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MY FRIEND & BUSINESS PARTNER BISHOP Bishop, my service dog, has moved on to his other job. I miss him more than I can describe. He worked until his last day with me. I didn't want or expect him to work. Service dogs enjoy their jobs & will do as much as possible for as long as possible. Bishop alerted for someone at the door & showed me where I needed to go. I encouraged this because I didn't always hear someone knocking. Many, many times with tail wagging & much enthusiasm Bishop let me know to answer the door. Another of his very favorite activities was to get my shoes and put down the foot rests of my powerchair. Even if he didn't do any of this he was 1 in 1 0 million. With a huge heart for helping, love & caring, the joy of living in the moment, & a zest for life, Bishop ranked number one in my heart. Learning fast how to be a super superior service dog came naturally to him. Even though he was exhausted from trying to breathe, he still wanted to live to be my helper. I believe he was stoic & worked hard to conceal that he had a problem because the vets could not believe he was in as serious a condition & were very much surprised that his lungs had such an advanced stage of cancer. Brave 'til the end, my best friend & helper died at the age of 4 years old. I miss you, Bishop :-((((((((((((( January 2003 to Sunday September 2, 2007 There is much about our relationship that needs to be said, however, at this time it is too very upsetting to write. Bishop was that rare one-in-10-million & worth more than that to me as a friend, Helper, & calmest, kindest lovingest spirit ever to be here even for a short time. Thankfully, you did not suffer for months or even close to a month. I wish this had not happened to you for you did not deserve to be this ill so soon. You were such a very good boy. Many minutes & hours you were quietly on call should I need your help. I know there was a reason why you had to leave so soon. Perhaps it was because while waiting to hear what was going on with you, I met a lady who also was waiting for news about her dog. She & her friend gave a pastry to me which I didn't eat because I'd lost my appetite after losing you. I didn't want to go home so stayed around talking with people. One couple received news about their dog after hours of waiting. They were concerned about getting across the Bay Bridge because of traffic & so, the pastry went to them. They were exceedingly grateful because this would mean that the husband wouldn't have a diabetic reaction. After you moved on to your next job, I stayed for many hours at the emergency vets not knowing of any other place to go. Apparently I was supposed to be there. If you hadn't gotten so very, very sick, I wouldn't have met those people, they wouldn't have received the pastry, & the possible medical emergency would not have been addressed. God works in mysterious ways. <a href='http://www.mylot.com/vpbanjo/4060'>myLot User Profile</a> September3, 2007 *A note from a proofreader and friend: I don't like dogs, as a general rule, but Bishop was different. I liked his spirit. He wasn't what could be stereotypically called "a dumb dawg" - he was smart. He was almost human-smart, which is what a good service dog needs to be, because sometimes a service dog has to think around what his owner/handler needs from him. I was glad when Viv found Bishop; they seemed to be such a good team together. Bishop was the first dog that Viv had that was allowed to sleep on the bed, so that speaks volumes about how special he was. He kept Viv's back warm; a very valuable service for someone who suffers from both arthritis and Multiple Sclerosis. And he was company - joyous, giving company - asking for no more than to be well-cared for and loved on. Yup, Bishop, it's going to be precious hard to find another one quite like you. Mary Branham September 5, 2007 10khits4unow 410-544-9603 YAHOO IM: vpbanjo MSN IM: vpbanjo ICQ: 42-124-639 Quikonnex: vpbanjo vpbanjo@toad.net vpbanjo@toad.net
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