[LEAKYSEALS951]

Hello there folks...
I was going to write an update, but bad news sucks... so...
as a bummer update to this thread, I've got some sad news. My wife did take Budzo into the ER vet, and he was suffering from heart failure. There was really nothing we could do. In the days since, he would have good spells and bad spells, however, the bad spells were ratcheting up in intensity, and as good as the good spells were, it was obvious something was wrong, and progressively worsening. Yesterday afternoon, he couldn't walk at all and was completely miserable. Very up and down weekend. Kinda sucked. Google "heart failure in dogs" and those were pretty much his symptoms. Last night we put him down. Surprisingly, I think my wife is handling better than I am. Our 3 y.o. daughter doesn't really understand it yet, so we'll see how that one goes. Thanks for everyone's feedback last week!

The good news is my wife gets to go dog shopping. She hasn't discussed it yet, but I know it's coming. She found Budzo in a dog pound searching secretly behind my back, so I wouldn't put it past her if she hasn't already been looking. She's done pretty well with choosing dogs, so I'm hoping she will hit it out of the park again like she did with Buddy.

Thanks again!
Ron