Neddy and Gollie
Posted: 28 Mar 2013, 23:41
It six years ago since our lovely Neddy went to the bridge.
I got Ned because My friend Leigh kept sending me pictures of her puppy she was buying a German wirehaired haired pointer on the litter pics she kept saying this one is Glenys's dog I said I am a labrador person I know nothing about pointers over the weeks the videos kept coming I dont know why but I ended up putting a deposit on him worse still he was in Norfolk I hadnt told Sam anyway one day I said to Sam how far is Norfolk ? he said a B***dy long way why? I said well we have to go to pick up a puppy anyway we set off and we met him he was so sullen wanted to play with his litter mates sulked all the way home and cried five hours he turned out to be so special he was so good Leigh said train him from the word go to a whistle which I did we would go to the Country park every day
and he could cover the ground 100 miles an hour but on the whistle he was back by my side he went to shows he won and qualified for Crufts.
When we move here he loved it
One day we had spotted what we thought was a hernia we took him to the Vets and he was booked in for surgery the next day when we picked him up the Vet said he is fine the lump has been sent off for testing we will ring and let you know.
After a week we didnt worry they hadnt rung anyway I rang them.
I was told matter of factly it was a carcinoma so I said ok how do we get him better? I was told he wont get better.
At this time he was still my 100 mile an hour dog I said how long does he have they said weeks not months.
A week later another Vet said he could have chemo so I took him to the vets she got all the stuff out I said will this cure him? she said no.
I said then we are going home.
I took my boy home and he had a lovely time then he slowed down and then we knew so we took him away to our caravan just me and Sam and Neddy it was a bitter sweet time and we knew that on monday he would be gone ten weeks from diagnosis
We took him monday because the lump had come back and we said if under GA for Xray it was back let him sleep.
Sam and I sat in the car both shedding silent tears and the Vet came out it had come back so we said dont wake him up so we said goodbye to a very special dog one who we wont ever forget.
In our garden is a plaque it says Neds Garden and at our caravan it says his dates birth and then when he left.
Fast forward a many many weeks later I was at the local boarding kennels I was fastening my shoe and looked up I saw a dog a hairy dog I said what kind of dogs is that ? she said a Giant Shnauzer I said is he kind as even though he was black he looked like Ned when I came home I said to Sam look at this and it was a litter of Giants I said I think we need one .
We went to see them there was only one left available so we asked for him and put a deposit down we couldnt choose him then and we counted the days then we were able to see him and he had a bit of grey on his beard Ned had the same grey in same place it wasnt really what you would choose for a show dog but we chose him.
Two more weeks then we could collect him it was again bittersweet but Gollie has been our lovely boy and in many ways is so like Ned and the weird thing he was born on the day Ned Died.
So two lovely dogs so special in their own ways .
Last week we had to have Gollie clipped all over as he has been a little poorly and everyone in the family said God he looks like Ned and when I checked it is the anniversary of when Ned became poorly so strange isnt it life ?
More so the love of dogs so time we share short or long they touch our lives like no one can explain
Have fun in the heavens dear Ned 100 mile an hour dog always four years old .
Neddy
Gollie
I got Ned because My friend Leigh kept sending me pictures of her puppy she was buying a German wirehaired haired pointer on the litter pics she kept saying this one is Glenys's dog I said I am a labrador person I know nothing about pointers over the weeks the videos kept coming I dont know why but I ended up putting a deposit on him worse still he was in Norfolk I hadnt told Sam anyway one day I said to Sam how far is Norfolk ? he said a B***dy long way why? I said well we have to go to pick up a puppy anyway we set off and we met him he was so sullen wanted to play with his litter mates sulked all the way home and cried five hours he turned out to be so special he was so good Leigh said train him from the word go to a whistle which I did we would go to the Country park every day
and he could cover the ground 100 miles an hour but on the whistle he was back by my side he went to shows he won and qualified for Crufts.
When we move here he loved it
One day we had spotted what we thought was a hernia we took him to the Vets and he was booked in for surgery the next day when we picked him up the Vet said he is fine the lump has been sent off for testing we will ring and let you know.
After a week we didnt worry they hadnt rung anyway I rang them.
I was told matter of factly it was a carcinoma so I said ok how do we get him better? I was told he wont get better.
At this time he was still my 100 mile an hour dog I said how long does he have they said weeks not months.
A week later another Vet said he could have chemo so I took him to the vets she got all the stuff out I said will this cure him? she said no.
I said then we are going home.
I took my boy home and he had a lovely time then he slowed down and then we knew so we took him away to our caravan just me and Sam and Neddy it was a bitter sweet time and we knew that on monday he would be gone ten weeks from diagnosis
We took him monday because the lump had come back and we said if under GA for Xray it was back let him sleep.
Sam and I sat in the car both shedding silent tears and the Vet came out it had come back so we said dont wake him up so we said goodbye to a very special dog one who we wont ever forget.
In our garden is a plaque it says Neds Garden and at our caravan it says his dates birth and then when he left.
Fast forward a many many weeks later I was at the local boarding kennels I was fastening my shoe and looked up I saw a dog a hairy dog I said what kind of dogs is that ? she said a Giant Shnauzer I said is he kind as even though he was black he looked like Ned when I came home I said to Sam look at this and it was a litter of Giants I said I think we need one .
We went to see them there was only one left available so we asked for him and put a deposit down we couldnt choose him then and we counted the days then we were able to see him and he had a bit of grey on his beard Ned had the same grey in same place it wasnt really what you would choose for a show dog but we chose him.
Two more weeks then we could collect him it was again bittersweet but Gollie has been our lovely boy and in many ways is so like Ned and the weird thing he was born on the day Ned Died.
So two lovely dogs so special in their own ways .
Last week we had to have Gollie clipped all over as he has been a little poorly and everyone in the family said God he looks like Ned and when I checked it is the anniversary of when Ned became poorly so strange isnt it life ?
More so the love of dogs so time we share short or long they touch our lives like no one can explain
Have fun in the heavens dear Ned 100 mile an hour dog always four years old .
Neddy
Gollie
