I remember the first time i saw you in that pet store. All your brothers and sisters had gone to homes months before. The store owner said noone seemed to want you because you were "the runt". On the way home, you had your head on my arm the whole way, as if to thank me. Over the years you taught me many things... As a puppy, you were so curious.. you taught me to look at things in a childish, innocent way.As you got older, you showed me how smart and eager to please me you were, teaching me that, its just as satifying to please someone as it is to be pleased. When you got ill and I learned you were a diabetic and ide have to give you injections of insulin twice a day, every day, i was so frightened but you made it so easy... You layed down, as you were asked and held your little body still as if you knew it had to be, teaching me, by watching you, to except things and deal with them as you did. I remember when you lost your sight and learned to get around things without bumping into them... what a clever little boy you were. Still , through all this you went through, being the first to sense when someone wasnt feeling good or needed  a bit of love and jump up in their lap, almost insisting that they pet you, as if you knew it would help them and it always did. Of course, you were always in everyones lap anyway, no matter where they were, even on a riding lawn mower.. I remember that too, ide mow and youde lay on my lap with your little head resting on my arm. Always wanting to be held and loved. I miss you my old friend. We were together a short 12 years..... A hundred wouldnt have been long enough. Im a better person for knowing you, You taught me so much. There wont be one day that goes by that i dont think of you. Sleep now my old friend, without pain. I will pray to see you again someday....you will be a healthy puppy again, i know. Till then,,,,,, just rest