We lost Hattie yesterday (kidneys had failed). But she left this world lying on her cushion looking out over the garden in Bamburgh; her favourite place in the world. Would have been 11 tomorrow. She's been on borrowed time for a long time, but it doesn't make it any easier. Thankfully, the family are staying with us, so we have to put on a brave face for the boys. Not sure where we go from here. I've not been without a dog for 40 years, and the emptiness in the house is tangible. I may do some fostering for a while.....if there's a doggie heaven, that's where she is, because there wasn't a nasty bone in her body....