I think the only bad thing about owning a dogs, is letting them go. The longer I'm involved with dogs the more I understand it's not about lenght of life, it's about the quality. Hitting 50 and losing several friends, I understand that this goes for us humans to. I can't put my value on this on anyone else. I certianly understand the emotional stresss of it all having put down 4 dogs in 5 years due to age or health reasons. I would never go to such extreme lenghts to cheat death for a few years for any of my dogs.