IN LOVING MEMORY

MEGAN CAME TO PICK UP BRANDENBERG ONE WEEK AGO TODAY, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007 AT 5:05 AM PDT AT HIS HOME FURTHEIM. HE PASSED WITHOUT PAIN. HE HAD 24 HOURS A DAY NURSES WITH HIM AT ALL TIMES AND I SLEPT NEXT TO HIM IN THE GREATROOM. AT 2AM HE TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE AND THE NURSE CALLED THE DOCTOR. AFTER ANOTHER EXAMINATION AND CONSULTATION THE DOCTOR INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING MORE THAT COULD BE DONE SINCE HIS LUNGS WHERE BEGINNING TO STOP FUNCTIONING. I THEN, HAVING IN MIND THE PASSAGE IN THE BIBLE THAT GOD HAD GIVEN US ANIMALS FOR OUR COMPANSHIP AND LOVE BUT HAD ALSO BESTOWED ON US "DOMINION" OVER THEM LEAST THEY SUFFER NEEDLESSLY, MADE THE DECISION. HE DIED IN MY ARMS. FATHER ANGELITO CAME AT 7AM AND WE HAD A SUNRISE SERVICE FOR HIM. HE LAY IN STATE AT MEGAN'S CHAPEL FOR THE DAY WITH SOMEONE ALWAYS WITH HIM. FATHER ANGELITO CAME AT 6PM. WE HAD A BURIAL PROCESSION TO HIS GRAVE SITE AND LAID HIM TO REST FOR THE AGES. THEREAFTER WE HAD A DINNER TO CELEBRATE HIS BRILLIANCE, KINDNESS AND LOVE-GIVING LIFE. HE WAS THE GREATEST OF ALL MY GREAT DANES AND WILL LIVE ON IN THE MEMORY OF EVERYONE WHO EVER MET HIM. HIS TOMBSTONE WILL READ “BRANDENBERG FURTH, FRED’S BEST FRIEND. HE GAVE FRED MORE LOVING COMMANDS THAN FRED GAVE HIM DURING HIS WONDERFUL LIFE”. TAKE CARE MY FRIENDS, FRED.