Our dogs have always meant so much to us since we didn't have children. Our last dog, Nellie, passed away today unexpectedly. I was with her until the very end. She was having small seizures and was toward the end in pain, but it didn't last long. I am so glad she didn't have a long-drawn out illness. She did have cognitive dysfunction disorder which is like Alzheimer's, but she wasn't so bad from it, she just paced a lot in the house. We had her to the vet recently and they checked all of her organs and said she was fine. She had, had a similar episode like the one today, but the vet didn't think too much of it, he was very thorough too. That is why it was so shocking. I had her outside and brought her in and just happened. We will really miss her badly....Chris