Author: Neva
Darcy by Neva and Bruce / Neva and Bruce
My Darling Darcy,
Thank you my friend for always having our back.
Our neighborhood is not the safest in the city.
But I always new I was protected by you.
You were different. Like us. We appreciated your uniqueness.You were such a clown sometimes. We always could count on you to make us laugh. You were the Queen of the household.You commanded attention with your mere presence. Everyone bowed to the Queen.There will never be another Darcy Lashe Perry. You were one in a million.We will love you forever Darc.
Darcy by Neva and Bruce / Neva
Darcy was our girl. She was a big, bodacious Bouvier. We called her our silverback as silver was the colour of her beautiful coat. Darcy was one hundred and thirteen pounds of pure unadulterated muscle!She was much bigger than your average bouv.Darcy was her own dog. She lived life true to herself. She was never restrained nor contained. She was strong willed, determined, protective, sharp, and indifferent to everyone but her chosen few people. We often marvelled at the way Darcy conducted her life. We referred to this way of living as “living life like a Bouvier”!
Darcy was our self-appointed watch dog. She took her job very seriously. She learned to perimeter train herself as a puppy. Try as we did to coax her to hang out in the house with us, Darcy insisted on gaurding our yard. She protected her people, her animal housemates, and her home and property with intense devotion.
Darcy passed away suddenly on August 14/2006. She was holding her own with the diagnosis of a dilated cardiomyopathy for seventeen months. The vet called her the Miracle Dog. Nobody thought she would make it past six months. We are so greatful for the extra time we had with our big girl. We buried her beside her favorite tree which is covered in ivy. We set her spirit free and began our own healing with a beautiful pagan funeral. Coming home will never be the same again without seeing our big girl prance around the back deck and yard with one of her favorite toys in her mouth. She is sadly missed by her dog friends Coconut and Romeo. Her cat friends Big, Casey, Peachboy, Tippy and Leo will miss all the drama Darcy brought to their lives. Her cockatoo friend Candy will miss shouting at Darcy to stop all the barking. But mostly Darcy will be deeply missed by her brokenhearted human parents Bruce and me. Nobody will ever take her place in our hearts.It is here that she will reside forever.
Dexter by Neva
On October 2, 2002 my beloved maltipoo Dexter died one month shy of his seventeenth birthday. Dexter was so very much loved. He did everything with me. Mountain biked, went camping, rode on the back of motorcycles, went for long, long walks and was the king among the animals in the household he resided in.
He will be deeply missed my his human father Bruce, his fellow dogs Darcy and Coconut, his cat friends Big and Casey, and even his cockatoo friend Candy. But mostly he will be missed by me.
His Human Mom
Neva