Sorry to hear that. Condolences

We will probably go through that twice in the not too distant future, my wife's Shin Zhu 'Toby' is 16 and my Irish Shorty Jack Russel Tara is 14. Both are past the average for their breed. Toby was full-grown when we got him, and the vet guessed he was about 3. Tara had just turned 1, born the weekend after Thanksgiving 2009 to our neighbor's dog. I got her in Jan when she was 7 weeks, fit on my hand length way and weighed 2 lbs.
Then we got Toby a year later when our niece's husband and kids found him tied to a parking sign at the park. A guy had been walking around trying to give him away.
I retired in 2007 so they and I have been homebodies together the whole time we have had them. Then Debra retired a few years later. When they pass I am going to be a wreck. Debra says, "No more pets. At our age, it is hard to take losing them." (the last of five cats died Jan 23). Every so often, we get to cat sit for our daughter's now one-year-old cat. We had Persephone for five weeks last spring while Jasmine was with a group from Medical School on a trip to Costa Rica to learn medical Spanish and work in a local clinic. We also had Miss Purr for a week while Jasmine visited another of the graduating class who moved to Italy. Now we settle for one or two days when they visit - Jasmine is doing her residency only 50 miles away.
Sorry if it looks like I am trying to take over your thread. The passing of your little one and the pictures got to me and caused a lot of thinking.