My dear baby Duké,

I love you with all my heart. You hav been my baby since I got you. You've been my comfort for the nine long years you've been my dog. But you were more than just a dog you were my son. Whenever life was bad, you were the one thing that was good... You were my sercurity, I felt safe with you. I remember the day I got... You were so cute, so young... And to think it was my whining that help me get you... I was also there in the end. I couldn't cnrol my tears as you slowly closed your eyes and your chest no longer rose and fell. I was scared, I thought you were just tred, I knew you were sick, and the treatments weren't working. I knew we would have to put you down... I didn't want to see you suffer... You never got up anymore, your tail no longer wagging with joy. We had to clean you more often. I didn't mind, and those last moments when I held your head... And you looked at me with so much pain I couldn't handle it. But I was the last person you saw when you passed and I'm content with that. It took me a while to sop crying, and even now I can't stop the tears... Know that you're forever in my heart, and there will never be another animal in the world that could replace you.

Your Mommy...

Rani3

Duké 2/11/2002 - 11/7/11