That deep chested growl has now whimpered into the dusk. That proud bark has been silenced by the storm. That friendly tail now has wagged its final goodbyes. The loving tongue has licked its last delicacy.

Scrappy, my friend, my brother, my son, my doggydo…left last evening by the Labrador Express for Canine Heaven to join his cousin Slash the Doberman who passed away a couple of years ago.

The end when it came, was administered with great reluctance and the common understanding that we all had, that nothing was worth making him suffer. He had lived a life, a full life with dignity and love, and we wanted him to pass on the same way. And he did.

He will be missed, as a member of our family and as a friend. Not just by us, the four who were fortunate enough to enjoy him from his birth fourteen years back…but by the many friends and other family members that he endeared himself to.