Mike,
Man sad, just sad. We had to put down our mama Labrador named Maddie "Moosie" after she had a spinal rupture in early December. The wife and I called them to go to bed and she just went paralyzed from the mid back down. Out of all the Labradors I've had she was the kindest, most loving and smartest Lab we had. She gave us two litters of labs to which we kept one from each litter so we still have her sons in the family.
Needless to say it was a bad, sad day.
John your neighbor