RAMBO WAS BORN 4 YEARS AGO. HE WAS A DALMATION WITH A HALF BLACK HEAD AND ONE EAR AND TONS OF LOVING SPOTS ALL OVER HIM. HE WAS FULL OF LIVE AND LOVE FOR EVERYONE HE MET, AND HE LOVED HIS BROTHER, ROSCOE WHO IS STILL WITH US AND IS GRIEVING OVER THE LOSS OF HIS LITTLE BROTHER. IN ONE MONTHS TIME RAMBO GOT A TUMOR BETWEEN HIS PANCRES AND LIVER AND IT BRANCHED OUT INTO OTHER PARTS OF HIS BODY. IT WAS CANCER. HE WENT FROM 86 POUNDS TO 70 POUNDS IN THREE WEEKS AND WE LITERALY WATCHED HIM DISAPPEAR, NO MATTER HOW MUCH HE ATE. I COULD NOT LET HIM SUFFER LIKE THAT AND HE WAS IN PAIN BUT TRYING NOT TO SHOW ANYTHING BUT LOVE TO ME, ROSCOE AND MY GRANDBABIES. I HELD HIS LITTLE HEAD AT THE VET UNTIL HE CLOSED HIS EYES AND TOOK HIS LAST BREATH ON SEPT. 15, 2006. THEN I AND MY BEST FRIEND BURIED HIM ON HER LAND IN A BEAUTIFUL SPOT IN THE TREES WHERE THE SUN SHINES THRU EVERYDAY. I PUT A STUFFED DALMATION IN WITH HIM, SO HE WOULD NOT BE LONELY THE LITTLE WHILE HE WAS THERE, AND A CROSS ON HIS GRAVE. IT HURT SO MUCH TO BE THE ONE TO PUT THE DIRT ON MY BELOVED BABY. HE SLEPT WITH ME AND ROSCOE EVERY NIGHT OF HIS LIFE, SINCE HE WAS SIX WEEKS OLD. ROSCOE IS 7, AND I GOT RAMBO, FOR ROSCOE, SO HE WOULD NOT BE LONELY. THEY WERE BEST FRIENDS AND BROTHERS. HE WAS MY HEART AND MY 3 YEAR OLD GRANDAUGHTERS BEST FRIEND. SHE RODE HIM LIKE A PONY AND THEY ROLLED AROUND ON THE FLOOR AND SHE PULLED HIS TAIL AND EARS AND KISSED HIM DAILY. SHE IS STILL ASKING IF JESUS WILL MAKE HIM WELL AND LET HIM COME HOME. SHE TALKS TO HIM DAILY ON HER PLAY CELL PHONE. SHE SAYS "MIMI, WILL YOU PLEASE GO GET RAMBO AND BRING HIM HOME, WE LOVE HIM AND MISS HIM, I CAN KISS HIS BOBO'S AND MAKE HIM WELL." HOW DO YOU GET A 3 YEAR OLD TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HE CANT COME BACK? I TELL HER WE WILL SEE HIM AGAIN SOME DAY, BUT NOT ANYTIME SOON. MY HEART IS BROKEN, I SEE THE SADNESS IN HIS EYES THE LAST FEW DAYS OF HIS LIFE. HE WAS TRYING TO HOLD ON FOR US! HE WAS TRULY THE LIGHT IN EACH DAY, THE KISS'ES AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND ALL THE TAIL WAGS AND KISSES YOU WANTED DURING THE ENTIRE DAY. ALL THAT KNEW HIM, LOVED HIM. HE NEVER COMPLAINED AND HE COULD REALLY DO SOME TALKING!!! HE WAS STILL A PUPPY, AND PROBABLY NEVER WOULD HAVE GROWN UP!! THE VET AND THE ENTIRE STAFF LOVED HIM TO STAY WITH THEM, HE BOUGHT A JOY OF LIFE AND A SMILE TO ALL THAT MET HIM. HE WORE A BIG RED BOW AROUND HIS NECK AT XMAS, ALONG WITH ROSCOE. WE WOULD GO RIDING IN OURE RED TRUCK AND THE SMILES FROM NOT JUST CHILDREN, BUT ADULTS, NO PRICE TAG COULD BE PUT ON!!!! HE WAS ONE OF THE KINDEST, GENTLE, GIVING, LOVING, AND FORGIVING FRIEND THAT ANYONE COULD KNOW IN A LIFE TIME. HE WILL FOREVER BE IN OURE HEARTS, AND PICTURES ALL OVER MY HOUSE. IF YOU DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT DALMATIONS, WELL THEY ARE SPECIAL IN A LOT OF WAYS. THEY DONT RUN, THEY GAIT, AS THEY WERE BRED TO LEAD THE HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES IN ENGLAND FOR THE RICH MANY YEARS AGO. THEY SMILE, ACTUALLY SMILE. THEY TALK TO YOU WITH SOUNDS. THEY ONLY BARK IF THERE IS A DANGER. THEY ARE ELEGANT, GRACIOUS AND VERY SENSTITIVE TO EVERYONES FEELINGS. IF YOU ARE IN PAIN, SO ARE THEY. THEY ARE CLOWNS AND IF YOURE SAD, THEY WILL DO MANY THINGS TO MAKE YOU LAUGH. IVE OWNED MANY ANIMALS IN MY LIFE, BUT DALMATIONS ARE A SPECIAL BREED. MANY TIMES MIS-UNDERSTOOD BECAUSE OF THE MOVIES. I PRAY THAT MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WILL COME TO TAKE THE TIME TO LEARN ABOUT THIS SPECIAL BREED. THEY ARE EXTREMELY SMART AND WANT TO LEARN EACH AND EVERY DAY OF THEIR LIFE. THEY ARE HIGH MAINTEANCE DOGS AND FOR THAT REASON, IF NOT SPENT QUALITY TIME WITH, WILL BECOME BORED. MY "BOYS" NEVER HAVE KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT THE SAME AS US!! HE CAN NEVER BE REPLACE, AS CAN NO PET, THERE IS A PERMANENT HOLE IN MY HEART AND IM SURE ROSCOES AS WELL. MY HOUSE IS TOTAL DALMATION COLLECTIONS EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK. I DONT WANT TO FORGET HIM, PACK HIS MEMORIES AWAY. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PAIN NOT BEING AS BAD AS IT IS NOW, BUT I KNOW WITH TIME AND THE HELP OF A LOT OF LOVING PEOPLE WHO KNEW HOW MUCH HE MEANT TO ME AND ROSCOE AND THE FAMILY, WE WILL HEAL. HIS LAST NIGHT ON EARTH, ALL THE FAMILY CAME TO LOVE AND BE WITH HIM, WE TOOK MANY CHERISHED PICTURES WITH EVERYONE. HE KNEW. HE WAS SAD. BUT HE LOVED AND KNEW HE WAS LOVED AS MUCH AS YOU CAN BE LOVED. I PROMISED NOT TO CRY ON THAT DAY HE TOOK HIS LAST BREATH, BUT WHEN THE VET HAS TEARS TOO, YOU CANT BE STRONG ANY LONGER. RAMBO WAS A RARE AND BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO THE DALMATION BREED. IT WAS A HONOR TO HAVE HAD HIM IN MY AND ROSCOES LIFE, AND TOO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT KNEW AND LOVED HIM, WE WERE BLESSED BY GOD TO HAVE KNOWN HIM AND WE WILL ALWAYS CHERRISH OUR PRECIOUS TIME WITH HIM. I PRAY GOD HAS HIM IN A SPECIAL PLACE AND HE IS HEALTHY AND CAN EAT ANYTHING HE WANTS NOW, AND RUNS AND PLAYS IN BEAUTIFUL PLACES AND IS WITH OUR WONDERFUL ROCKY, A BROTHER HE LOST SIX MONTHS AND A KITTEN HE LOVED THAT WAS LOST 9 MONTHS AGO, BOTH AT THE HANDS OF A HEARTLESS PERSON. I PRAY THAT GOD HAS THEM TOGETHER AND THEY ARE HAPPY AND KNOW THEY WILL SEE ROSCOE AND ME SOMEDAY SOON. IF YOU CAN HEAR US RAMBO, WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND EACH DAY WITHOUT YOU IS AN EMPTY PLACE IN OUR HEARTS. NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN, UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN IN THAT SPECIAL PLACE, MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND TAKE CARE OF YOU AND ALL THE BELOVED ONES WE HAVE LOST BEFORE YOU. YOU WERE THAT RARE SPECIAL FRIEND THAT EVERYONE WHO KNEW YOU WAS HONORED IN THE BIGGEST WAY POSSIBLE, YOURE LOVE. PATRICIA SIMPSON AND ROSCOE