Conversations with Chuck

I had a really good conversation with Chuck the other day. He lost one of his dogs at 12 1/2 to liver failure last year, and has gone through this several times. I've been thinking over the last few weeks - are we doing too much, holding on too tight, and should we let him go? Chuck gave me an answer different than most folks. Most folks say "You'll know" or "they'll let you know". Chuck said "he doesn't want to go. If he can eat, go to the bathroom, and he's not in pain, he wants to stay". And while I'd seen some resignation in Leo the last few weeks, for most of the time, he wanted to stay around. There's still Leo in there, and I'm going to treasure that.