Good Morning Di and Ian,

Very sadly, 4 days past her 15th birthday there was really no other option but to let her go, quickly and peacefully, with us stroking her and telling her how very much she was loved. Meg had been coping well on the whole with her arthritis, with librela every month, anti-inflammatories, painkillers, supplements, hydro, laser - you name it. But over the last couple of weeks she'd been getting more and more picky over her food (and she was always a total hoover), and her walking was slower and slower. Yesterday morning she really couldn't walk very well at all, and an emergency vet appointment revealed a mass on her spleen which was almost certainly bleeding into her abdomen, along with a significant heart murmur.

We are absolutely heartbroken, as you can imagine. It's so hard to believe she's gone, after being our darling girl for over 11 years.

We are fairly sure that, in time, we will be ready for another dog. It will be another rescue spaniel, and obviously we will be thinking of CAESSR dogs. In a few months time, if you come across a dog who might suit us, could you let us know? But for now, we need to grieve.

We loved her so, so much, and we're so grateful for our CAESSR girl. 

Catherine Whatmough

I thought I would let you know that my wonderful cocker spaniel who I adopted in 2013 had to be put to sleep on the 23rd of June. He had been slowing down a lot in recent months and collapsed at home in the garden. The Vet could not do anything unfortunately so he was put to sleep.

Wishing the Rescue all the best for the future.
Shirley Hall.

We have this week had to say Goodbye to Charlie and let him run over the rainbow bridge. He was 13 ½ years old and apart from getting a bit slow on his walks people were always surprised and thought he was younger.

You let us adopt Charlie (was Bradley) in August 2011. He has been such a good dog taking everything in his stride apart from travelling, he never did like the car but we are lucky as we were a short walk from fields and the woods which he loved, especially the rabbits! He wasn’t a dog that barked he preferred to make a lot of noise when he was asleep, probably actually catching the rabbits.

He started to slow down around 2019 with arthritis in his back legs which was managed with medication, he then had two lumps removed which were cancerous and then during lockdown the vet diagnosed vestibular disease. He was doing well and only had the occasional episode but then he had trouble with his back legs so he had hydrotherapy which helped. This week he didn’t want to go out for his walk which was very unusual and in the evening he had a seizure, took him to the vet who stabilised him but he wasn’t getting any better in the morning so we had to make the decision to let him go.

It is still raw at the moment but we have our memories and some lovely photos of him and we still have Alfie (who we also adopted from you in 2014) to help us heal.

Thank you all at CAESSR for all the work you do and for letting us have this wonderful dog for nearly eleven years.

Sharon and David