The GC PET RAINBOW GARDEN.....

So very sorry for you tonight @Fat Controller but he was with you, in your arms, at his home and is now at peace....RIP Smudge.....♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

 

Our thoughts are with you FC, sending love and hugs to you both. xx

 

So sorry to hear that @Fat Controller
It doesn't come easier no matter if you know or not. But you have all the lovely memories of him to cherish, all the best Logan.

 

So sorry to read this FC..
Run free wee Smudge...

 

My heart goes out to you FC and family. He and you have travelled a long way together ... remember those special times. RIP wee Smudge.

 

@Fat Controller I am so sorry to hear about your loss. It's like losing family. Been there and get teary eyed thinking about it still. And that was 15 years ago!

 

I'm sorry to hear you've lost Smudge FC. Our furry friends leave a big hole in the family when they're gone.

 

Today it would have been Logan's birthday. He was 16 years old when he died and 8 years ago.

 

He was a handsome boy @Logan. A favourite of yours since you took his name?

 

@Fat Controller I'm ever so sorry to read your very sad news, sending you a big hug xx

Run free Smudge, xx

 

Thank you @Victoria yes he was my favourite and he used to follow me all the time.

 

Today's the day Logan left us 8 years ago, this was taken just before.

 

I've only just spotted this thread and would like to take the opportunity to commemorate dear Ken my retired racing greyhound, who I had to have put to sleep back in February after his back legs became paralysed. He was only eight, so it felt very hard, but to be truthful I'd always suspected he was never going to make old bones, because he'd had various health issues for quite a while: first of all problems with his nail-beds, eventually diagnosed as muco-cutaneous lupus, an immune system issue which could at least be kept at bay by keeping him permanently on vitamin supplements and antibiotics. Then a tumour on his thyroid, which came off cleanly last autumn but I was warned had left microparticles in his blood stream. And blood tests showed that his kidneys were weakening, too. It was some consolation to be able to send him off peacefully from home on his own bed, after a last treat and with me stroking him.

He really was a good dog, with a very sweet happy nature. Loving and gentle and good-mannered and also, occasionally, cheeky! His favourite game was nicking my slippers, if I went into the garden and left them on the back door mat; when I came in again, they would be on the living room rug and he would be standing beside them looking highly delighted with himself. He also loved his own toys, being exceptionally talented at catching those when thrown and still in mid-air; a game which became known as "Nice One Kenny!" And though shy on walks when he first came to me, he soon grew in confidence and ultimately became my unofficial helper as Open Spaces chair for our local amenities society, - and official mascot for our local WI's walking group, being easy for newcomers to spot at our rendezvous, polite to humans and other dogs alike, and unfazed by train, tube and even bus travel.

Here he is enjoying a run round a local park last November, an image I used for my Christmas card last year:


And here's his epitaph (with apologies to Sydney Smith (1771-1845), whose poem for an Exemplary Nick can be found here):


Exemplary Ken

Farewell dear Ken, my guileless creature,
Of sweetest, gentlest, humblest nature;
A greyhound pet unspoiled by favour,
A model of good dog behaviour,
Without a dream, without a wish,
Beyond more sardines in your dish.

Contentedly through life you've trotted,
Along the path that Fate allotted,
Now Time, your ailing body seizing,
Deprives it of all strength and feeling;
So lie you down without a pain,
To sleep, and never wake again.

Finally, I am happy to report that I have found him a successor from the same rescue. He's called Tiger - you can see him in my signature and I'll do a little post about him next, in the "Show off your pets" thread

 

Hello @Clare G so sorry to hear of your loss, but you have all the happy memories of him and he was loved very much. It's more sad when they go at a younger age.

Glad that you found another to help you through the bad times.
Lots of hugs

 

It would have been moss's birthday today