This was completely unexpected and terrible.....Lavender died on 2/14/08. She had gone to the vet to have a lump removed. It was originally thought to be a mestastis of the mammary gland (pretty much infected milk gland) or possibly an abscess as it started developing a couple days after being removed from her second litter (raised at Dream Mountain Rattery, Co-Bred with Eagles Eye Rattery) and being introduced to other girls there.  When she went in for the surgery she was great, but a couple hours after the surgery the vet tech found her dead.  The lump was believed to be a lymphoma by the vet.