Cato was a healthy, well-adjusted gentleman dog -- the kind a friend calls a "drawing-room dog." We think that if our time had permitted us to do it, he would have been an ideal therapy dog, who could have brightened many days in nursing homes or retirement centers. We know he has done that for those of us around him.After his death, Dr. Sifford made an impression of Cato's paw for us. It seems like a small thing, but when a dog you have loved is suddenly gone, you have nothing tangible . . . now we can sometimes touch his beloved paw.
We think the measure of this dog's impact is the comment we have often heard from others: "I'd have a dog if he could be like Cato." It is a fitting epitaph for a distinguished and dear friend, who is sadly missed.
Cliff and Ann, Harmony, MN.
In memory of their dog, Cato.
Cato was cared for in his early life by Dr. Dennis Cowles of the Coralville Animal Clinic in Coralville, IA, and later by Dr. Linda Sifford of the Root River Veterinary Center in Preston, Minnesota.
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