'Til we meet again...

Champion Con-Te Patent Pending, CGC
February 23, 1999 - August 27, 2009
"SONNY"

We said goodbye to Sonny just four days short days after his ten and a half month birthday...and directly on my birthday. His legs and his spirit finally gave out on him after a short fight with who knows what. A trip to the emergency clinic that Sunday had shown that he had all of sudden lost all reflexes below his spine. Despite medication after medication in that short period of time, we only had a few days left together. I hand fed him the night before - he ate all he could before finally giving up and turning his head away. A mere cup of food. Thirty minutes to eat. The next morning he collapsed in the yard while trying to stand up (after we carried him outside) and he never even tried to lift his head. He raised it just enough to grab a piece of cheese we had taken out to try and encourage him, but that was it.

Took him in to see Doc at 9am before any of the other clients would begin arriving. Robby had carried him out to the truck and then carried him inside to Doc's...Sonny acted like a bag of potatoes. We layed him on the table and talked to him. Didn't take long for that evil hot-pink solution to take effect. I think I layed on top of him for thirty minutes afterwards just holding him and crying into his fur.

Tell Tim hello and I'll see you over the bridge in the future.

Take a bow...