We lost a good friend last week. Bandit was 12 and we brought him from Germany with us. A month ago he stopped eating and the vet could not find an answer. Tube fed him as they continued to search for a cause. We finally decided to end his suffering. He was a great dog.
Sorry for your loss. Really tough thing to go through. I think about that day sometimes with my dog. I'm backing up all my videos and every picture that I have with my dog in and hope to make a video/slideshow of her when that time comes. I'd like to keep her memory alive as long as I can and not forget the good times at home and in SD with her. I might be too old to get another dog, so I'll always have her, and will be able to watch her hunt on the big screen. I'm hoping that a project like that will help ease my pain. I hope that you find your way.
Thanks for the thoughts and kind words. We are working through it. Molly (the two year old pup) keeps looking for him, and I keep hearing his sounds around the house. We spent a lot of great years together.
It's a tough pill to swallow, but rest assured you did the right thing. Time heals a broken heart and sometime in the near future I hope you get to smell puppy breath again.