Duko, one thing is a fer sure, and that is, your pup will always be alive in your heart and mind---Hell, I put down my bestest Chessie ever in '01, and when I look at photos of him, or think about our really perfect friendship, I do indeed get misty eyed all these years' later. Therefore, they never do "die" near as I figger, and they are forever there for you, me, or anyone who has ever lost one of the bestest, and purist friends a man can have in this world---and ya do know, some of them Touchy-Feely, Other Dimension spouting people swear up and down that there IS a Doggie Heaven, and we will all meet 'em there again once we check out of this Earthy Plane---Which sounds pretty damn good to me, if there is any "good" at all about taking us a Dirt Nap eventually...

Jones