Ten of the best very days of my life were spent with you, Little D. You were so full of life being such a little baby at one year old. I loved your beautiful face, those big brown eyes with very little of the whites showing. You made me laugh a lot and I enjoyed every moment we had together.

I especially enjoyed our times together when you would come to me and put your arms around my neck, look me in the eyes and then kiss and kiss and re-kiss me, slowly you would slide down my one arm, belly up and I would rub your belly for the longest time. When I stopped you would get back up and kiss me all over again. We did this ritual every day for the ten days at least once a day.

I found it so hard to leave you to go to upstairs to go to bed and would stay until 11:00 with you every night. You were such a good boy in the crate - no whining or barking and you let me sleep in on the weekends. I could hear you turning around in the crate during the night and I just wanted to bring you to my bed and cuddle you. You were such a smart little baby. You mastered the doggie door all by yourself and totally enjoyed the freedom of coming and going.

I watched you fly around the yard all by yourself as though someone were playing with you whipping in and out of the doggie door and coming back to me every few minutes to give me one on of those special kisses and I would tell you how beautiful you were. Then I introduced you to Hannah. You two were so cute together.

Hannah fell in love with you and totally adored you. I watched the two of you play. You were so gentle with her. Right in the middle of playing, you would go off and get a drink of water, Hannah would stand patiently waiting for you to come back and resume the playing. Then the two of you would play a few more minutes and you would go outside, bark once and come back to Hannah. What a cool little dude you were and Hannah was totally smitten.

You were such a gentle soul. When given treats you would flash your pearly whites while sitting and taking your treats so gently. You also smiled from ear-to-ear without flashing the teeth while I rubbed the backs of both of your ears. Sometimes you would just smile because you were excited to see me at the end of the day.

There are not enough words to truly express the love I felt for you. You gave me more than you will ever realize during those ten days. I am so sorry you could not overcome the demons that consumed you with fear from being abused. I pray for you every night. I just have to think you are in heaven with God, free of your demons and running free with all of my other little ones. I hope I can become as good as you are and one day we will meet again. I pray you know by now I would never have hurt you in a million years. I love you so much and the pain of missing you is unbearable. Please know that you took a big chuck of my heart when you left me - you sweet little munchkin.

Sometimes life can be so unfair, but I pray you enjoyed those ten days as much as I did and I pray you felt the love coming from my heart to you. God bless you Baby D. Good night.