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See you later, my friend
Amber Lea Anders
08/23/93 - 12/19/2006

When I picked Amber out she was so small she would fit in my hands. Over the years to come she grew up into a beautiful Dalmatian. Amber was my kid, by buddy, my best fiend. She enjoyed going for rides, she loved to chase the birds at the beach and she LOVED to eat oranges with my dad. I could have not asked for a better friend than my Dalmatian. She knew when I was not feeling well or had a bad day at work. When I was not in the mood to play with her, she would just look at me with those BIG brown eyes and then it was like magic all my problems went away. She had unconditional love for me. She was a clown. That is how she got the nick name of “hambone”, she was just that a ham….she seemed to enjoy having her photo taken. She would seem to pose for it. She was a champ at the mutt derby races at Derby Lane. She came home with trophies and ribbons for racing. Then Amber became a big sister to a small Jack Russell Terrier. Her name is Sadie Mae. Amber and she were the best buddies ever!! They were like one. Sadie became Amber’s eyes and ears. Amber started to loose some eye site, so Sadie was her guide dog. Sadie would run and wake Amber up and let her know I was home from work and they both would come out and greet me with big brown eyes and their tales wagging!!! She had an active life, she had a good life, until one dreadful day. I noticed that Amber was getting a little slow in her walk. She just started to take a downward spin. So I had to come to terms with making a decision that I did not want to make. Sadie and I slept on the floor next to Amber her last night with us. The vet came to my home and gave Amber the shot. It was the hardest decision I ever had to make on my own. But I know in my heart it was the right thing to do for a friend that could no longer jump and run like a puppy. That is no way for a dog to live. Amber came home in my arms, as a pup and she went to sleep in my arms as a dear old friend. Amber I feel that you are running and playing just like a pup again, and I am sure you are eating oranges with my dad. There is a dog prayer that ended like this: My friend, when I grow old and am deprived of my health and sight, do not turn me away from you, rather see that my life is taken gently, and I shall leave, knowing with the last breath I draw that my fate was always safest in your hands. Amber you are sadly missed, and loved. You are not forgotten. See you later my friend.