Digger,

As I read your post you had me in tears. We had to put down one of our dogs this summer. It is one of the hardest things to do even if you know it is for the best. Yes, I think they know when it is their time. Cody never complained and was a trooper all through his journey with treatments that in the end didn't work. But in the end he knew it was his time.

Even when another pet enters your life you never forget the things that made the ones before special.

Take care.

Mary and Jeff