Oh Amy! I was just reading what you wrote for Binx and it didn't click in my head until I search dear Smokey's name. I'm so sorry to hear Smokey was helped to the RB, but you had a lot of good years with him. It probably won't help now, but in time you will think back and it will comfort you that he was not young when he died. We had to put my dog Barney to sleep when he was 18 years old and I was very sad, but I knew he led a full life. Even though he was a big part of your life for so long, it is still better to know he was 9 years old when he died, like my Angie was.