TONY 11 I LAID HIM 'NEATH THE SWEETENED SOD OVER NEAR THE DOGWOOD TREE, MY DEAREST COMPANION, MY LITTLE DOG, THAT GOD HAD GIVEN ME. HE WAS SO FULL OF LIFE AND SPARK, ALWAYS BY MY SIDE, NEVER A GROWL OR BITTER BARK, FROM BIRTH TO THE DAY HE DIED. I LOVED MY LITTLE FUR CHILD, WHOSE MOIST KISSES COMFORTED ME, I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE THOUGHT, HE TALKED AT BOTH ENDS, YOU SEE. WHEN I WAS DOWN, HE SEEMED TO KNOW, AND HE'D COME AND LAY BY ME, LOOK UP WITH LOV ING, SOULFUL EYES, AND LAY HIS HEAD ON MY KNEE. GOODBYE DEAR FRIEND, I LOVE YOU, AND MISSING YOU IS HARD TO BEAR, BUT I KNOW IF THERE IS A DOGGY HEAVEN THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL PLACE FOR YOU THERE. In loving memory of my dog Tony...1985-2000