Well, I spoke too soon back in December. Bluey became sick about a month ago and after several trips to the vet and rounds of antibiotics and blood tests, he passed away on Friday, February 15th due to cancer. Brady was very sad and cried for quite some time. We went to the vet to say goodbye knowing that he would "die" that evening. I didn't get into the details with Brady because frankly, he doesn't need to know. Bluey was still very happy but was confined to the laundry room and hating it. He will be coming to live on the shelf soon, wish me luck with that conversation. : )