You are right about there never being a good time to lose such a special friend. I have lost loved ones to violent crimes and to terminal illnesses and it is always a shock, always painful.
My assistant's grandmother passed yesterday, shortly after noon, PST - Maybe Pause is there to greet her at the Bridge, because her beloved little dog is still here on Earth, comforting the widower & the rest of the family.
Beautiful Pause, play happily in Heaven with the rest of our RB TCS kitties - there's quite a gathering over there with some very wonderful cats and lots & lots of special little angels to be with you until we are all reunited again