1:16:03
before he passes on.
1:16:05
So he's letting up
and he's letting me take over...
1:16:11
the handling of the people
and he's staying in the background.
1:16:15
Although, I don't think he'll ever stay
completely in the background...
1:16:19
because he's a fairly dominant person.
1:16:25
Then he came out of it,
and he was perfectIy normaI...
1:16:29
and racing through GoIden Gate Park
aIong the ocean beach.
1:16:33
And then just as suddenly,
we took him over for a checkup...
1:16:38
to recheck the prior prognosis.
1:16:44
They thought he was all right.
He came home on a Wednesday.
1:16:49
And I can recall he was so relieved
to get out of that veterinarian office...
1:16:55
having been in there all day.
1:16:57
He had a habit to me.
I aIways got a kiss on the knee area.
1:17:01
I recaII that as probabIy the Iast
time I remember him doing that.
1:17:06
And then, just as suddenIy as the kiss...
1:17:09
he seemed to go right down,
and we kept phoning the vets...
1:17:14
and they said not to worry...
1:17:17
that they didn't Iike to eat when
they were under medication...
1:17:21
but to bring him in on Monday.
1:17:23
But, before that happened, we ran him
to the AnimaI Emergency HospitaI...
1:17:29
and to Dr. Benjamin there.
1:17:31
It was too Iate. He was gone by then.
1:17:35
He just passed away on the Sunday after it.
1:17:37
But the main thing is for peopIe
who have dogs...
1:17:41
and they don't breed them...
1:17:44
the most inteIIigent thing
I wouId recommend wouId be...
1:17:47
when the dog is,
I suppose the same for cats...
1:17:52
about two or three years oId...
1:17:54
that is the time
to make a decision to have them--
1:17:57
Neutered.
1:17:59
You keep that idea of buiIding
this pIace up, of fixing it up...