Wednesday, 19 August 2009
Arabis
Arabis has died................ or to be more accurate Neil Forbes was kind enough to come all the way over from Swindon to put her to sleep. She was so ill, Simon brought her back yesterday and she was far worse than when she went on Monday. She stayed in the office with me all night, we both had a tough night and in the morning we did the right thing. But its so hard..........
We have dug a grave in the wood, the bloody ground was like iron and it took hours. Someone said use the small digger that is here, but that would have been cheating. You have to dig the hole. We will bury her this evening with all honours, she is next to her aunt and other relations and Lupin, her mother is going to go with her.
Lupin died in South Carolina, and I buried her there, but I was damned if I was going to leave her alone in the US when we all came back, particularly not at the mercy of the people working on the site so I dug her up and brought her home. She was cremated to come home and has been waiting to go into the wood with the others, so now seems as good a time as any.
Arabis is lying in the cool in the hall, its a beautiful day, she has flowers and a piece of toast and the box with Lupin with her. The other dogs have been to say hello, and goodbye, and so have the staff, bless them. We will bury her after work this evening.
It was Arabis who when we buried Lupin came over to the grave just as we were finishing and for several moments pushed more soil onto the grave and pushed it down with her nose. It was also she who when she lost the puppies in the US carried a toy around for five days and then buried it. There is much we do not understand about our dogs. I will miss her.
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2 comments:
So sorry to read about Arabis. We had a lovely 'owl day' with you back in June and the dogs were lovely too!
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I'm so sorry about Arabis, Mima.
With love,
Melissa (in SC)
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