VGSR extends deepest sympathies to to Richard and Cheryl Anderson on the sudden loss of Aslan on Saturday, December 6, 2008. Aslan, the brave little lion-dog, went to the Rainbow Bridge on Saturday at about 4:00 pm. The immediate cause was an enlarged heart and complications therefrom ... the real cause was probably the health conditions caused by time spent on his own after he was abandoned. Rich and Cheryl tried their best to save him. He started to decline on Tuesday, rallied a bit after a trip to the vet, and had to be rushed to the emergency vet this morning. They drained the fluid from around his heart but it returned quickly, and his blood pressure dropped sharply. Rich and Cheryl made the difficult decision to let him go. In the brief time that they had him, Aslan lived a life we would all envy. He was deeply loved and cared for not only by Rich and Cheryl, but by his vet, his groomer, his trainer and his many friends both human and canine.