It is with much sadness that we are telling you about the passing of our black lab, Sparky. We adopted Patrick, which we renamed Sparky, from LEARN in March of 2000. Our boys were 2 and 5 at the time and they loved having the new member of our family. Sparky was such a great dog! He loved being outside with us, going for walks, going to the dog park running around, playing in the snow, whatever it was as long as he was with us, he was happy!

Sparky was a very laid back and loving dog. Everyone who knew him, loved him! In January of 2007, when I was petting Sparky, I found a lump on him. After having 4 lumps removed, we were told Sparky had cancer. Our vet told us he would have about a month to a year left to be with us. Well, Sparky was a fighter and wasn’t going to give up….we were given another year and 10 months with him. He has now lost the battle. We had to put him down last week. He will forever be in our hearts. We will never forget all the good times we had with him!

Thank you for introducing us to such a wonderful friend, companion and member of our family we will always have in our hearts.

Tammy, Bill, Billy, & Tyler Whaley