Last night was hard, lots of tears, Alfie was such a big dog, a big working dog, a real dog, and he is fading away before my very eyes. I cuddled him for a while on the floor, his eyes were still as friendly and as alive as ever, although I watched Sians mother die in her arms, I hardly knew her, and it really was her time, she was 80 and riddled with cancer, as well as being blind, it was a blessing to see her go, but death arriving to an animal that refuses to accept death, thats something else,...