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Gladiator Samson Reiley, CGC
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Reiley came to us as a replacement for his brother Lhurpp who died from Corona, a virus very similar to Parvo. Reiley had Coccidioidomycosis - Valley Fever - and weighed 67 pounds at 10 months, he was 30 inches at the shoulder.
It took many months to get him to a reasonable weight and get his titer down to an acceptable number.
Reiley was 7 years old in the pictures at the bottom, he enjoyed the show ring and being a family pet. He owned our son, Aaron and slept on his bed every night. Reiley slowed down in the past few years but not much, he guarded the front door from intruders til his last week. We had hoped to enjoy his company for years to come.
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Update, 11-18-02
His coat once smooth and shiny, now dull with age and sickness. His shoulders once strong and impressive, now slumping with the burden of many years. His strong frame that held my children, at play and at rest, too fragile for them to lay on these last months......
His eyes so bright up until a week ago, now cloudy, telling me it is time.....
After nearly 9 years in my home, in my family and in my heart, I must say good-bye to Gladiator Samson Reiley CGC, AKA, Reiley-Bo-Biley, Honey Man, The Old Man......
I have known for some time now that this day would come, somehow the knowing makes it so much harder......
I have wished for nearly a week that I would wake to find him gone in the night so it wouldn't have to be my chore but I can't wait any longer, his eyes tell me it is time, his eyes tell me the pain is increasing....his eyes look into my soul and conjure up the courage to do what is right, what I have been hiding from since he stopped eating days ago, when he wouldn't take his pills..........
Please light a candle so Reiley's cloudy eyes can see his way to the bridge...
Today I put his last moments in the hands of the only two I completely trust at times like this ..... God and Dr. Svoboda.
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Just a few short weeks before his trip to the Bridge..... only just beginning to go white.
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Not bad for an old guy! Reiley pictured at 7.5 years.
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