My husband never had dogs as pets when he was younger.  I always had dogs.  We now have 4 dogs.  Three are older mini-Dachshunds, and the other is a young Welsh Corgi.  For this story, we will be focusing on Holly, who is the young (about 1 1/2 years old) Welsh Corgi, Duke a 10 year old Dachshund, and Roscoe a 9 year old Dachshund.  Quincey is the other one, but he really just cares about his food bowl and the couch, so he's not in this story. So, there have been thes...

Today I had to say goodbye to a dear friend of 10 years, Quincey.  He had Cushings disease, that destroyed his muscle and body over the last year.  We did everything that we could do for him, including importing drugs from the UK, but some things you just can't fix.  I just got back from a business trip, and took yesterday off to get back on track.  Unfortunately, it seems as if he waited for my return then just gave up.  Within 36 hours, he quit eating, quit d...

I am completely an utterly heartbroken.  Last night, I came home from work, had a normal evening, ate dinner, fed the dogs, put the dogs in their crates and we headed off to Sasha Farm (a farm animal sanctuary that we volunteer at).  Same thing we do every Monday.  Nothing different.  All the dogs were their normal selves.  All ate well, all acted normal, all barked and ran up the stairs when we yelled "bedtime"..well, except Roscoe- we carry him because his hind legs ar...