mouse,

I'm sitting here crying over Hyson and i'vr only spent an hour with him. Hes beyond great. I don't know what you did to deserve such a great dog, but the other side of the coin is losing such a special dog is hard and you will need to be taken care of also, especially after losing him.
I know a tear will come to your eye for years after Hyson is gone - seriously consider the depressing part - get another dog. You can scatter Hysons ashes somewhere nice that he liked.

My special dog died of a heart attack in my arms, on the lawn in front of my vets office.

My thoughts are with you and Hyson. He doesn't know - its a toss up whether to put him down on a good day or a bad day. You will want to remember him from a good day and know that just because he was having a good day doesn't mean his life was cut short. If you put him down on a bad day you may be saddened when you remember him.

He can play with Roxie...
Jim