Your Dog — November 2017

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LETTERS

Letters

STAR LETTER

WORDS AREN’T ENOUGH!

I would love to say a huge thank you through your magazine to

some very special friends. Last September, I was diagnosed with

leukaemia. Along with my wonderful husband, my reason for

living is to be back on the beach with my dogs on the beautiful

Isle of Wight where we live. I have been hospitalised for six

to 13 weeks at a time for treatment, but my amazing group of

‘doggy’ friends have been virtually queueing up to help with the

dogs, so my husband can spend more time visiting me. Th ey

walk them, call in to feed them, check on them, and even take

them home so they are not left alone too much.

Anyone who knows me understands that my dogs are my

life, so their happiness and well-being is so important to me.

I couldn’t face the treatment if I didn’t think it would get me

well enough to be back with them. Sassy is a little cross-breed,

adopted from our local rescue charity, and Gibbs is a pedigree

Bracco Italiano. He is a well-known fundraiser for charity, as

was Sassy in her younger days. I look forward to the day we

can all be home together again, but in the meantime I will

continue to be so very grateful to my many special friends,

two- and four-legged.

Janine Dymott, Isle of Wight.

LOST WITHOUT BEN

On Valentine’s Day this year

I lost my big white German

Shepherd-cross, Ben, to bloat.

I was surprised how many

people have never heard of this

condition, despite the fact that

it is quite common in dogs with

deep chests. 

Aft er being out late I arrived

home and fed my dogs at 2am.

I was on the phone by 2.19am

and then on my way to the vet’s,

but it was too late to intervene.

Having to make the decision to

let him go was the worst thing

I’ve ever been through. 

I would really like to prevent

someone else going through

this. I’d had Ben for 12 years and

his loss is as painful today as it

was on that morning. 

Your Dog reader,

email address.

GOOD DECISION!

Having read the article about

Cockerpoos (October issue)

I would like to share my

experiences of owning

a Springerpoo. Rosko joined

our family in February this

year as a tiny eight-week-old

pup. I had

taken all

the usual steps of visiting him

at his breeders’, having crates

ready when he came home, and

purchasing an Adaptil plug-in as

well as a spray. He came home

with a cloth covered with his

mum’s and his siblings’ scent.

I hardly needed to use the

Adaptil plug-in at all, as Rosko

settled in happily right away,

feeling at home with us and my

three female dogs. He’s now

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Dogs Gibbs and

Sassy mean everything

to Janine.

Remembering Ben (left).

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Rosko has settled well.

From our

October issue.

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