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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Hey, I love dogs and I had a Doberman named Conan for thirteen years. He was a good boy to the last day. At forty-five years old I wept like a child for days. I truly loved him so. I must admit my I had a relatively redneck approach to animals until I met and married my wife. She taught me the value of animals and how the never lie about love. This is what opened me up to my first real heartbreak. I haven’t had the courage to let another dog into my life yet. And some how we wound up with six cats. With the exception of two all were rescues from the street.
When we finally let ourselves get another pup I’ve decided we will go to the local pound and try to find the ugliest dog there. Hopefully, we will go into our final sunset together. So, while I realize this is dog lover’s corner some of us fans have cats. Maybe not as impressive, but after all the King of the Jungle is still the lion.
Steve from AZ
First, Mark, I would like to thank you for all you do.
For about 11 years, I was president of a no-kill cat sanctuary. I have just about seen it all. One day, we received a phone call about a dire situation for a cat whose owners “moved and left her behind”. So, I dropped what I was doing and rushed to the cat’s neighborhood that was only about 10 minutes away. There was “Peppy”, famished, cold and starving for attention. Well, I decided to bring her home and there she enjoyed her life for about 6 years. She was estimated to be around 7-8 yrs when she was rescued. One day, Peppy began having trouble breathing and a trip to the vet gave me the bad news that Peppy had a growth by her lung and in all likelihood, it was cancer. So when even the lasix was not working any more, I could not stand to see my friend struggling to breathe. It was time for that last vet visit and as I placed her on the exam table, Peppy refused to lay down. Instead she sat upright, held her head up and, she met my eyes with hers. Mark, she never budged, even as the vet found the vein and gave her the shot that would relieve her suffering. Doc said in all her years, she has never witnessed anything like that. I would like to think that Peppy was perhaps thanking me, as I am forever grateful to her for the joy and love she gave me.
Thanks for listening.
Angela from NY
On June of 1988 my mother brought home the cuties puppy she was a Boston Terrier she was to be a gift for my Aunt Toni who lived in New Jersey. My Aunt was going to come and get her but could not make it for a little while so we were going to take care of her till she came. We Named her Jazzy cause she was always so hipper. Me and her back very close i took care of her taking her out feeding her cleaning up after her. Oh and playing she loved to play. My Aunt called about the time she was supposed to come and get her. Jazzy had been with us for a year now. She said that she had decided to let me have her since she was not going to come and since Jazzy had spent most of the time with me. Little did i know that it would be the start of the best friend that I would ever have. She out lasted all my old boy friends. My jobs and most of my friends. She was very smart and very loving. About 3 yrs ago i met My husband and she did not take well to that since we had been together just her and I she never had to share me and that was hard for her to get use to. She was well jealous of my husband Ed. In 2006 Jazzy went blind and I was carrying her around she got to know the furniture pretty well I always felt bad when I had to leave her to go to work. In 2007 I looked at my Beautiful Jazzy and said to her you got old on me she was now limping cause she had a lump on her front leg so I carried her around I took her to the vet and he said that she had cancer and that he didn’t give her long. So We kept her over Christmas and I had quite my job so that I could be home with her I took a picture of her under the tree. In the picture she looks like she is smiling and happy. It was like it was her gift to me. On June 28th 2008 at around 12.00pm i Had to say Good By to my Friend she would not go on her own so we had to help her. I did feel guilty and so when I read marks book I understood the feeling of guilt told her that I loved her and that I would see her again. (more…)
