At 8.30am on the 24th May we had to make the desiscion no pet owner ever wants to make.... The previons afternoon (23rd) Archie apeared a little unwell, just not himself....He seemed to go downhill quite quickly and by tea time (just 3 hours later) he was obviously in a lot of pain and discomfort, so we raced him up to vet... her diagnosis was not good... It would seem his kidneys had stopped working altogether... She gave him some painkillers and a some other meds to try and kick start his kidneys and found him a comfortable bed in the surgery, and would assess his condition in the morning...
This was the last time i saw him....
Unfortunately i had to go to work in the morning and was unable to leave... today of all days...! I can usually slip out for an hour if i need to but not today! So i had to leave Deb to take the call :o( The vet called Deb in the morning to say Archie had actuall gotten worse overnight, and at best he only had a couple days left.. Deb had to go see him on her own and instruct the vet to put Archie to sleep...
I wished i could'a gone too but ce' la vie' these things happen sometimes...
The house seems very quiet now without him and no-body knows quite what to say to eachother.
Macy our little Lhasa Apso is so sad... she doesn't know whats happened to her best friend...He's just disappered.. She has taken to sleeping outside on the bottom step up to the house... We can all see she's waithing for Archie.... Every day (when dry) Arch would have a couple hours sleep on the back patio, Macy would come along and wake him by very carefully washing his entire face, and if he wasn't to grouchy at that, his ears and maybe his feet as well.......
We all miss him so much already...

Good night Archie.....Just remember, all paths lead to the stars dear friend.x x