I just came upon this forum.It was this past February. I was resting upstairs in the early morning, I just wanted a few hours in my own bed. I had been spending every night for months downstairs on the couch with my 16 yo Standard Poodle. I heard her woof for me and ran down the stairs. Fell and broke my ankle....ORIF surgery and all that good stuff. And then I had to put her to sleep two weeks later....I miss my good friend. And my ankle is coming along.....