Griffen and Mom
Griffen and Mark’s wife relaxing on the couch…
Although Mark Levin is known as a constitutional lawyer and a nationally syndicated broadcaster, he is, first and foremost, a dog lover. In 1998, he and his family welcomed a half-Border Collie/half-Cocker Spaniel they named Pepsi into their lives. Six years later, his wife and son persuaded him to adopt a dog from the local shelter, a Spaniel mix. It turned out he was older than originally thought, and he was the most beautiful dog they'd ever seen. They named him Sprite.
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October 23rd, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Behind every good man there is a great woman. Mrs. Levin, you and Griffen look terrific there on the couch. I wanted to than you personally for sharing Mark with us every day. His passion for the love of our country and the rule of law bring back such fond memories of another great American Rondald Reagan. Mark’s love for dogs is icing on the cake. I just have to tell you I cry with Mark, laugh with Mark, and cry while I’m laughing with Mark every day. I’m certain you are one awesome person and again thank you for sharing him with us. I have a long story to tell and will do so in time with my dogs, currently Roxy; a white – brown boxer with a black patch around her left eye like Petey on the little rascals. She was a rescue dog as well and we’ve had her since March. Thanks again Mrs. Levin and I’ll write more in due time. God bless you and your family. Bill Sheridan, Macomb, Michigan
October 23rd, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Your dogs are beautiful……and your beautiful soft…lovely…wholesome wife makes you such a perfect couple. It’s no wonder thaat you are a very contented man.
God Bless you and your family…and your beautiful animals!
Ellie Becker
October 24th, 2007 at 4:59 pm
What a nice photo! Thank you, Mark, for sharing.
October 26th, 2007 at 8:44 am
Mark, these photos are just amazing. God bless your darling wife for knowing you better than you know yourself, and bringing Griffen into your lives. It’s very meaningful to me and your zillions of listeners that you share this with us! Thank you!
October 27th, 2007 at 12:43 am
Thanks Mark and Mrs. Levin for sharing with us your home pics and your love for your fur kids. It means more to us than you will know. God bless you all and Paw Hugs all around!
Rachel, NY
October 27th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
WOW!! Griffin has the BEST seat in the house!! Notice the tranquility in his face. SWEET!!
Mrs. Levin, I also want to thank you for sharing your husband’s time with us. He talked about you & his mother being teachers, however, I consider him “AMERICA’S” favorite professor. I have learned so much about my Country with his daily lectures, more than I ever learned in school.
To you & your precious family, I will quote Joe Cocker: “YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL, TO ME!!”.
Sending you all a “BIG” California hug, your fan, Laura (levinitized DEM) from L.A.
November 1st, 2007 at 6:34 am
Mark, your love for animals truly warms the heart.
The pictures are beautiful; just like you and your very sweet wife.
Bless you my dear man.
November 2nd, 2007 at 7:27 pm
MARK,
I HAVE MANY DOG AND CAT STORIES–TOO NUMEROUS TO SHARE AT THIS TIME BUT I WANTED TO SHARE THIS SAYING WITH YOU AND THE READERS THAT WAS SENT TO ME WHEN ONE OF MY CATS DIED.
…GRIEVE NOT,
‘NOR SPEAK OF ME WITH TEARS,
BUT LAUGH AND TALK OF ME
AS IF I WERE BESIDE YOU…
I LOVED YOU SO.
‘TWAS HEAVEN HERE WITH YOU.
ISLA PASCHAL RICHARDSON
November 2nd, 2007 at 7:29 pm
MARK,
YOUR WIFE MUST HAVE A HEART BIG AS TEXAS TO BRING HOME AN 11 YEAR OLD DOG. GOD BLESS HER AND YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN (HUMAN AND CANINE)
November 3rd, 2007 at 8:32 pm
And so we get to see Mrs. Levin. What a wonderful and beautiful woman she is Great One. She must have a heart as big as Texas to bring beautiful dogs into your home. It says a lot about someone who is willing to adopt Senior dogs. A very unselfish act on her part. God bless your whole family.
November 5th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
Mrs. “Lord” Levin,
An HONOR meeting you (your absolutely adorable, Mrs. Levin) & “Gorgeous” Griffen (OF COURSE Precious Pepsi too!!) through the BEAUTIFUL words, from your husband’s book !!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU …….. so much for sharing with ALL of us “LOVING Loyal Levinites Listeners”, & knowing how DIFFICULT this must have been for all of you to do !!
My husband & I GREATLY APPRECIATE what you Mrs. Levin, & Mark have done for us, writing about Rescuing Sprite” ……. so that, so MANY people are NOT ALONE with this “grieving process” !!
Especially ……… THANK YOU SOOOO much to the 3 of you (Mrs. Levin, Pepsi, & Griffen), for sharing your husband/Daddy to us, every night for 2 hours !!
Woof Woof & Meow Meow …….
Much Love & GOD BLESS from your Loyal “Lord” Levin Listener(s),
Suzi & Hugh O
November 7th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
What a picture of beauty and contentment! I am smiling as I type this. Thank you for sharing the photo with us and for sharing your heart with us, too.
November 7th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Mark-
Thank you for sharing your photos of your beautiful dogs and family. This website and your radio show are great. My husband and I enjoy hearing about Pepsi, Sprite, and Griffen and look forward to your book.
This past year, my husband and I adopted from our local Humane Society our first two dogs – Devins (German Shepherd/Chow) and Marki (Husky mix). Marki also had been a stray on the streets of Silver Spring.
Devins and Marki bring us so much joy. Thank you for helping us prepare for the inevitable day when they’ll no longer be with us.
-Mary Clare in MD
November 20th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
what great pictures. thanks for sharing.
November 20th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
how about a big florida hug. your fan Sue
December 5th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
This is a great photo. Mrs Levin is one lucky lady to have you. :)
Kathleen
Long Island, N.Y.
December 24th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Hello Mark.
I have read, oh, about four pages of your book and know exactly by the tone of your writing what you went through. The joy and sadness that most people who have never had a dog will never understand. You see as a kid growing up on Long Island in a middle class Jewish family my mother regarded the plastic covers on the furniture, more then allowing me to have anything more then a parakeet no matter how much I pleaded for a dog. So when I finished college I bought my first Golden Retriever, Amber. She was the puppy in the litter that seemed always off by herself. I told the breeder “that’s the one right there” I met my wife and over the last 25 years we have had 7 Goldens. Presently we have Danny, Teddy and Sophie. We have always tried to name our dogs human names. The sadness has always visited with us regarding the our beloved family members and a four of our friends have died of Cancer. They are all buried at the Westhampton Bid A Wee Cemetary on eastern Long Island in their own caskets , graves and monuments with Stars of David on them. You see they were all Jewish like us although if they were brought up by non Jews I guess they would have been some other religion LOL. We are now in the midst of another sadness in that our wonderful pseudo son Danny has been diagnosed with Hemangiosarcoma, has been through Surgery and is being treated not only with Chemothreapy but every known supplement and other protocols to extend his life. The prognosis is quite grave. I love Danny as I have all my dogs and I love them unconditionally as they do me, my wife and my two kids. I believe they love our two cats as well. Everytime we have lost a dog a little piece of me has gone with them. This time I am angry and I am spending almost one year of college tuition trying to save Danny. He is my friend and to be a true friend one must do everything and anything to help. I suppose that my fear is the loss I have experienced before and the sadness it brings when our true friends have to leave us. It is one of the hardest things in life to endure. This comes from a guy who generally behaves with humans much harder then my wonderful dogs. I will now continue to read your book. I already feel the outcome in your writing and the outcome and your history with your pets have mimicked my own down to the grabbing of the toast at the table. I can’t tell you how many times, especially Danny has grabbed a sandwich off the table in a split second when I turn my back. Thanks for writing the book. Even at the outset it’s heartwarming, tearful, and inspiring. I only wish you could walk in to our house here in Rockville Centre, Long Island one day and you would quickly understand and realize how you me and so many others have so much in common. I can tell you with all sincerity that other then my kids and my wife there will never be anything more important to me then our Dogs. They truly are our children too since our human kids are pretty much visitors now. Burt
January 11th, 2008 at 12:51 am
GRIFFEN IS ONE ADORABLE DOGGY AND YOUR
WIFE IS VERY SWEET LOOKING!!
I GUESS I DON’T HAVE TO TELL YOU YOUR
ONE LUCKY MAN!!
TAKE CARE MY FRIEND!!
HELEN
January 18th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
YOU CAN SEE THE LOVE IN YOUR SMILE MRS LEVINE. GOD BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY WITH US. TAKE CARE OF MARK WE NEED HIM AORUND FOR A LONG TIME.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:49 pm
I bought your book for my wife at Christmas. When she was reading it, I would catch her laughing, then a few minutes later bawling like a baby. It is rare for anyone to write such a book (and make the NYT best seller list). Anyone who owns a dog (or is owned by them) should have this book as required reading.
March 23rd, 2008 at 5:35 pm
I recently finished reading “Rescuing Sprite” (On my lunch break – Big Mistake, went back to work with puffy eyes and a runny nose from crying.)
I have fostered 10 dogs in the last 1 1/2 years – 4 Shelties, 2 Westies, 2 Border Collie puppies, Bender (not sure what exactly what he is)and another Sheltie mix that is now my “Grand Dog”.
I don’t foster anymore because the last Sheltie I fostered,(Quincy) is sitting next to my feet as I write this.
Quincy didn’t have a very good life before I adopted him. We’re not exactly sure what his past was like but do know that he spent the year before I got him chained to a tree in the back yard with little or no human interaction. His previous owners gave him to a kill shelter and that’s where the rescue that I was working with got him.
I adopted Quincy in October 2007, and although it’s not been as easy as your first year with Sprite, it has been worth every ounce of energy I’ve put forth for this poor lost soul.
I hope more people will consider fostering. It does a body Good!!!
Diana Hare in PA
April 11th, 2008 at 11:10 am
MY WIFE AND I HAVE JUST FINISHED READING
RESCUING SPRITEAND NEEDLESS TO SAY IT IS A VERY
HEART WARMING STORY.WE ARE SENIOR CITZENS NOW
BUT WE DID HAVE A SMALL DOG FOR 16 YEARS.I HAD
THE HONOR IN TAKING HER TO THE VET TO BE PUT TO SLEEP.AND LIKE YOU WE BURRIED HER IN THE BACKYARD
UNDER HER FAVORIT SPOT UNDER A BIG MAPLE TREE. I
HAVE AN E-MAIL ABOUT A DANCING DOG AND WOULD LIKE
TO SEND IT TO YOU AND OTHERS AS THE DOG LOOKS
LIKE SPRIT.BY THE WAY SPRIT IS THE ONLY DRINK
WE LIVE IN MADISON,ALABAMA.WE GOT OUR DOG FROM A
PLACE CALLED THE ARK,A HOME FOR DISPLACED ANIMALS, THAMKS
July 17th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Mark,
My life as I know it ended on July 6th 2008 when we lost our beloved Adler to Lymphoma. We extended his life a year and three months thru Chemotherapy. He never chased a ball again after being diagnosed but still did well on the chemo. He was never the same but still loved us with all his might. Never a more loyal companion will I ever find. He was my world. I miss him so much and have been very lonely. I read your book and it made me realize that I am not alone in my grief and there are many people who are losing their beloved companions every day. I have his ashes and will take them with me when I go. The hospital where we took him for his therapy sent me a clay paw print of my Adler. When I opened it, not knowing it was coming, I broke down and could not contain my tears. I feel better knowing he is back with us. Thank-you for your book and for being a true animal lover in every sense of the word. As always you are a true inspiration.