Fallible wrote:Sorry, it's sad what happened to your dog.
Aww thanks. He was a rescue dog - a Jack Russell I took over when he was 13 so he was already oldish. He'd had a life that had been mostly indoors (his elderly owner should never have had a Jack really), and he was quite fat. The first time I let him run he started off way too fast, and keeled over after about 150 yards - thought he'd had a heart attack!
But no, he was just horribly unfit. After a few weeks of proper food and exercise, he was up for four energetic walks a day, and was super smart. You really can teach an old dog new tricks, and we did loads of things together.
It was a fantastic two years - he died of kidney failure after what was definitely the best two years of his life, and pretty much the best two of mine too. I was very sad to lose him, but very, very glad to have had those two years with him. I can ramble on for hours about the antics he got up to.
It was pretty intense when he died - hence the weird mind-tricks for a few days. Nothing paranormal though
