I am reading your amazing book now but with a heavy heart. Our beloved rott, Hercules, is in trouble. His hips are bad with arthritis and in Wisconsin the weather changes sooo fast that he is on medication all the time but the problem now is that he has a tumor on his paw and to remove it would be mean the paw would be removed and he would not recover from this.

The vet thinks he has other tumors elsewhere and because of his age ten years old and the arthritis he would not survive the recovery of surgery. We have decided to keep him comfortable and we know he will tell us when it is time. I can’t begin to imagine our house without him. Thanks again, for the wonderful book.
A Dog Lover

Georgann from WI

I have just finished reading ‘Rescuing Sprite’ and wanted to say what a great book it is for us dog lovers. I can relate to every bit of it. I have a 14 year old cross breed bitch called Roxy which made me relate to Sprite even more.

Jackie from The UK

Mark thank you for the book, Rescuing Sprite. I have not cryed so much since we had too put our 20 year old minature dachsund down, due too cancer. He was my shadow,my friend,and our bed partner. Mark here is a poem that my Vet give me when he put Astro down.

The Rainbow Bridge. There is a bridge connecting Heaven & Earth. Its is called Rainbow Bridge Because of its many splended colors. Just this side of Rainbow Bridge is a land full of meadows, hills, and valleys with lush green grass. When beloved pets die they go to this place. There is always food and water and warm spring weather. The old and frail are young again. Those who are maimed are made whole again and they play all day with each other. There is only One Thing Missing. They are not with their special person who loved them on earth. So each day they run and play. Until the day comes when one suddenly stops playing and looks up ! The nose twitches, the ears are up,The eyes are starring. And one runs from the group,You have been seen. And you and your special friend meet,you take him in your arms and embrace. Your face is kissed again and again and again. And you look once more into the eyes of your loving pet. Then you cross the Rainbow Bridge together…… Never again to be seperated.

GOD BLESS YOU MARK.
Bill from TX

Mark, I recently finished reading Rescuing Sprite and was very moved by it. I recently had to put down my Rottweiler,”MIKE” on DEC. 2, 2007,after 12 1/2 years of loyal and faithful companionship. I agree with so many of your thoughts in your book. I am very thankful that you did decide to write this book.
I am also a very big fan of your show!! I appreciate every thing that you do for us conservatives.
GOD BLESS, keep up the fight.

Jim from OH

I have loved and lost too many to tell about here – seven of my best friends took their last breaths in my arms.

After discovering that I had cancer, I decided to follow my passion and I began volunteering with a dog rescue organization. I believed it might help to save my life, as well as the precious lives of other dogs. That was six years ago.

I have fostered many and cried when each one moved on to their forever home. Some were so battered and old by the time that they came to me, that I became their last stop on earth. They deserved better than to have been dumped at kill shelters just because they had medical problems in their twighlight years. I loved each one as if they had always been with me and each left a hole in my heart that can never be filled. Luckily my heart still has room for others to find their own special place.

I now have just three babies remaining – an 18+ old 5 lb. poodle named Rocky, who is deaf and nearly blind and requires heart medication, an 8 year old 17 lb. cockapoo puppy mill girl named Candi who was terrifed of being touched for more than two years after we rescued her. She is still very fearful, but snuggles with us when the lights go out at night. My third little boy, Snowphish, is around six and suffers from neurological disorders that cause him to spin and attack himself. I’ve been working with him for two years and he may never be completely rid of his demons, but he now enjoys lots of loving moments just snuggling in my arms or doing “puppy zooms” through the house.

Thank you, Mark, for saving and loving Sprite. I hope your book will inspire others to turn to a rescue group to find their next “family member”.

Linda from GA

I am presently reading Rescuing Sprite.I also had a precious friend,a Shih Tzu named Brandi. I got her when she was 6 weeks old.An endearing memory of her was when my husband died in l998, she cuddled near me as I cried.As she got around 13,her eyesight started to fade,she relied on my more and stayed very close to me.

At 14 yrs.old I felt a lump on her stomach,the vet confirmed it was cancer,plus she had a heart murmer,the worst it gets.We decided that because of her heart she may not survive surgery for the tumor.So I decided to let her live her last days as she was.She turned 15,on this past Ocy.6,2007 and it was shortly after I had to face that awful day.

That weekend she had been moaning because the tumor was getting uncomfortable for her.So,Monday morning I had to make that call,I wasn’t going to see her suffer anymore.That was the hardest thing I think I’ve ever done.She was my buddy,my loyal friend!

Cheryl from NC