For the record: Sarge is a dignified dog–but when I turned around to switch cameras, one of the trainers put sunglasses on him to mess with me. The rest is a blur….

Spindly, droopy, funny, silly, sweet, dainty, happy, unique, endearing, annoying, awkward, cute, aloof, neurotic, odd, pensive, sister, friend, shadow, shedder, food stealer, squirrel chaser, sunbather, very occasionally surprisingly bellicose, never pulled on her leash, barely tolerated being photographed, would only drink water at home, pretty sure she did not think of herself as a dog, six year cancer fighter, five surgeries, chemotherapy, radiation, way outlived all estimates and expectations, dignified till the end.

We’ll miss our sweet girl.