I still remember when my 13 Year Old dog passed away, they told us when we first bought her that she was a maltese something or other, turned out she wasn't what they told us.
She had a stroke a week before her 14th birthday in January 2010, never cried so much in my entire lift. I stayed up till 3am holding her while she cried after her stroke, she couldn't even stand properly, tears pouring down my face. I wish that pain on nobody. Dad and I took her to the VET the next morning, I had about 30mins sleep the whole night. She didn't come home...