Alita, a German Shepherd, was our family, she had a funny personality, loved her spikey ball, as well as sleeping on the couch, and in our bedrooms.
She always stuck by us and was literally my best friend.

She suffered from degenerative myelopathy; the last few months I had to use a harness to help her move, etc., until she had a stroke.
We were devastated

She lived 13 years, two months.