Judyann, your story made me smile. Your dad sounds like the kind of guy I'd like to know. Thanks! When I was young, we got a puppy and raised him to be an excellent cattle dog. He an I were inseperatable as we grew up together. I think I was around twenty when he was struck and seriously injured by a car. My dad looked at him an said,"you can't let him suffer son, better get your gun." That's what life was like when I grew up.

Heartwarming & Heartbreaking....All at the same time... Reminds me of the film 'Old Yellar'? I think that's what it was called.....Even my tough & rugged old Father teared up on that one. Funny the things that shape us.....