My parents, Warren and Kathy, had to rush Looie J Dog to the emergency vet on Friday evening. He was lying half in his bed, half on the floor, moaning in pain. They gave him IV fluids and did all kinds of tests to see what was wrong with him, but they weren't able to figure out what was causing him to be in so much pain and so sick. He wasn't producing any urine, which means that his kidneys had shut down. Saturday morning they tried one last round of antibiotics, which didn't help enough, so my parents had to make the painful decision to put him to sleep. He was just too miserable.
Here is a picture of Looie J Dog, AKA Loopy J, sleeping in his bed a few years ago. This is how I like to remember him...lazy as anything and oh so happy about it :)