Quote Originally Posted by Glacier
As for how you feel about her, I think most people who post on boards like this love their dogs like kids, but your life has meaning beyond them too. There's no way to guarentee that any dog will live a long life and die a natural death in old age. I had a healthy, happy, well-adjusted dog go from that to gone in a matter of hours. Stuff happens, lousy, rotten stuff along with all the great stuff. Enjoy her while she's here, regardless of how long that may be. Don't focus on loosing her someday, that just takes away from your enjoyment of her while she's here.
I agree, and I think Audrey understands that. The way I see it is that she hopes that Josie will live a long life and pass away when she is an old dog. Audrey wants to have all the years she can with Josie. I'm sure she understands that unfortunate things can happen. She just can't imagine having her baby PTS over a behavioral problem.

Audrey, How is Josie with Zeke? Have they ever met each other? (If I remember Zeke lives with your mom, and Josie with your dad. Is that right?) I don't really have any advise, just don't give up on your girl. You are a great owner to Josie. You're doing what you can to help understand her needs. It's not the end of the world if you have to keep her away from other dogs. Has she ever shown agression towards a person? If not I wouldn't worry about that.
I know this might sound silly, but what about trying a pet psychic? My friend has a pet monkey (yes a monkey!). She's had the monkey, Abby, now for 20 years. Abby went blind a couple years ago and refused to eat on her own. My friend was having to force feed her. She went to see a pet psychic and within minutes the psychic had Abby eating on her own again. Honestly this is something I am totally skeptical about, but it did work for my friend. If I'm not mistaken others here on PT have had good experiences with them too. I think Kimmy used one with Kia?

Good Luck, Audrey ((hugs))