OUR GUNNER -
JUST 360 DAYS
10.09.1996 -
3.11.2008
It is always heart
rendering to decide when the time is
right to let a much loved pet go, but on
Monday 3rd November at just after 4pm Mal
and I had to make that dreaded decision
about our lovely Gunner.
In a strange kind of way
it's one of the hardest we have ever had
to make as he would have been with us
just one year on the 8th November. Those
days would have been the happiest in his
life, the 11 previous years spent cold,
wet and in pain, living in the most awful
conditions with hardly any human contact.
There is an emptiness in
our house despite the other dogs, we so
miss that face looking at us, waiting for
his pills to be put in something special.
The last week they were in chocolate
eclairs and every day we would have tea
and digestive biscuits together. We knew
a few weeks ago that his kidney's were
declining, they were bad when he arrived,
but in the end it was his crippled legs
that let him down.
He went so peacefully and
all the others seemed to sense his
passing, even Kentee the crazy G.S.D came
and sniffed him to say goodbye.
I feel so angered that
his life was worth nothing and no-one
cared, we see so much of this and there
is only so much we can do to help.
I would like anyone who
enjoys a little bet every so often to
think of what happens to these dogs when
they finish racing and maybe instead of
putting their money in the hands of the
bookie, perhaps they could spare a
thought for the welfare of these
greyhounds who entertain them and maybe
make a donation to help them have a life
after racing and not lay rotting in a
kennel or worse.
This year we have said
goodbye to four of our lovely dogs, each
one special in their own way, and we know
that this will always be the case because
of what we do, but that never makes it
any easier.
Once again we thank
everyone who sponsored Gunner despite
knowing that he did not have much time
left but still wanting him to be their
special dog.
We know somewhere out
there is another Gunner just waiting to
join the Sanctuary dogs and we hope that
we will be able to find him/her and give
them a life after racing.
My brave Gunner
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