Me too. My best memory of Dr. Mike was years ago he was coming to my home to do a house visit and I anxiously watched and waited for him to arrive so I could secure my aggressive potlikers and somehow I missed seeing him coming and he strolled into my yard pet the dogs on the head and I found him knocking on my door with a big grin. It was respect and love for him that day and forever always may he rest peacefully now what a wonderful man.

I remember setting the advantage fleas pill on the kitchen counter then going to fetch one of the dogs - when I returned the pill is gone and little Christine (2 yrs old) has a guilty look on her face. Of course she had eaten it. I called Dr Dan and he said he didn't know what the active ingredients were etc and best to try and call a vet. Thankfully Dr Deshields calmed me down and assured me that Christine would be flea free for the next month!

I want us to remember Mike how he looked in healthier days and gave Marty a pix to post on "Gone but" page on this site, from our last jaunt to Chaa Creek, when we knew time was limited and precious.

Such a presence he had with the pet owners in all of Belize. I hope that his legacy can continue with the work he inspired among the various communities that have formed humane societies to help control the stray animal populations and to keep animals (and people) healthy.

Funeral at All Saints Dec 23; 1pm for slide show and 2pm service. Ashes will be interred at Lord's Ridge. All are welcomed to pay their respects, including animals in the funeral procession from the church to Lords Ridge.

What a nice human being:( such a loss...

Our Mike kept his sense of humor throughout. At the cemetary, after his ashes were sealed in the grave with his father and sister and all were very solemn and sad, his son Christopher put a speaker on the grave and said his dad asked he play this song and out came James Brown's "I feel Good". The good doc wanted us to feel good too. A healer to the end.