[ChemMan]

Everyday for 10 years wheneven I got home she was there to greet me. Always happy, always wagging her tail. Today, nothing. I got home and she was not waiting for me. She was 10 years old, a sweet doberman and she never met a person she did not like. She died this morning. She woke up, had her breakfast, ran outside and played. When she came in, she lay down downstairs as my wife and youngest son played and watched TV and never woke up. The last few months were hard on her. Her hind legs were giving her trouble. I took her to the vets, got her medicine and she was her energetic self again. Her name was Maya.
I brought her home when she was just a little puppy. I can remember her running up and down the hallway. She was always, always by my side. She was here when I brought my kids home from the hospital. She loved the kids. She was asleep next to my bed every morning. When she was little, she would fall asleep on my feet. She was an amazing member of our family. We all cried. I wish I had patted her head this morning on my way out but she was asleep next to my bed.