Toby Kirsch

August 13, 2011 - July 30, 2020

Toby was a rescued Shih Tzu who came into our lives in August 2011, as a one year old full of energy and love to give. He quickly won over my wife's and my heart. Toby presented himself as a true polite gentleman who never tired of being in our presence. From car rides and walks around the parks my wife and I valued our time together with him. After several years my wife was diagnosed with a serious illness. Toby was a true comfort to her as he lovingly stayed on her lap for hours on end. When my wife eventually passed Toby was the bridge that connected the memories we both shared with him. After her passing he and I shared our home together with meals, hours of tv together on the couch, and reasonbly extensive walks in our neighborhood three times a day, morning, afternoon, and evening. During our walks we made many friends, although the credit would have to given to Toby for this. Toby and I travelled together many times by car to family out of state and learned he truly loved our time together in car for hours on end. As Toby grew older he still wanted to live his life to the fullness. So it came to me as shock when during a routine visit to his veterinarian it was discoved he was diagnosed with an untreatable illness. To allow us to have to more time together his veterinarian, at Northwest Animal Hospital developed a medical regimen that enabled me to have extended quality time with him. When it was his time go he passed peacefully, surrounded by myself and loved ones. There is a poem entitled The Rainbow Bridge that reads in part, "Just this side of heaven is a place called The Rainbow Bridge... When you have been spotted, and when you and your friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again."