Django is lying at my feet. Outside, for the first time in weeks, it has begun to rain. Softly this time. Four years ago today, as I dug a grave for Flash and set her, wrapped in her blanket, in the ground, the weather changed. As the midday Angelus Bells rang out in the heavy…
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Gone Girl
I realised I had forgotten her face. At sixteen and a half years of age, her face had been transformed by time and her growing frailties. Spots faded, eyes clouded, her infirmity had become our preoccupation. A picture of her sleeping in my chair tears at me. Her fading greyed spots where once had been…
A River Runs Through It
A river runs through it all. For more than sixteen years we walked with Leica by the river more often than not. Days at the beach, camping trips and other adventures too, ferry trips to England or home to Scotland, but always home, here, down by the river. She learned, tentatively at first, to swim…
Half-Life
KiKi was 2 years and 4 months old when she came to live with us, a little younger obviously when she was take in by ASH Animal Rescue. In a little more than a month, on May 27th we will celebrate her fourth birthday. I’ve mentioned before that the early experiences in a dog’s life…
Grace & Danger
Since we first brought Leica and Flash, and later KiKi to live with us we have had to deal with what I call the “Disney” effect. The popularity of the “101 Dalmatians” films seems to have created a disconnect in many peoples minds between reality and fiction. For years we have experienced people and children…
3000 Dead Dogs 