Thanks man, he was 14 and had congestive heart failure. Last week he got really sick and we took him to the vet. They pumped him full of steroids and he actually did all right for a few days. We all got to love on him and let him know how much we care about him for a week or so, all and all I guess things couldn't have really turned out better. It still sucks donkey balls, but he had as happy a life as any dog could have had. Many asses were smelled, many passer-byes were barked at, many cows wrangled. I will miss my friends, but nothing ever dies.