Greetings Janis!

 JK> We've had some problems with "quiet" echomail areas so I'm hoping
 JK> that folks out there will reply to this message.

 JK> Please reply!   I know that the weather is nice, but some folks are
 JK> concerned that links may be broken.

You're 59* in Texas. * Loud and Clear

As for: Anyone ever run into this kind of thing with an older dog?

My MIL had two poodles (I called them Big Dog Bait) that got a special
diet of boiled chicken and rice (veggies too, if she had them). She was
the worst cook I've ever known (not Italian), but the dogs seemed to do
well on that.  As I recall, Ciello (the mother) went to the vet one day
for teeth cleaning and never woke up from the anesthetic. Mz Fracaroli was
devastated by that and met me at the door of our house when I was off to
the shop. Seemed to me that the loss of a dog was worse than the loss of
her husband. Dunno what Nancy did to help her get over her grief, but all
seemed well when I returned home. Don't remember what happened to the
daughter of Ciello, but she wasn't much of a dog to begin with, IMO.



    Have a day!

         R\%/itt - K5RXT

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