I'm just seeing this thread....
Strange, apparently around the same time frame that this thread was started I thought about you and your dog, wondered how she was doing. Well, sort of strange, around the same time my old friend took a turn for the worse and was stumbling, falling, couldn't stand. Somehow my old boy came out of it, but it was scarey. Anyway, turned my mind to you and yours.
It aint easy, man, never is. You did right by her. I'm sure she always knew she was loved, and lived a happy life through all of her days.