I took my poor old lab for her last walk Monday AM. We walked down by a small stream as she always liked it so much and it is just a short ways from home. I got back home and lifted her in the back of the car as her hips are shot. She always liked riding in the car and I could see her looking at me with the same trust in her aged eyes that she has had all of her 13 yrs. Poor Lucy has been on painkillers and steroids for a while now and time has taken its tole on her body but not spirit and she was still the puppy at heart. Vet said she would take her in the back room and give her the shot but I said I no I'll hold her in my arms like I did bringing her home at eight weeks old. Lucy was always with me when I had my back operation and laid in a hospital bed for weeks at home as my wife had to keep her job and was gone all day. My wife went through chemo for the second time and was in same hospital bed in the same spot in our home an Lucy never left her side as well. Good by old friend you gave us all soo much and asked little in return.