end of an era

Today dedicated to our eldest dog; if any of you read our post 09 October Brambles who died peacefully in her sleep overnight. 

She was the first domestic new addition to our family we took in when we & ethicalWARES moved to Wales almost 14 years ago now.  She (as all our dogs are) was feed a Vegan diet, was happy and healthy and only became ill a matter of weeks ago, but since Brambles was 16 we would like to think she had a good innings.  This photo was taken about 8 weeks ago,

An end to an era & a big gap in the house now.

Brambles; our eldest dog........

Big relief yesterday when we took Brambles to the vet.  Not a young dog, she’s now 15 and survived a major stoke last year.

We noticed a large swelling on both sides of her neck and feared the worse, but it turned out to probably be blocked salvia glands and seems to be treatable fairly easily.  Time will tell but she seems as bright as normal today, so a good start.

A new door & an old dog !

Oz asking to come in!

Great excitement here yesterday when we had a new door fitted to the office (well we don’t get out much!).  Still needs varnishing but we think it looks lovely.

You might notice the industrial sized cat ‘flap’ in the bottom corner.  We can’t have a conventional cat flap for 2 reasons; Firstly we have so many cats crashing in and out they pull them off the hinges, and secondly our big dog Oz, likes nothing better than lying with his head peering out of the flap – again pulling it off the frame.

We usually have just have a flap shaped hole in the door for all to come and go, but it gets really cold in the winter so we’ve had a sliding cover fitted on the new door to keep the chill out!

Happy days.