I just returned today from Alberta, to find my dog, a 14 year old black lab, gone. My dad tells me she was sick, and whining to be let out the day after I left, and she never came back. We think she may have gone off to find a quiet spot to lay down and go to sleep. I loved and still love my Chloe dog, she was my close companion for 10 years, my riding buddy, my partner on the long drives to each rodeo I travelled to, and a wonderful dog. She babysat my brother and me while we were growing up, and was the best friend and pet that you could ask for. I'm going to miss my darling girl, and I'm just sorry I wasn't around when she decided she had to go.