VGSR sends condolences to Brenda and Rick Daniel in Yorktown on the loss of Bonnie. Brenda writes: "We lost our "Bo Bear" Bonnie on February 20, 2006 at 13 years old. Half-toothless, Bonnie was delivered to our front door in 2003 at 10 years of age because her owners no longer wanted her. She first went to live with my daughter Dawn and family. Bonnie loved the children, played miniature golf with them and never missed the school van pool and jumped aboard their van everyday. They would get to school and she would bark out the van window as if to announce their arrival and she was there protecting "her" family. Dawn's family then moved to NC to a second floor apartment which was impossible for Bonnie to climb steps all the time so she came back to Rick and me. Our formal dining room became Bonnie's room complete with her own toddler bed, favorite bones and French doors. But Bonnie did not like her K-9 siblings so she had to play only with us. She especially loved to follow Rick all around the yard and pool but only after she stepped outside and barked to announce to our neighbors she was outside and again watching her family. Her aging limbs were beginning to give up on her so she would play lying on her back showing us her big toothless grin and giving lots of kisses. Bonnie even would snarl and smile at the same time when we would give her raspberries. Rick liked to gently pinch her cheeks and say "fat pads" until Bonnie grinned, wiggled and would fall over with joy. She always made us laugh with that happy face. We had her on many medications, chondrotin, glucosamine, rymadyl and also had a brace to support her weakening hind legs. Her last week with us her rear completely collapsed due to degenerative myopathy and we were out of options. Her face was full of confusion as her legs kept giving out and making her fall forced us into the decision to let our girl go on to Rainbow Bridge. Dawn, Rick and I all held Bonnie close to us and talked quietly to her as she left this world. We all love her, miss her so and pray she is now with our beloved shepherd Lucky who had inspired us almost 5 years ago to foster/rescue GSD's with VGSR. We will be with you again, "Bo Bear". Our love will not keep us apart forever."

Brenda Daniel