Thank you everyone for the kind words.
Tyler's death has been tough for me today - as he is the last of my "Kelridge" boys....He is 6th generation back to one of my first homebred Champions - and him and his sister Luna (the one in the picture next to him) are the very last of my Shepherds all together. I lost his Mother (Tori) at almost 13 this past Summer - as well as another one of my girls (Shuvee) who was 12....so I feel like I have been saying quite a few goodbyes these last few months....but thats what happens when you have a bunch of them growing older together. Poor Luna has NEVER spend a single day without her brother - and dogs have their own grieving process - I have to try and make this 'change' as easy as I can for her.
Thanks again! Its great to have friends here who understand.
~Kathy