In loving Memory
Trapper a.k.a. Fish Face photo 2/24/02
06 May 88 - 27 Feb. 02
by my dad, Tony Di Bartolo, in Trapper's Memory
Hey old man, God cried for you today
Your life's at end and for this we'll pay
Forever more the empty place will be
Never to be filled for Debbie or me
You were her protector for all the years
Thoughts of you and memories may replace the tears
But for now it's naught but pain and strife
Without you old man, here in our life
Run free old man, Farrah's waiting for you.
Goodbye Trapper
06 May 88 - 27 Feb. 02
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Note: Debbie's Trapper (Good Time Sound of Music GCG/TDI) was put to sleep today. His heart was just too big for his chest and was failing rapidly. He would become so weak after the simple act of getting in the car that he could not stand up. He was Debbie's boy for almost 14 years. Even with failing eyesight and deafness, both age related, life was still great for him. It was only when we could no longer control his congestive heart failure with medication that this most difficult and abhorrent decision was made. This was the last way we could show him our love. Trapper's best buddy and surrogate mom, Farrah (Seneca Foreign Affair) was waiting at the Bridge for the Trapper Man. She passed the bridge six years ago. Run free young puppy dogs.
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Trapper loved to show. Photo taken at age 13 1/2 after taking altered Winners Dog and BOS at
ASCNE's Harvest Moon Mania (Fall, 2001) under ASCA Sr. Breeder Judge Judy Norris
by my dad, Tony Di Bartolo, in Trapper's Memory
You rode up country one last time
Got lost by the barn, but you were fine
Couldn't see very well and sure couldn't hear
But that didn't lessen our love, we held you dear
Now you're at the bridge, with old and new friends
Playing chase me chase you, your Spring never ends
You so loved the applause and the cheers of the crowd
Dignity graced your passing; your head was unbowed
Spring Seduces
Summer Thrills
Fall Reduces
Winter Kills
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