[Quiet Man Cometh]

Ah. I had the same thing happen with my sister's Jack Russel Terrier. She developed lymphoma. We might have spotted it sooner since she was having some breathing troubles but I at least attributed it to her being very overweight since it generally only came up in long walks. I was the only one at home and I ended up carrying her to the vet where we decided to put her down since it was beyond treatment by then. It was hard but I had my own dog to help me out a bit.

I have a couple short stories in the writers' diary here. I can't put up any of the stuff I'm working on because forums that don'e require membership to read are considered public and a lot of magazines won't take anything that has appeared on a public webpage. It's considered self-publishing.