Losing Cleo

American Spectator ^ | June 21, 2012 | Ben Stein

[libstripper]

Sad, sad day. Cleo, our ancient German short-haired pointer, is barely able to walk. When she does walk, she tends to fall down in her own mess. For this majestically beautiful girl, it must be deeply upsetting. She cannot go up or down the steps in Beverly Hills, and she is extremely hard to carry.

[cport]

That being said, I would never place an animals life above yours, even though I don’t know you. I would rescue you and yours from a fire before a dog.

[LadyBuck]

We had to put down Old Lady (white shepherd) VERY recently.

She’d almost made it to her 16th birthday, but was in so much pain and suffering...lost her hearing, her bearings and needed so many pills just to settle down every night...

We’ll never have another like her...Our Dear Girl, hard to remember a time without her. The younger kids, at ages 12 & 13, have never known life without her, and so they are mourning too.....