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We put Caspar to sleep this morning.  It was merciful.  He'd taken a hard turn to the worse on Friday and collapsed in the yard this morning.  The decision was obvious.

Caspar was Alicia's first dog and it was difficult for her.  All the way to the vet's I kept thinking of Maggie and her final days.  Maggie wasn't my first dog, but for me, there will never be another Maggie.  And now after all these years, I still look back on Maggie as the best dog I could ever hope for.  That's the way it should be. 

Caspar was Alicia's Maggie.  For her, there will never be another Caspar.  They spent 16 years together, sometimes good and sometimes bad.  Their love for each other was obvious.  So when Caspar passed, it was as though Alicia lost a love she'd had for a quarter of her life.  But soon she'll see that she didn't lose Caspar.  He'll still be bounding around in her memories, hopping up on chairs to sleep, nudging her leg to go outside and sitting on her lap to survey his domain.  And that's the way it should be.