Billy was 16, and his legs no longer responded the same way.
Amie met him when she was just 13, and from then on, he was her faithful shadow for sixteen years. On her wedding day, at 29, she had one wish: for Billy to walk with her to the altar. The organizers adapted each step to the dog’s abilities, and he moved forward slowly until he reached the front of the altar. There, exhausted but happy, he retired to rest in a little bed prepared especially for him in the front row.
“From the time he came into my life, when I was 13, until he accompanied me to the altar, at 29, he has been my hero”, Amie wrote afterward. A few days later, on Saturday, September 12, Billy died peacefully at home, surrounded by those who loved him. He had completed his final great mission: escorting her step by step to the love of her life.