So the new day has started and we are bereft. Both of us awake in the night crying, couldn’t stop the tears. Poor Red spent her first night alone - she is looking very lost this morning. Gone straight into her day bed and curled up tight asleep. Sky had such a presence in this house - the house feels very big and empty without her. We had spent so much time just caring for her - there is a big hole of time now. Sky had become more incontinent this last few weeks. That in itself wasn’t a problem, I had a routine of letting her outside but it was getting more and more impossible as she would have been outside (and I couldn’t always be with her to encourage her to go, although I tried my best) and then she’d come in and poo. She had started to soil her bed. She was getting very confused - heartbreaking watching her. However, the arthritis was the worst. Even with medication, she was struggling. She had started to stumble when walking. Her walking was laboured but she got huge pleasure from endless sniffing. I think it speaks volumes that we both felt it was the kindest thing to let her go. I think she knew it to. She was so calm yesterday and I cuddled her as she quickly went to sleep, her dear teddy bear head resting on her paw. Our hearts are breaking