[Xena Rio's Mum]

Just a quick message to let you know we had to have Xena put to sleep tonight. She had completely given up on life, she would not eat and all she wanted to do was just lay there, eventually over the last 2 days her back legs got weaker and she was unable to support herself on them today so I made the dreaded call to the vets. She actually looked thankfull when we were at the vets as I'm sure she knew she was going to a better place. Even though her body made the decision for us it still didn't make it any easier when the time came. I'm sure alot of you have been through this before and can share the pain we are going through. We took Rio to see her body when we brought her back from the vets just to give her some closure too. We've had 10 wonderfull years with her and I have many good memories of her that I can look back on fondly once the pain has eased a little. Now I just have to concentrate on easing the pain a bit for Rio. Thanks to everyone who has posted support. I have found this site to be invaluable since Xena was diagnosed.