dear David Charles, Chris, Neil, Giggles and Bman, I am not an IT expert so BB will correct the new photo, and I want to really thank you all for your loving responses.
This week has been an awful one for me, and although you try hard enough to keep them going, there comes a time when you have to say goodbye.
Tessie was a little dog who came with me everywhere I went, and anybody who said no animals inside the house, then I wouldn't see them any more, I would just ring them instead.
She hurt her back leg a few years ago, so it was difficult for her to jump onto my bed, so I made some steps so that she could walk up and down at her convenience.
I also laid some carpet on the steps to stop her from slipping off, and she had to be lifted up and down into the car, and would always sit on the back tray of my SUV, watching where ever I went.
I remember having an epileptic fit several years ago and she wouldn't let the ambulance people go anywhere near me, but she certainly wasn't an aggressive dog, and just adored children.
You can never replace her and all her little idiosyncrasies that we all love from our animals, and loved the vet, and she wasn't the only one.
I knew that she was getting sick so I got my son's Jack Russell, Mindy or Moo-Moo, and she too has her funny ways.
She lifts her front paw and I refer this to F-Troop, as it reminds me when sergeant O'Rourke and corporal Agarn and their tribe salute or given the command 'attention' to when Captain Parmenter speaks to the clumsy group of soldiers.
All animal owner's know this feeling of losing their beloved friend, and in this case this is where friend truly stands, because they never ever leave you, no matter what happens.
If anybody is facing this same situation, and there was someone but I'm sorry I can't remember your name, but in true form David Charles will know or research back to whom it was, but it's such a dreadful time in our life, especially when Tessie was the only one living with me, and though not knowing what was happening to me.
My deepest thoughts are with you, and I want to extend my love for you to be able to cope, and this applies to any guys as well, even though I am heterosexual, but this loss is not about any sexual connotations, it's about the pet that we love so much. Geoff.
