We shouldn’t do this really as it is an annual reminder that we are all getting on. It just seems wrong to let the year go without saying goodbye. Perhaps we cannot bear to let them go.
Hugo, Thunder, Seth, Rebecca, Sedgwick, Reggie
We took a real pasting with the shires this year. At that size we tend to miss them being around. The ground still trembles when their mates run up to the gate though. It’s a lot of weight for their feet to support and we would like to thank Rob the farrier once again for keeping them around as long as he had and to our new farrier Neil, who has taken on the ongoing task.
Simon, Corraghan & Terence. Old, old friends. Much missed. All these dogs had their problems but found a soft place to fall with us. Simon the skeletal psychopath, Corraghan and his demons and Terence from the Sheffield 13. Terence took us all by surprise when he left us but we still have his two brothers with us for now, Bungle & Mr Mole.
2 goats The least of our troubles out of the animals. Happy browsing guys.
Finally we lost Beano. A shatterin
g blow and he died in the field with Bob by his side, Only ten years old, we were all knocked for six. Dandy, his partner in crime, was utterly lost but now has three girls to shepherd around the joint. He still looks for him though as do we before remembering. It hurts like hell still.
I am also mourning my Charity, it has changed so much in the past twelve months. Most of the Charity shops have gone. That was so hard locking the doors on the last day, of our long standing shops at Halifax & Hebden Bridge. Me & Bob have had to sell our little house to keep the Charity afloat, but we will do anything it takes. Not seeing all my dogs and friends, the long standing members of staff who were made redundant, my beautiful kennel blocks dismantled. It has been truly awful.
But at least we are sti
ll here, there are a lot of charities that aren’t and what a beautiful part of the world we have landed in. I am a true believer in fate, so we will see what happens next. We are sitting tight, very tight, at the the moment. With around 30 horses, 35 dogs, 4 goats, 5 sheep, chickens, doves and the pesky cats…
And as far as the greyhound industry is concerned…I ain’t done yet, I’m just having a breather…that is a promise…
Deb