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!   
      
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