CAME WHEN I HAD TO MAKE THE HARDEST DECISION OF MY LIFE - I COULD NOT ALLOW YOU TO SUFFER BUT I KNOW THAT YOU ARE WAITING FOR ME AT THE RAINBOW BRIDGE - I LOVE YOU CALLI