WHERE DO I START? DURBAN WAS/IS THE GREATEST DOG IN THE WORLD. A TYPICAL RHODESIAN RIDGEBACK, A LOVING LOYAL FRIEND THROUGH GOOD & NOT SO GOOD TIMES. SHE LOVED HER TWO LEGGED FAMILY JUST AS MUCH WHETHER DRUNK, SOBER, HAPPY, OR SAD.
BEING A TALKER, WE WOULD HAVE REAL CONVERSATIONS AS SHE GROWLED OUT SOUNDS LIKE WORDS LETTING ME KNOW HER LIKES AND DISLIKES, AND HER WANT FOR FOOD EVERYTIME THE FRIDGE DOOR OPENED OR A PACKET WAS RUSTLED.
SHE LEFT US ON 14 OCT 2008, AFTER A BATTLE WITH BLADDER CANCER AND I MISS HER SO MUCH.
SHE STARTED HAVING NOTICABLE WEE PROBLEMS IN NOVEMBER 2007 AND WAS TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS FOR A “UTI” TO NO AVAIL, AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF NO IMPROVEMENT I STARTED TO FEAR THE WORSE WHICH WAS FINALLY CONFIRMED
BY THE VET IN APRIL 2008.
SHE WAS ON PIROXICAM (FELDENE) DAILY TO ALLIEVIATE ANY DISCOMFORT AND SHE FOUGHT ON BRAVELY, AND AS LOVINGLY AS EVER FOR MANY MONTHS, EVEN WITH HER OBVIOUS EMBARRASMENT AT THE PUDDLES THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE. THE PUDDLES DIDN’T MATTER AND I LET HER KNOW THAT IT WAS OK.
EVERY DAY UP UNTIL JUST THE LAST WEEK SHE WAS HAPPILY BREATHING IN HER MEALS AS NORMAL AND SO HAPPY TO SEE ME IN THE MORNINGS AND ON RETURNING FROM WORK.
THE LAST WEEK WHILST STILL SO PLEASED TO SEE ME, SHE STARTED TURNING AWAY FROM HER MEALS .I KNEW THEN THAT TIME WAS COMING FOR ME TO BE REALLY BRAVE FOR HER SAKE.
TEARS FLOWED CONSTANTLY FROM DIAGNOSIS TO THE FINAL MOMENT WHEN THE VET CAME TO OUR HOME, AND MY DEAR GIRL LEFT US FROM UNDER A TREE IN THE GARDEN.
THE TEARS AND SADNESS HAVENT STOPPED SINCE.
REST IN PEACE, MY BEAUTIFUL GIRL.
YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
LUV ALWAYS,
| Durban |
| Tony |