my husband and i moved to ohio from boston in oct 2010 we had a big boy named woodie ( 26 lbs) well 2 weeks before our move we knew we had to put him down he would not have made the trip we did it had him cremated and brought him with us my poor husband cried for days now he sits on his night stand and sleeps with him every night i hope you can carry on and know that he will always be in your heart