Aletheia,
I owe you an apology.  Unlike other people when i find out i was wrong, i own it. So with that being said.  you were correct, 1 of Eddies dogs was PTS'd.  The old brussels griffon that should have been PTS'd a very long time ago.  Shirley tried many times to get Eddie to PTS that poor old thing she wouldnt, she would just let them die.  
I guess people arent realizing that Eddie was a "collector/hoarder".  And if any of you folks had 1 clue about that type of mental illness you might not be so quick to judge Shirley with such harshness.  Shirley was not responsible for Eddie, her children were.  The children knew about their mothers mental illness and chose to ignore it.  The children sent that man, Brian, to spy on Eddie.
I hope all of you that are throwing stones, never has to deal with "hoarding/collecting" and if you do you will remember Eddie and how it wasnt Shirleys responsibility to "fix it".