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Chloe
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Chloe arrived on the scene
as a result of being left at a boarding kennels in Heathrow for nearly
a year. Her previous owners had gone away on holiday and never gone
back for her. From day one this dog has had impeccable manners. She
has never been pushy or in your face. She has a quiet authority that
keeps the younger members in line. She walks perfectly to heel and
can be taken anywhere you may wish to go. I believe that she is very
grateful at being in a home environment again and does not want to do anything
to jeopodise her new found luxuries.
Her favourite past time is playing ball. She does this with great
gusto, very focused on the travelling ball and easily outruns her other playmates
to get to the ball first. Her only flaw is that when she is puffed
out she holds the ball in her mouth until she has got her breath back
then gives it to you to carry on the game. The other dogs now understand
how she plays so they just wait for her to begin again. She enjoys
meeting people and on occasions comes to work with me. She is a great ambassador
for the breed and everyone who meets her loves her to bits.
Unfortunately we lost Darwin one of our dogs to liver failure just before
Christmas. He was Chloe's favourite playmate and they would spend
hours playing together. She misses him a lot but has decided that
Simba will be her new playmate, much to his disgust. On occasions she has
a moment or two of devilment where she tries to engage Simba into playing,
it is great to watch as her face is full of glee and you can tell she is
having fun. Simba on the other hand being the laid back dog he is only
enters into the game because he has to. It is a very half hearted
effort indeed. Chloe doesn't seem to mind his apathy but perseveres
until she gets a reaction then runs away with a big smile on her face.
13th July 2008
Unfortunately we had to have Chloe put to sleep last night. She had
been lethargic all day and collapsed on her last walk at 10pm. We rushed
her to the emergency vets who did an ultrasound on her tummy. On the
screen we saw a Splenic Tumour
the size of a grapefruit which was bleeding. James our vet said he
could operate to remove the mass but her prognosis was not good as the mass
was so large. Hemangiosarcoma
was the likely diagnosis from a biopsy and because this is such an aggressive
cancer, the operation would probably at best only prolong her life for about
two months, six weeks of which would be recovering from such drastic surgery.
There was no medication that would be enough to make her comfortable
so the decision to put her to sleep was made. She went very peaceably
giving me plenty of kisses before she passed over. She new it was her time
to go.
We will miss this beautiful girlie who has touched our hearts in a very special
way in deed.
God Bless You Chloe.
RIP
