On April 7,1998, My dog Shadow gave birth to seven healthy black labs,all female!! Weeks went by, and it was time for the puppies to leave our home to there new homes. All but one, April. April was a angel sent from God. Her personality was a one of a kind. I never remember a day that she was unhappy,even if she did something wrong, and you had to yell at her, she would never cower, her tail would wag and she would give you this look that said"i'm sorry". April taught me a lot of things. The most important one was to never take one second of your life for granted and to live life to the fullest, God knows that she did. Aprils death was very sudden, there were no signs, untill the end. One day i came home from work and heard something strange, I heard nothing. Thinking that her mother Shadow and her were getting into trouble, i snuck up the stairs thinking I would catch them in action. To my great surprize I found April shivvering on the couch, so i grabbed a blanket and wrapped her up, and cuttled with her because i thought she was cold. I decided that i should call the vet and get her checked over. To my great surprize April was in kidney failure, we had to leave her at the vet, so they could give her IV fluids, and get her better. The first and second day she was at the vet, went good for her. As soon as i walked into the vets office people were glued to me saying what a nice dog she is and that she is probably the sweetest dog they have ever seen. Every day i went to see her, as soon as i stepped in the room her tail wagged. Even her last day with me. That horriable day seems like yesterday, i had brought her favorite pillow from home so she could rest her weak head on it, and i rubbed her mothers sent on a T-shirt and put it on her like a blanket. I am happy that she is no longer suffering, but her nonexisting presence will always bring a tear rolling down my cheek. April died of Limes Deasiese, a common kind that young dogs get, which attacks the vital organs. Even though April always got her vaxccine on time, there was that slim chance that a dog could still get it. I never thought April would die at the young age of seven. She will forever be in my heart, my little angel. 1