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More of this story can be read on our website here : http://www.mayhewinternational.org/places/...stan/index.html
We did help him out with the dogs.
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I was so sorry to hear your sad news, Kathy.
I was very privaliged to have Brummie visit my flat last year and to share walks with him in the park. His character really shone through, even though he was bundled up against the cold in a lovely little coat, he was still first to get the sausages at the cafe
Brummie had a wonderful time with Kathy & Ray and had love, security and comfort until the end.
Sleep peacefully, Brummie and make sure you meet up with my Hugo
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Thinking the very best for Foodog's test results and lots of
to her as well.I had the pleasure of meeting Fooddog many years ago and actually thought she was lovely, very welcoming and not at all grumpy, bless her little paws.
Foodog, you have to get better for all your fans out there.
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Wendy I am so sorry, I know you will be hurting right now but please take some comfort for all the great times Bumpy had with you.
Bumpy was a real character and I was honoured to have met him on numerous occasions. I do hope he gets to meet up with my Hugo and they can go off and find sausages together.
Sleep well darling Bumpy
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Happy birthday Bumpy!
I remember the first time met you at Grip's birthday party and what a very handsome chap you were
May you have many more happy birthdays to come
Sue and Vicky xxx
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So very sorry that Shadow has gone, I am sure he had a brilliant life with you then Gary.
And what a legacy he left. all those Greyhounds now having lovely lives
.Thinking of you
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Thanks Sue, I met you and the lovely Hugo at Discover Dogs (I was the loon on the Deed Not Breed stand with the painted face). Barney is absolutely fine in his head (OK a bit less sharp than he was a few years ago), it's the body that is failing, but he can still manage a little toddle down the road to the park and have a woof at any passing dogs. I want him to have the X rays because I'm the type of person who needs to know what is going on, however grim. Barney loves going to the vets, is quite happy to be left there and is so relaxed they think they can X ray him without an anasthetic.
The choices we make for our dogs are based on love and knowing that dog, I promise that I won't keep Barney going just for me
So sorry, I think I worded my reply very badly
I was trying to prepare you for the inevitable beating up of yourself you will go through afterwards, whatever you do, as one who has been there. I am sure without doubt you will do whatever is best for Barney. -
I am so sorry. As you know, I was more or less in this situation a few weeks ago with Hugo, then he made it, if not easy, then certainly easier, by having a sudden stroke. My vet told me he might recover from it, he could do tests etc but I decided to let Hugo go that day.
I knew he would hate the tests and was very frightened whenever he had to go to the vets, I also knew he had very little time left with any real quality of life and I thought it best for Hugo to let him go peacefully at home rather than plough on and risk him having to be rushed to the vets or being in pain, or worst still, just existing and not really living.
I know that you will agonise about when, is it too soon, was it too late, please don't agonise, just think about how much love and life you have given him.
Really really thinking of you
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Thank you so much everyone for your kind words, they do help.
Many thanks from me and Vicky
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Please everyone raise your glasses to a very special dog, My darling Hugo, who was put to sleep last Wednesday, peacefully at home, after suffering a sudden stroke at the age of 17.
I adopted Hugo on the 12th of January 2005. I knew the minute I spotted him that he was the dog for me. I wanted a nice, calm, good-natured oldie and Hugo was all that and more..
A lovely Refuge member sent me a very comforting message describing him as “a perfect gentleman with a rare quality about him†which summed him up very well.
Hugo got on with everyone, young or old, black or white, they were all his friends. He had a very special charm and he worked his magic on many people, even people who were not keen on dogs took to him and his fan club was huge; the ticket collectors at the train station, people we saw on the way to work, everyone in my local park and, of course, everyone at The Mayhew, adored him and I have had to comfort many people in the last week who were devastated not be able to see him any more.
Hugo was also great with other dogs and had many four-legged friends. He was also very tolerant of all the foster dogs I brought home and all of them adored him, especially Vicky, my life-long foster dog.
Hugo was also a huge asset in my work, promoting The Mayhew, he came to lots of events and talks with me and charmed everyone. He also did some therapy work in a care home for elderly people with dementia and really brightened the day of the residents there.
Of course, he was not always an angel, he could be stubborn as a mule and was incorrigibly greedy, but he made me laugh almost every day.
I will never forget the time he stole a whole loaf of bread from someone’s shopping bag, on the way through Euston station. If he had got wet when it rained he would use the nearest trouser leg to dry his head, which I used to pass of as affection - you would be amazed at how many people fell for that.
His real coup though was the time he cocked his leg over the VIP celebrity guest at the opening ceremony of our new dog rooms. He never normally wee’d over people, so I can only assume he thought it would be a great laugh to show mum up!
He made me very proud though, not least when he was in a photo shoot for New Musical Express, won Best Rescue at the 2005 GAP show and especially when he was in the Scruffts final at Discover Dogs last November and came third in the Golden Oldie class, beating many other dogs from around the country and getting a special mention from Matt Baker for being so nice and trim at his grand old age.
I miss him so much, there is a huge hole in my life and a leaden weight in my stomach. I keep looking round for him and expecting him to come into the room, nose twitching in search of any food. I miss his snoring at night, it is far too quiet without it.
Although the loss of him is very hard to bear, I don’t regret a moment of my time with him – Hugo, it was a huge privilege and joy to share my life with you, thank you so much.
Sleep tight angel.
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I am so sorry, have only just seen this.
Please pass on my very best wishes to the wonderful Grandma Squiggs and tell her I am thinking of her. Little Bow had the very best of love and care in her last few months and that is a miracle in itself.
Slepp well little Bow
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Fantastic, thats 2 dogs I know now in the finals
Well Done !
There is also Tilly, an ex Mayhew dog, rehomed to Hearing dogs then to a deaf owner.
Whats even sweeter is that Tilly was orginally in a death row pound with little hope.
Edited to add: Wa hey! very very well done Katie, you little star, praying you will win.
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Long term foster, Vicky, likes to, ahem, wash Hugo's bits, but only in the most public of places
She never does it at home or if there is no-one around. -
The free bull breed neutering is for whoever wants it, though it may be too far to come for people outside London, and its not means tested - it also includes bull breed crosses.
Anyone interested should call us on 0208 969 0178 or see this page on our website for more info: http://www.mayhewanimalhome.org/whatwedo/n...ring/index.html
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This is a project we have been helping with, see link to our website here
http://www.mayhewanimalhome.org/howtohelpu...wzad/index.html
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Met a woman today with a kcs. Harry barked at it which he tends to do until he can get closer for a sniff and we are trying really hard to get him to stop this annoying behaviour. Anyway she picked up her dog, asked how old Harry was, (11 months) and said it would have been kinder to put him to sleep when tiny as he has grown so ugly and it spoils taking her dog for a walk when there are these ugly mongrels allowed to live and be around these perfect pedigrees. To be honest I just could not answer her. I walked straight past her, came home and cried my eyes out. Life for me at the moment is not good and I didn't need this as well. I have never looked at an animal whatever it is and said it was ugly. How can you call this ugly?
First of all, Harry is adorable and anyone who says otherwise, is blind and stupid.
Secondly, Harry will probably live a much longer and healthier life than most pedigree dogs.
Thirdly, there a lot of strange people in this world who have very odd opinions about stiff they know nothing about.
Sue xx
The proud owner of two very happy and well balanced crossbreeds
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Vicky will be spending her first Christmas with me
She was originally only meant to be a short term foster, nearly a year ago, but when it turned out she had a cancerous tumour and would be virtually impossible to re-home, I was asked to foster her for the rest of her days.
To be honest, I never thought "the rest of her days" would be longer than a few weeks/months but she is still fine in herself and really enjoying life. thanks to the great care of our vets and her fighting spirit.
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Kathy I am so pleased that you have Brummie and what a lucky chap he is to have found you. Brummie is going to be such a spoilt and happy dog, he could't have wished for a better home.
Do you think he wouild like to come to Regents Park at the weekend to meet Hugo and Vicky? They promise to save him a bit of doggy sausage in his honour.
:Me and my big Bruv
Just have to add, what a great photo, he looks such a cheeky chap
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I will be there on Sunday as Hugo is in the Golden Oldie Scruffts final (round about 2,20 to 3pm at a guess) Would really appreciate people to cheer him on if poss.
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Logging on briefly from work (no access at home for now)
I will be there Sunday as Hugo is in the Scruffts final for best Golden Oldie. If anyone is there at the time, please cheer him on - a big sloppy kiss from Hugo to all his fans
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Hope Monty gets better very soon, wishing him a speedy recovery.
Hugo also sends his regards and suggests he holds out for the very best sausages!
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I am so chuffed that so many people want my Hugo - they can't have him, obviously
There are so many lovely Refuge dogs and I am bad at remembering names, the ones that spring to mind right now are:
Grandma Squigg's Bow (mini Hugo)
HLGS's Noah
Wendbert's Bumpy
Melp's Denis
Yeti's Troy
Supsfrisk's Willow
Toddsmum's Todd
Cindy's Snatch
Probably loads more, espcially most of the oldies and the greyhounds.
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Happy Gotcha Day beautiful Kayla, I remember your original thread well and fell in love with you then. Still think you're the strangest greyhound I have ever seen though
May you have many many more happy days with your lovely family
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Owners who give my dogs treats without asking - Daisy because she's overweight and Duncan because he NEVER forgets who gave him a treat and will be a pain every time he meets them in the future.
Another of my pet hates. I don't mind Hugo having the odd treat but not every time someone meets him in the park and why do people not ask first?
There is a particluarly arrogant dog walker in Regents Park who thinks he is such a wonder with dogs - all he does is dole out treats to any dog who comes by and of course they all come running when they see him. Any fool can bribe a dog with treats, that does not make him a savvy dog person in my book, quite the opposite.
Leading nicely to my next gripe; people who let their dogs get grossly overweight - they are realy harming their dogs, its a form of cruelty
Saying Goodbye To A Fosterling
in Animal Chat
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That 'little face in the back of the car window' syndrome - know it so well! I have fostered 100 plus dogs, mostly over a three year period when I first started working at The Mayhew, then had my own dog/s but occasionnaly fostered, now back to fostering again.
With a few rare exceptions, i have been choked every time I had to say goodbye to a foster, but found the best way to get over the last foster, was to take on another foster.
One more thing, if you ever have the pleasure of meeting ex fosters again - maybe at events the rescue you foster for holds - then you will find out that they NEVER forget you, you cannot beat the joy of seeing an ex foster all happy, healthy and much loved, bound into your arms with joy, then proudly show you how much they love their new family - priceless!