Hi,

My name is Linda Rosenlöf and about a year ago, Alan & I got 2 puppies from you (I had just lost my first dog ever,Alvin, (picture 7584) to a jackal).

Today, I lost Apache, one of the 2 puppies, to a spitting cobra. We started off tough, Apache came down with laryngitis, just after he came home with us but he was tough and pulled through & now this;’ it is just unreal and it is very hard at the moment as Apache had turned out to be the same kind of personality as Alvin. Somehow, I just knew in my heart that he would be, when I saw him.

Having experienced this 2 times now, I know that I am not going to manage very well without a similar dog. That’s just me after Alvinwinning me over, I had always been a cat person but Alvin, and now, Apache, taught me how incredible it can be to experience the unconditional love that you get from a dog. They really are the heartbeat at your feet.

I am still in shock and still going through all the what ifs but I know I can’t change the situation, no matter how many what ifs I go through.

Knowing how hard it was to go trough the first loss, and how it helped to get Apache…I am hoping that perhaps, one more time, I can try and find something similar. I would just like to get the chance of having a dog like that for its whole life – these two were both taken away, far too soon.

I can tell you one thing; it helps to have Amigo in the house, but he’s Alan’s dog, and Apache was my dog.

So, here we go again;

I am hereby attaching a picture of Alvin(7584) and a couple of pictures of Apache.

Thank you for dropping me a line, if you would happen to have puppies come in that look something similar to one of these two precious little ones. It helps a little bit to know that they had a good life and that they were dearly loved, to the point where it hurts horribly to have lost them both at the age of about 1.5 years old.

You keep asking yourself if this really happens – well, it just did and I wouldn’t want this experience for anyone.

No matter what; it would mean a whole lot if you could try to help me and be on the look-out because it is hard to be in the house at the moment – I see Apache everywhere but he is no longer here with us.

Thank you for your help!

All the very best,

Linda

Hi Fiona

Just to let you know, I had to say goodbye to my wonderful Basie on Monday 21 Nov 2011.

We had the perfect 2 and ‘n half years together, thank you very much for giving him to me.

I miss him extremely already and my life will not be the same without him.

I do not think I have anymore tears left, but still it is coming …..

 May he rest in peace!

Kind regards

Ronel

Hi

I’m afraid I have some really sad news. Stephie died yesterday. She had already had 2 bouts of bad hip problems over the last year which had been fixed with a course of injections from the vet here. But 10 days ago her hip went again. She had just finished another course and the vet said she would get better.

But yesterday she woke up in a real state. Vomited 4 times during the day and then collapsed near the end of the day and then slipped away a few hours later. We suspect she had a huge cancer in her stomach as her guts had been unusually swollen for a while. The vet said it was nothing but old age and fat but we were suspicious it was something more sinister. But who knows? She must have been at least 12 years. She was old.

But what a loss! She was (as you always said) the most awesome dog. Everyone said so – even strangers would regularly come up to us on our walks with her and comment on what a sweet dog she was. And we are extremely grateful to Wetnose for introducing her to us and giving us the honour of being her friend for the last 4 years.

I have attached the last photo taken of her just 10 days ago, about a day before her hip went for the last time. As you see she was in the snow. We have had a lot of it, and she just LOVED it. She would skip about in it like a puppy.

Best (and sad) wishes from Kazakhstan!

Cath and Simon

We adopted Pasha, Jessie(part 1) and Oscar(the kitty cat) from you guys
in 2001 on the same day.

Pasha had apparently been picked up on the Cullinan Road, she was
soooooooooo thin you could see every single bone in her body, and she
had rope burns around her neck.

Jessie’s owners had immigtrated, and Oscar’s owner was pregnant and had
heard somewhere that it was “bad” to have a cat if you were pregnant.

Oscar is still with us, quite happy and healthy, even though he is FIV
positive. We all adore him.

I was pregnant with my daughter (April 2005)when I got home one
afternoon and found that for some unknown reason Pasha had killed
Jessie.

After Jessie got killed, we adopted Schatzie from you guys – one of the
saddest days of my life was when the vet said there really wasn’t any
choice but to put him down. At 14 months his hips simply hadn’t
developed. He had real trouble getting up, and even walking was a
challenge. On the 18th of August we said goodbye to him. He hadn’t been
with us as long as any of us would have liked – but he had the BEST
sense of humour.

In the two photos  you’ll see another (black) great dane – Baghira. My husband bought her in 2003 – she was Pasha’s nemisis. In May 2010 her heart stopped beating…I still sometimes accidentally call her when I call the dogs for feeds.

We had to put Pasha down on the 7th of January 2011 as a result of a
bacterial infection in her kidneys (my mom’s dog died the same day due
to the same complications). I still call her…

I have been blessed by each and everyone one of these amazing companions
- they were each unique and each a huge part of our lives.
I can’t stop the tears as I write this email…
My mom says that in heaven we will each get to do what we love most; she
says she’ll be gardening in heaven.
I just want all my dogs back in heaven. That would make me the happiest
- so that I can play with them in my mom’s beautiful garden.

Thank you for allowing us to adopt Elsa (she’s now called Gia) – she is
already an unmissable part of the family, and we have bets on as to what
breed/s she really is – only time will tell, but she’s a real lady – our
little lucky packet baby.

Louise

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Rest in Peace, Pasha!

From all the Wetnoses