About 1.5 years ago I made a visit to my brother in WI. I was going to his wife's funeral. She died from bile duct cancer. I was told rare & the medical field really had no real cure. She was only 48 & suffered greatly. Their Golden Retriever, Prince never left her bed side -- when she took her last breath Prince left the bedroom. The time I spent with my brother we went for long walks with his wonderful Prince & 3 young daughters. The walks were good for all of us. I remember my brother telling me Prince wasn't eating like he should & was losing some weight. My brother had a lot going on at that time with the loss of his wife so while I was there I took care of his dog & walked him every day. I fed Prince & brushed him. He seemed fine to me. When I flew back home 3 days later my brother called to tell me he had to put Prince down. The day after I left the dog stopped eating completely which I found to be odd. My brother then took Prince to the vet. He was told Prince was in the high stages of Hemangiosarcoma & there was nothing they could do. I thought that was really something that Prince stayed strong all of that time when the family really needed him. This was very heart wrenching for my brother & his 3 young girls. I'm sorry for everyone else's pain with this horrible thing called cancer [sigh] Kathy "JoKay's" ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================