I want to write this 1st person to Josie..

Josefina's Second Chance was your AKC name, but to me you're my Josie. You
were my best friend for 11 years.
You were there for me when all the major changes in my life happened - some
very painful. Your fur received many tears and your little body, many
long hugs during the bad times.
We shared the good times too - fishing, going to the beach and you chasing
shells or anything else I tossed - we did everything together. It was
sometimes hard to drive because you had to be in my lap and look out the
window!
Remember the fun we had playing poker - again, you had to be in my
lap at the table with the "girls"! You were there and you were my best
friend. You loved me unconditionally and gave me your constant attention.
You snuggled up to me every night and I knew your every nuance.
Our friends thought you were too human to be "just a dog". You understood
human language and responded in kind. I would plan "our" weekends - what
we would eat, what we would do... the last day when I took you to the vet
that a.m. - I went by the store and got stuff for hamburgers because you
loved them - even the lettuce!
You never got that last meal - Rimadyl had taken its final toll on you and
our vet of 20 years could not save you.
When he told me you were in total renal failure - I knew that was the worse
news we could have - he tried for 2 days to turn it around - but while I
was waiting that Sunday afternoon for him to call and say come up and see
Josie - the call I got broke my heart.
He said "we've lost her" - we were both crying - it was days before I could
even function without the tears falling uncontrollably. You enriched my
life and were such a big part of it - there will always be a part of me
missing because you are not with me.
I do believe that someday I'll be with you again and we'll go running
together at Rainbow Bridge. Until then my darling girl, I miss you and I
love you still.