Tracey

Polly was very special. I'm so sorry for your loss.

I'm so sorry for your family's loss.

You've gotten lots of good advice. I can only share what has worked for me. Our boy Rufus is food aggressive and we have 3 other Greys as well, all of whom have been bitten by Rufus over food. The routine now is, anything that has to do with food - dog food or people food - Rufus gets muzzled. For dog feeding time, I gate Rufus in the dining room with his muzzle on. It is adjacent to the kitchen so he can see what's going on. When the food is ready and Rufus is calm, I take off his muzzle, put his bowl down on his side of the gate and walk away. When everyone is done eating Rufus gets let out. I've been battling Rufus over this for almost 5 years. It's gotten better, but now and then one of the other dogs was still getting bitten. So I finally gave up trying to train him out of it. It wasn't fair to the other dogs because Rufus would be good for six months or so and then someone would get chomped. So I just changed the routine and came up with a method where Rufus simply isn't able to bite anyone over their food any more. Once meal time is over he's fine, so this has been the best solution. We just had a friend stay with the dogs for four days and i left her detailed feeding instructions. She followed them and had no problem. So, while I haven't figured out how to resolve Rufus's issues, I have figured out how to avoid them. And I guess that's the next best thing.

Judy, I still can't believe it. Bullitt beat everything else; I figured he'd get through this too. My heart goes out to you, Mike and Kevin. Bullitt could not have had a better family.

I'm so very sorry for your loss.

I'm so very sorry for your loss.

I'm so very sorry for your loss.

How very sad. I'm so very sorry for your loss. And please don't blame yourself. Sounds like it couldn't be helped.

I'm so very sorry for your loss.

I'm so very sorry for your loss.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

My heart is breaking for you both. I am so sorry for your loss and so sorry that Moxie had to go when he clearly wasn't ready.

Sending good thoughts for Huston. Hope he's doing ok now.

I'm so very sorry for your loss.

Oh, I recognize him. Carmen sent me a photo of him roaching. His name was Santa before, right?

Hi from Las Vegas! Are you adopting through GPA-LV?

She was obviously well loved. I am so sorry for your loss.

I'm always sad when other people's hounds leave us, but George was extra special. I spent that last week and every day since feeling like I'd lost one of my own. Hugs to you, Chikken Arms, and thank you for loving him enough for all of us.

I am so sorry for your loss.

What a handsome boy. I am so very sorry for your loss.

How devastating. I'm so very sorry for your loss. How devastating. I'm so very sorry for your loss.

I'm so very sorry for your loss.

The circumstances were different, but when our girl Cosmo was nearing the end of her battle with osteo, I had luck feeding her jars of meat flavored baby food. Also, it was summer and she'd always had a sweet tooth, so I froze pudding cups and she really enjoyed those. There's almost no actual chocolate in the chocolate flavor and that seemed to be her favorite, so I let her have those as long as she would still eat. I also had a lot of luck with the store cooked rotisserie chickens. Good luck.

I'm so very sorry for your loss.

I'm so sorry, Sandra. Hugs.