I've been down today. Yesterday was a hard one. Our dog Caillou became ill. The vet suspects a stroke or possibly cancer. We made the decision to put him down rather than subject him to torturous treatment that would only prolong his suffering.

It was too close to the bone to write about last night. Tomorrow I will write my column for Sunday's paper. It will be about Caillou and what he's meant to us the past ten years.

RIP Caillou.