It seems our poor old dog has had a stroke *update added*

[Myrina]

18. Hank crossed the bridge on Sunday.

He had a couple bad nights - barely able to breathe, I could hear the fluid gurgling in his lungs - and Sunday while trying to eat he lost equilibrium & fell partially into his water bowl. I got him up & could tell "it" was happening ... he couldn't catch a breath. We jumped in the truck & got to the vet and they confirmed he was in 'active heart failure' ... all I could do was hug him & talk to him (even though he was deaf) & give the ok for the vet to help him cross the Bridge.

I sat in the garage for awhile afterwards, not wanting to go in the house because he was always the first to greet me and I knew this time he wouldn't be there. It was *so* difficult. My other 3 dogs have been noticeably somber this week.

I wrote him an obituary that I posted to my Facebook page, and selected his urn yesterday.

I've been through it with 2 furr kids already but Hank was my first dog, top dog, and had been with me just shy of 15 years. We'd been through a lot together.