On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 07:53:36 -0400, Jim wrote:

Anyway, your second paragraph sounded very much like what I'm going through
with our 14 year-old bearded collie. I actually wondered one morning if the
dog was alive after shaking it for a while.

Our 16 year old chow spends about 23 1/2 hours a day in the puddle of
fur position, a state difficult to distinguish from death.

Casady