It was 2002 when we first got my 2 dogs. I was only 4 years old but i remember all the times we had. Julius was supposed to be the big, brave,guard dog(rottie)which he was and Max,well lets just say he was his partner in crime. Max was the bad one because he would always pee in the house and get my mom mad but Julius knew better. Julius was the more loyal and respectful one. I would come home from school and instead of doing my homework I would play little games with my 2 dogs. We would all have a blast playing things like i was the teacher and they were the students and other games like photo shoot and i would dress them up in my scarves,hats,and glasses and take pics. of them. Also every time my little cousins would come over, they saw Julius as a women!I always would laugh when they said that because I can too see him as a women because he seemed "women-ly". Julius wasn't a big,tough dog...well he was but around family&friends he was the best dog you could ever meet.Another game I used to play with Julius was that he was my mother or husband and Max was either my son or OUR son! But most of the time he was my mother,this was because of what my cousins thought of him being a girl dog. I would always play these games with them and i still did even at this age (12)! In 2008 One of the saddest things happened to me&my family. One night my Dad left the side gate open and since Max is the bad one we assumed that it was him that led Julius to go out the gate and they would both run away together.The next day me&my older brother came home from school and my Grandma was also here too. My Grandma went outside to bring in the dogs so she yelled out their names but they didn't come. We all got worried so we looked in their dog house and we couldn't find them.We were thinking they ran away which they did so when my parents came home from work,we all rushed to find them. We all knew they couldn't have gone far so we brought a picture of them&asked all of the neighbors them and this building by our house and the guy that worked at this place said he saw them go across the street so we basically tracked them down. We were driving around town to find them and we ended up finding them in an alley!I was so happy that we found them! I made many memories with both my dogs&especially Julius. A few times my dog Julius snapped at me and left me scratches on my face. Yeah I got mad @ Julius for doing that but i never stopped loving him. A few months ago my family&I noticed that Julius had a bump around his hind leg.We took him to the vet but they couldn't make it out. They told us to give him prescribed medicine so we did. In Febuary we noticed this bump on his hind leg grew much bigger into the size of a tennis ball and sores opened up on the bump so we took him in again.They told us that Julius has Orthiosarcoma.This is a serious joint cancer that happens to most large Rotwielers. The vet told us he only has about 30 days to live before his lungs&heart goes out. They were going to put him down that day but my older brother didn't come with us then. So we asked the vet if we could bring Julius home with us for a few days just to say our good-byes,they let us take him. That day I was crying my eyes out because I couldn't believe he was going to go away. We ended up keeping him for more than a month but he was still living! He was suffering and we all knew it but we couldn't help the fact that he was leaving us. His panting and hard breathing made me sad to know that he was in pain. He didn't show it but that was because he wanted to please us. After a month and a few weeks passed by we heard him wimper and he couldn't even walk! We all knew it was time for the Lord to take him. The other day we took Max to get groomed. We brought Julius just for the ride but the vet and the grooming place are right next to each other.Julius already knows the vet's office and hates it. I was sitting next to Julius and I saw that he was shaking. I felt so sad for him and was thinking, "How is he going to do when we take him to put him down if he was shaking?". The next day was the day that would change my life.We were going to put him down and the whole entire day I was crying. We walked him into the vet's office and sat him down on the table thing. He was looking around and we all prayed for him and tears were running down our faces.Then the vet walked in and explained what he was going to do. He put in the first shot which will make his whole body numb.We noticed he wasn't acting like himself.Thats how we knew the shot kicked in.The vet left the room so we can still talk to him while he was breathing&alive still. The vet cam in again to put in the shot that will make him fall asleep.He put it in him and Julius kinda twitched.I was crying so bad almost screaming.I couldn't take it I wanted him alive with me forever.Little by little he started closing his eyes.I was holding onto his hand and suddenly it started to get cold.I felt his ears,nose,hand,and tounge.All was cold.The room went silent.We all knew he was gone.This happened yesterday September.5,2010.I will miss Julius and the things we did together.We enjoyed life together.We loved each other. I will never ever forget about my Dear Dog Julius.I pray he will visit me one day and we will reunite once again. But I guess the only time I can actually feel him will be when it is my time to go.I am 12 years old and I am someone who will always remember my Julius.