There's one more angel in heaven - one more star in the sky since Tosh went gently into the long goodnight today. She was 14 yrs and 8 months old (101.5 human years) and a fantastic dog. KC reg as Staftly Sovereign, she was gentle and loyal. She would only retrieve a specific graphite ring. I used to run round Rutland Water with her, throwing the ring and she would go and fetch it while I ran on. One time she was taking so long that I stopped and looked for her. The air current must have taken the ring across into the water and she was swimming around and around looking for it. It took some persuasion to get her to come back and then we had a terrible job getting another - although they sell them at Whitwell now :) If we gave her a biscuit she would walk around with it for ages to show everyone before eating it, and she would snitch on anyone having had a snack and leaving the wrappers around, bringing them down so gently in her front teeth. I got Molly 31/2 years ago when Tosh appeared to be failing. She was so patient with the pup and got a new lease of life. In training when I had to go back and forth, she would always follow me although she must have been exhausted. Lately, she has enjoyed staying with Gaynor when we went away, sleeping where she pleased to the disgust of the Norfolk Terriers and enjoying seeing all the coming and going. She didn't like to be shut away, even while we had meals and would paw the doors, making more noise than would be expected from such a gentle dog.
This year we all had a great holiday in Ireland (photos above) although she found the journey arduous and we had to nurse her for a few days to get her up and running. However, that was no longer an option. Tosh, my little shadow - I will miss you so much.
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