Rescuing Sprite A Dog Lovers Story of Joy and Anguish
April 28, 2009 by Pet Supplies · Leave a Comment
Rescuing Sprite A Dog Lovers Story of Joy and Anguish
Although Mark Levin is known as a constitutional lawyer and a nationally syndicated broadcaster, he is, first and foremost, a dog lover. In 1998, he and his family welcomed a half-Border Collie/half-Cocker Spaniel they named Pepsi into their lives. Six years later, his wife and son persuaded him to adopt a dog from the local shelter, a Spaniel mix. It turned out he was older than originally thought, and he was the most beautiful dog they’d ever seen. They named him Sprite. Their lives would never be the same.
During the next two years, Sprite and Pepsi were inseparable. And Sprite’s bond with the Levin family deepened. Friends, neighbors, and even Mark’s radio audience came to know and love Sprite. But Sprite’s health deteriorated — even as his spirits remained high and his beauty and grace continued to inspire. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas 2006, the Levin family said their emotional final good-bye. Crushed and consumed with grief, Mark turned to family, friends, and fans for help. But new hope came when the Levins least expected it.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars This was awsome!
I bought this book for our daughter and granddaughters, who also just recently lost a long time pet, a black lab. What a wonderful dog she was, and how it hurt so much to lose her. This book , helped us all to get through her leaving us, very well written , with so much love and compassion. Recommend to anyone having to go through the same circumstances.
5 Stars Heartwrenching…
I bought this book about 6 weeks after the death(12-11-07) of my precious Lucki. She was eleven years old. I was there when she was born, I was there when she went to be with God in Heaven. What a wonderful and faithful companion. The emotions expressed within the pages of this book mirrored my own. Lucki was sick for 22 days, letting go was nearly impossible. I had made the decision the night before to have her euthanized, she had let me know she was tired. The next morning after visiting the vet, making the decision, I took her on one last car ride(one of her favorite things). She still enjoyed the ride, it was on that ride that she began to leave and I pulled over, held her close to me and talked to her as she departed from me. She was just as “mutt” as some would say, but she touched my life in such a way that I will never be the same. Rescuing Sprite helped me with my grief that I was not the only person to feel the way I did. Thanks for a wonderful book.
1 Star Sometimes, evil and boredom join forces to kill defenseless pet creatures
Documentary evidence, ladies and gents: A foul heart and an empty mind, a life misspent spreading bigotry and fear, a loveless home and a world without adjectives or ideas, all these can unite to make a tiny-skulled spaniel mix die horrifically in Father Coughlin’s cellar morgue!
Would have been better with more bikinis.
5 Stars Brilliant and Heart Warming Book
This is a brilliant and heart warming book. If your heart strings are not pulled on while reading this book you must not be breathing. I recommend it to any animal lover.
5 Stars Thank you Mark for helping me through grieving over loss of my Jackie Pooh
I believe everything happens for a reason, so when I purchased “Rescuing Sprite” and “Liberty & Tyranny” on amazon, it was meant to be that I received “Sprite” first and finished it before “Liberty” arrived. I didn’t realize how much I needed to cry and grieve the loss of my beloved white german shepherd, Jackie Pooh, until I read Mark’s story about rescuing Sprite. Back in the Spring of 2008,I learned that my best friend Jack had cancer and after several operations and various medications and procedures, I too had to make the hardest decision regarding my dear dog’s quality of life. Almost a year later I cried all over the pages reading Mark’s story and he helped me realize that I wasn’t alone in still missing my best friend, Jack. Thank you Mark Levin, I’m almost through with “Liberty & Tyranny”,which is a totally different kind of book, but it is just as liberating and inspiring as “Sprite”.
