

Dana adopted Charlie in April of 2000, one year before I met her. He was spirited, to say the least. We're still not sure how, but he graduated obedience school despite talking back to the teacher and not learning anything. He didn't understand why we had to bring new little people home but eventually grew to tolerate them. He was a part of our lives and family for 18 1/2 years and helped us move into our home and raise the kids. We've been preparing for this the last few weeks, but you are never really prepared to say the final goodbye.