~ It’s been nine years, Cassie. Nine years. I didn’t know how I was going to breathe without you. I can’t adequately put into words how much I still miss you, though some will understand. You introduced me to the wonderful world of rescue dogs. Adopting had been something I’d dreamt of doing since I […]
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Jasper Bear’s New Year’s Eve story is some years old now, but a very precious and personal one for me. It was just before New Year that year when an old dog was taken to a vets to be put to sleep. He wasn’t a sick dog whose time had come. He was a dog separated, we were told, from his doggie companion and his ill human, and left at the vets by relatives. His story may have ended there, but it turned out that the universe had other plans for Jasper. The vets were due to close for New Year but, instead of sending Jasper to Rainbow Bridge, they contacted Oldies Club the day before New Year’s Eve to ask if we could help.
~ Today marks one of the most important and happiest days of my life. Today is the anniversary of adopting my first rescue dog, many years ago. Cassie, the original Stripey Sofa Hound. This is what I wrote a year ago, with the addition of another of my favourite photos of Cassie, doing her ‘Woo-woo-woo‘. […]