Month: May 2012

Mal and I have been in such a haze the last couple of weeks and only just noticed that the swimming pool wasn’t overflowing. Added to that we have had rain the last couple of days which has Sahara dust in it, which has coated everything in brown, including the pool. On investigation Mal discovered the pool pump wasn’t working. The fact it has lasted 8 years, we knew it was time for a new one.

Mal spoke to “Super Gary” who told us to got to Pools R Us and order another one and he very kindly said he would come and fit it for us. When we got down to Pools R Us, thankfully they had one in stock. £315. We brought it back home and Gary came and fitted it for us. Thank you Gary, very much appreciated.

I have some explaining to do. Monday afternoon Rosie developed another symptom and we rushed her to the vets. She gave her an instant blood test and told us it was acute visceral leishmaniasis. Mal even checked the blood test. Suffice to say with the vets help we had to make the decision to put her to sleep.  We were both shocked and devastated. We brought her home and she is now at peace under the pampas grass where she loved to be.

I want to thank David and Kenny for their support throughout and the vet Prof. Dr Hurriye Horoz Kaya who showed us great professionalism, gentleness and understanding. I would also like to thank everyone who has sent us such heartfelt messages that have meant a lot to both of us.

We will never forget her, the most difficult dog I have ever owned but who after her first 6 months of being mistreated, after we rescued her gave us 7 years of so much pleasure and laughter.

We miss her.

In Memory of our very special and much loved Rosie

By the edge of a woods, at the foot of a hill,

Is a lush, green meadow where time stands still.

Where the friends of man and woman do run,

When their time on earth is over and done.

For here, between this world and the next,

Is a place where each beloved creature finds rest.

On this golden land, they wait and they play,

Till the Rainbow Bridge they cross over one day.

No more do they suffer, in pain or in sadness,

For here they are whole, their lives filled with gladness.

Their limbs are restored, their health renewed,

Their bodies have healed, with strength imbued.

They romp through the grass, without even a care,

Until one day they start, and sniff at the air.

All ears prick forward, eyes dart front and back,

Then all of a sudden, one breaks from the pack.

For just at that instant, their eyes have met;

Together again, both person and pet.

So they run to each other, these friends from long past,

The time of their parting is over at last.

The sadness they felt while they were apart,

Has turned into joy once more in each heart.

They embrace with a love that will last forever,

And then, side-by-side, they cross over… together.