Our family has two shorthairs, ones a pup and the other is going on 12yrs old. I dread the day that we have to let her go as she has been the best upland bird dog we've ever had. I also shot my very first wild rooster over her too when I was super young and that will be a memory that I'll never let go. It would definitly be tough going what you going through but like you said I think you made the right choice, you could only imagine what she gets to do in heaven. Fields after fields with big cackling roosters and NO shock collar.



Jake