Clay and Zeba were such an important part of our family. We lost Clay at the end of the summer after he had lost the use of his back legs and his quality of life had deteriorated. We miss him terribly as did Zeba. I had taken to walking Zeba a lot more to ease her own loss. We enjoyed it but one day she could not make it around the block. We learned that she had cancer and was in a lot of pain and there was nothing that could be done. The veterinarian said that cancer gets a lot of old dogs because they are well taken care of and their bodies just give out. It has been many, many years since K and I have not had dogs. We miss them very much as they added a lot of fun, happiness and love to our family. We have all had a good cry (or two) and it has been a teachable moment about losing someone that is very dear to you in the circle of life. When we miss them a little too much, we just remember that they had long and happy lives.
