How appropiate! My friend at work has a 15 yr old Cocker who has been very very ill. She had planned to take Beamer to the vet just this morning to end her misery. During the night Beamer climbed the stairs for the last time, laid on her pillow in their bedroom and passed away in her sleep! I was going to send my friend this poem later today..and here it is! Of course we both have been sobbing, a combination of relief, sadness and happiness that Beamer spent her last few hours safely with my friends. Sniff, sniff.