Subj : None To : All From : royall@hal-pc.org Date : Thu Jun 21 2001 04:15 pm From: "Scott Royall" Subject: None This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002D_01C0FA9F.A3787B20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable First posted Friday, 6/15/01. To the uninformed, Corby was just a dog. A pet. That was their loss. = Those of us who have been loved by a special dog know how genuine and = pure that love is. Your faults don't matter. You are their family, and = they would do anything for you. Even our human family members judge and = reject us sometimes, never our dogs. Sweetness is one thing, Corby also = had a natural intelligence. He was the only dog I've known who was = naturally polite, and that made him a joy to have. Though adopted as a = young adult, he quickly adapted to the limitations of his new family, = and came to understand that his real partner wasn't one of those people = who fed him. Corby was the first dog I could truly call my own. Corby was hit by a car roughly a month ago, damaging vertebrae and = compromising the spinal cord. He fought with typical courage through = major surgery and intensive therapy. Alas, his old back simply couldn't = take the stress from the steel pinning and other vertebrae failed. At = 3:30 today, I had to do the hardest thing ever, but I owed it to him = just as I owed him the best chance possible. I owed Corby a debt beyond = repayment. If you wish to commemorate the life of a true partner, please make a = donation to the "Living Tree Foundation" at Gulf Coast Veterinary = Services. A leaf on the tree in his name would be a good remembrance and = help others. Corby, good boy. Good, good boy. Dan, please see that Debra Royall gets this message also. Scott Royall Shell Services International Consultant Office: 281 544-7301 Mobile: 281 923-3594 Email: royall@shellus.com=20 ------=_NextPart_000_002D_01C0FA9F.A3787B20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

First posted Friday, = 6/15/01.

To the uninformed, Corby was just a = dog. A pet.=20 That was their loss. Those of us who have been loved by a special dog = know how=20 genuine and pure that love is. Your faults don’t=20 matter. You are their family, and they would do anything for you. Even = our human=20 family members judge and reject us sometimes, never our dogs. Sweetness = is one=20 thing, Corby also had a natural intelligence. He was the only dog = I’ve known who=20 was naturally polite, and that made him a joy to have. Though adopted as = a young=20 adult, he quickly adapted to the limitations of his new family, = and came=20 to understand that his real partner wasn’t one of those people who = fed him.=20 Corby was the first dog I could truly call my own.

Corby was hit by a car roughly a month = ago,=20 damaging vertebrae and compromising the spinal cord. He fought with = typical=20 courage through major surgery and intensive therapy. Alas, his old back = simply=20 couldn’t take the stress from the steel pinning and other = vertebrae failed. At=20 3:30 today, I had to do the hardest thing ever, but I owed it to him = just as I=20 owed him the best chance possible. I owed Corby a debt beyond=20 repayment.

If you wish to commemorate the life of = a true=20 partner, please make a donation to the “Living Tree = Foundation” at Gulf Coast=20 Veterinary Services. A leaf on the tree in his name would be a good = remembrance=20 and help others.

Corby, good boy. Good, good = boy.

Dan, please see that Debra Royall gets = this message=20 also.

Scott Royall

Shell Services=20 International
Consultant
Office: 281 544-7301
Mobile: 281=20 923-3594
Email: royall@shellus.com=20

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