Rebecca,
Thank you for your kind words about Cali. Losing her was the hardest experience of my life. She was my sweet little girl and I still cry when I think of her passing. She died in my arms, she was miserable and sick and it was awful. I probably should have let the vet put her down when she stopped eating two days before her death, he offered but I just could not bear to be the one to decide when her life ended. She was only six.
I have two German Shepherds also, and They are wonderful dogs, but I just am not attached to them like I was to Cali. I had a red Pembroke WC when I was growing up. Some dogs you just get very attached to and Cali was one of those dogs. I plan to get another Pem one day but not any time soon. I just cannot consider it yet, I am not over Cali yet.
Diane