Ripley was a very active 5 year old lab,loving to run and swim. He loved to be around people. On July 29th, he was stricken with “Coon Hound Paralysis” that can be reversible, but after 10 weeks he was still not able to stand or sit on his own. With no assurance that he would ever recover, We as a family, decided that it was not fair to Ripley to live his life like this. So with much heartache, Ripley was put to sleep on Oct. 6th. He is now running and swimming somewhere….