On September 1, 2016 cancer claimed my beautiful 11 year old White Doberman, Raleigh. He'd been my last remaining large dog and it was the first time ever this house had nothing but little oldies running around. Returning home from that sad event, I sat down at the computer to compose his eulogy and, being in rescue for many years, check the urgent dogs needing immediate attention. A friend, aware of what had happened earlier in the day and who knew of my love for Great Danes (I'd had Danes since childhood) sent me a photo of an abandoned Dane left tied to a pole in Miami, filthy, injured, very sick and emaciated at 70 pounds. No one knew how long he'd been out there or from where he'd come but instantly I understood the message Raleigh was sending, not to spend time only mourning his loss but to move forward and save another in his beloved memory. Two and a half years later, Emmett is a proud, 150 pound, healthy, magnificent boy with his miserable past a long distant memory. Loving and social, he draws a crowd wherever we go as he teaches people the many reasons to rescue and adopt.
Cathy KarrFORT MYERS, FL
