This blog was called “A Year With Leo” because that’s all we
should have gotten. Median survival for canine lympophoma is something like
12-14 months. We got three and a half years. But no more.
Near this Spot
are deposited the Remains of one
who possessed Beauty without Vanity,
Strength without Insolence,
Courage without Ferosity,
and all the virtues of Man without his Vices.
This praise, which would be unmeaning Flattery
if inscribed over human Ashes,
is but a just tribute to the Memory of
LEO, a DOG,
who was born in Pennsylvania August 5th 2003
and died at Brooklyn Aug. 19th, 2015.
(From Byron, Epitaph to a Dog)
are deposited the Remains of one
who possessed Beauty without Vanity,
Strength without Insolence,
Courage without Ferosity,
and all the virtues of Man without his Vices.
This praise, which would be unmeaning Flattery
if inscribed over human Ashes,
is but a just tribute to the Memory of
LEO, a DOG,
who was born in Pennsylvania August 5th 2003
and died at Brooklyn Aug. 19th, 2015.
(From Byron, Epitaph to a Dog)
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