Oh dear, Dixie.

It does sound like right thing to do, without a doubt, but that never seems to make it less painful in the end.

Give her a great big Saintly hug for me, because she's your great big girl, and tell her to look for Freckles and Bruni at the Rainbow Bridge, and they'll bring her right over to my Mom, who always had a very special place in her heart for Saint Bernards.

Of course you're in our prayers.