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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2013 18:38:04 GMT 1
Oh Jan how terrible for you all. Wishing a far far better 2014......xxxx
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Post by jennyb on Dec 31, 2013 19:37:00 GMT 1
So sorry to hear your news, that's just awful xx
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Post by gwenoakes on Dec 31, 2013 19:44:50 GMT 1
Another one here who is so sorry to hear of your sad news. Take care and RIP little boy. XXX
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Post by mollichop on Jan 2, 2014 6:41:40 GMT 1
thinking of you , what an awful welcome to the New Year for you. God Bless
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Post by bonniesmum on Jan 2, 2014 8:49:49 GMT 1
Oh Jan how awful. Thinking of you xx
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Post by ladyndibs on Jan 2, 2014 9:41:10 GMT 1
That's so sad, thinking of you both xx
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Post by cbc on Jan 2, 2014 10:23:58 GMT 1
That is so sad, I can only send all the best wishes for 2014 x
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Post by portiabuzz on Jan 2, 2014 12:56:56 GMT 1
oh no how terrible, RIP Scamp xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx
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Post by lisap on Jan 2, 2014 17:25:41 GMT 1
oh,Jan, how absolutely awful for you - it's a dog owner's worst, worst nightmare. Sending you lots of sympathy and hugs.
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Post by janwilky on Jan 3, 2014 0:44:46 GMT 1
Thank you all for your kind words and thoughts, it's been a great comfort in what feels like the grimmest few days I've ever lived through. It's hard to believe how attached we get to our pets isn't it, but Scamp was the most special dog we've ever had and we are missing him terribly. It's like all the joy has gone out of our home and our hearts. We drove back from Sussex yesterday in torrential rain but mercifully light traffic, with our sad burden in the back of my truck. I don't think I need to describe how appalling it was digging a grave in heavy red clay at the top of a steep slope in relentless rain, but we buried him at dusk with love and happy, tearful memories. We chose a spot just near the house but overlooking the valley, it felt right because he used to sit there to watch me on the yard below with the horses and also he'd sit there to see who was coming up the track so he could decide whether to bark at an unfamiliar car or get ready to greet a visitor with his usual charm and enthusiasm. He could see the house and whole garden from there, as well as a good bit of Shropshire, and I hope a little bit of him might still be sitting there keeping watch. Or digging another damn hole in the bank. We're going to plant a tree over the spot. We both felt a bit better afterwards but today has been very, very strange. Moments seem almost normal, like when I'm with the horses, but then I look up expecting to see him and there's just a new patch of bare red clay. In the house is worst of all, he followed me everywhere like a shadow and it feels so terribly empty and desolate without him. There'll be other dogs, but never another Scamp. We laid him to rest on almost exactly the spot he's watching me from in this pic. He was nearly always there when I fed the horses. We sowed wildflowers on that bank last year, but Scamp tunnelled dozens of holes in it in his quest to catch a mole, or a vole, or whatever creature his imagination speculated was living in there. A subterranean pheasant perhaps.
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Post by janwilky on Jan 3, 2014 0:52:57 GMT 1
A few of my favourite pics Joie de vivre Slipper mum? Gorgeous, gorgeous boy
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Post by janwilky on Jan 3, 2014 1:02:07 GMT 1
And a couple of funny ones to cheer myself up. With Amanda Seater's rare breed sheep last summer: Where'd he go?!
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Post by ladyndibs on Jan 3, 2014 1:18:38 GMT 1
A lovely spot for him, he looks a real character, R.I.P. Scamp
I know what you mean about them being so special, though we have a dog now, we hadn't had one for over 10yrs and I'm normally fine talking about Shandy but when I mentioned her this morning I got a lump in my throat and my eyes filled. We got Shandy from a rescue place about 4months after I had to have my previous dog pts, I found there were two quite seperate voids, one was Bonnie which couldn't be filled and the other was having a dog around which fortunately could and we were so lucky with her, she was for us the perfect dog and all the better as we found as we were leaving the rescue centre with her she was due to be pts the following day as they felt that as no-one had shown any interest in her in the 2months she was there they would use the space she freed up for another dog that might be able to be rehomed. She was a wonderful early Mother's Day present.
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Post by Anne_Oxfordshire on Jan 3, 2014 10:39:32 GMT 1
Awww Jan, so so sorry to hear what you're going through. I have been through the stress of trying to find out what's wrong with a horse myself and know how stressful and draining that is, and that was just one horse, not 3. And then to lose your lovely Scamp as well I have a massive soft spot for spaniels, especially springers and cockers, so I really really feel for you and Ru. Thank you so much for sharing the wonderful pictures and memories of him. Sounds like you chose just the right spot to bury him, and as you say he will be forever sitting there and watching over you now. Huge hugs and best wishes and I hope your 2014 looks up from here on!
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Post by janwilky on Jan 3, 2014 13:46:59 GMT 1
Thank you. Still very sad, but hopefully the raw pain will start to soften a bit soon. He was just so young and full of life, and had a good few years yet of being in his prime and I can't believe we've lost him so soon. Over the last couple of years he seemed to meld himself even more seamlessly into our lives and routine as he finally grew up a bit, and that sense of almost reading one another's thoughts minute by minute was very special. I do understand what you say ladyndibs about there being two holes, one of which can be filled and the other can't. I'm dreading Ru going back to work next week as he stays in Stoke 3 or sometimes 4 nights a week and without Scamp I'll be all alone. Horses can't fill that gap, so I will need another dog before too long or I'll go crazy at home alone. The trouble is I don't really have time for a puppy at the moment, and a rescue dog can be tricky (been there) - yes, if you're lucky they can be brilliant but whatever we do I'll miss the ease of a dog that's been part of my life for a long time. Albeit a lovable rogue at times
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