as written by my dad

Today we had to put down our 13 year old sweetheart, Bayly, a mini german shepherd mixed mutt, and without a doubt, the sweetest dog we have ever been proud to own.  I will never forget the looks on the kids faces when we brought her in the door on Christmas Eve, as one of the handlers from Partnership for Animal Welfare (PAW) made all the arrangements.  For those of you who have been to our house, you know that there have been at least two and sometimes as many as 4 dogs in our household.  Bayly was the oldest and ruled the other two with a quiet charm.  She took a lot from them, but had no problems letting them know who was in charge.  Row (Sharon's mom) always loved the "eyeliner" around her beautiful eyes, said it made her look like Cleopatra.  Even though her one eye came out at Christmas due to a brain tumor, and she eventually became blind in the other eye, she never complained, whimpered or let you know she was in pain.  In the end, her inability to climb the stairs and lost interest in food and water let us know that the time was right.  She will be missed.