I had to do something very hard today: I had to have my canine companion of 13 years put to sleep. He had been off his food and was very lethargic for some time, and I hoped it was some minor stomach bug.
Turned out it was lung cancer.
So, I had to say a painful farewell to old Randy. My dad's taking it the hardest; we had a family of 5 dogs at one time. Randy was the last of the lot.