Sorry for your loss. I had a dog Hercules I had to put down several months ago. I rescued that dog as a 3 week puppy that somebody put in a cardboard box and threw on the side of the road. Turned out to be a 100lb Great Dane/Shepard mix... I cried like a baby when I had to put him down. Now I have a Lab/German Shepard mix that I got from another IA member on here. Dog has an eating disorder I think... He cannot stop eating and drinking if there is food or water to be found. One day I caught him drinking so much water (out of the toilets) that he was literally drinking and pissing at the same time. My oldest daughter and me laugh about our history with "defective dogs"... But I wouldn't change it for the world. They are just like your children, except they never ask for money.