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Julie, I hope all is well with you and your family and dogs. It is hard to believe that we have now been in CA for over seven years. The dogs have done well, except for minor problems, until recently, when Emmy began a downhill course. She has had heart valve and kidney problems over the last couple of years, but they were fairly well controlled until the last few months. Despite various medication and food changes, she did not improve much and three days ago, in fact just after her 15th birthday, she stopped eating, then stopped drinking, and became increasingly weak. Our vet came to the house earlier today, and Herb and I, with his help, made the decision to put her to sleep--a difficult decision for us but the right one for her, we think. We want to thank you for all the years we had with Emmy; she was a very good, though sometimes stubborn, dog, who had a good life, and we will miss her very much.

Pryor and Alex are fine, although perhaps a little shaken by the loss of Emmy. By the way, I just found your very impressive website. It's good to know that Emmy has a little bit of canine immortality via the web.