I have lost a few family dogs in my life my grandmothers dog Shady an over grown poodle would run around in circles in front of me when I visited, Kerry a springer spanial liver and white my mums dog he hated to to clean loved rolling in mud ect. my sisters dog a golden called Sandy they all died at an old age. We lost Alice a black s/pei nearly 2 years ago she died very early at 4 years with kidney failure that was deverstating I will never forget any of them