& then there were 4

max died yesterday afternoon. it was last weekend that kara made the decision that it was time, and, when the vet called us monday, she scheduled an appointment. so it's been a tough week for us, living with max in what we knew to be his final days.

the vet and a tech came to our house yesterday at a little after 2. it was good of them to come here, because max got so frightened at the clinic and we wanted this to go as easily for him as possible. i don't think he was afraid. he got his sedative intramuscularly and the poison intravenously and he was gone before 3. his head was in kara's lap.

so we've lost 2 dogs in as many months. and of course we lost rumble last december. kara tore the ramp off the back porch and we're washing the blankets from max's bedding. it's very quiet around here without him.

we love you, old man. we are so very sorry. we'll miss you.