[tcrist]

Look into their eyes. That will let you know when they are ready. I told my ex-wife 6 months before we finally had to have our shepard put down that she was ready but the ex would have nothing to do with it. It was at least 4 months of real suffering before the ex would let the old girl go. Now the ex says that I was right and it should have been done when I said it should have. Needless suffering, not good.