Tribute to good ole worf

It all started when Jeff always wanted a dog and his mom always told him, when you grow up and get your own place you can do whatever you want. Well don't ever challenge Jeff with that because that is exactly what he did. He got himself a chocolate Labrador 12 years ago. He named the dog Worf, for Jeff's love of Star Trek(scary I know). When we got married 9 years ago, I became an instant stepmom but he was such a good dog, I didn't mind. When we started having children we were worried the kids would be scared of Worf but luckily our first two boys just absolutely loved him. He was the most gentle and kind dog you could ever see. He would let the kids lay by him, pull his tail (gently of course) and just play all around him. I really couldn't believe how good Worf was with kids. Well when the twins got big enough to care, they were a bit nervous about Worf. Alex was beginning to warm up to him but Ryan was very nervous around him. By now Worf was getting very old. He had bad arthritis, he was beginning to bark all the time at nothing, and he was deaf. We weren't sure if the barking was pain or something else and the vet said there was no way of knowing. We were getting concerned about putting Worf through another cold Utah winter. After much sadness and thought we decided it was time to let go. We are very sad but we know it was the right thing to do for Worf. He was an amazing pet and I know it won't be the same around here without him. These are some older pix of Worf. Oh the memories.