A love song about euthanasia.
 
We who love our dogs have the precious priviledge and the sacred duty to ensure that our beloved dogs can have a peaceful and pain free and fear free escape from what would otherwise be a suffering or tormented final period in their lives. I do consider euthanasia under such circumstances to be a Sacrament. It is the final gift of love. It is the most precious gift you can give, and the most expensive one because you pay for it with your heart.
 
I actually wrote this when Chelsea was still in full flower of her maturity and Bones was not yet fully adult. I was driving back from a Trial in Los Angeles and had visited with my much loved Grandfather who was then a bit past his 90th birthday and was noticably failing in health and beginning to suffer. Although I did not consiously know it at the time, I think to some degree I may have been writing it for him as well as for the still distant future of my adored dogs. In fact he died shortly after this visit.