RIP AJ Bethune, 1997-2009

AJ, the beloved family chocolate lab, passed away peacefully this morning. He was 12 years old.

AJ lived a full life and enjoyed every minute of it. He will be dearly missed.

He is survived by his master, my father, and the ones he dominated, my mother, myself and my brother.

I will always remember the day that we picked out AJ at the breeders.

We were looking at the all chocolate lab pups and I was sitting on the ground. AJ came over to me and crawled into my lap and just layed there and fell asleep. That’s how we choose him.

He always loved when I came to visit him at the lakehouse because that meant he was going swimming. When I would get there, he wouldn’t even let me do anything without taking him for a swim first. I’ll miss that.

Rest in peace AJ, rest in peace.