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

I wanted to let you know that sadly we had to say goodbye last Friday 8 July to Honey, adopted with her daughter Sky (were Holly and Sweep) in November 2011.

She was 14 years old and was a lovely character. We thought we had lost her in February when she lost the use of her back legs after trying to jump on a bed. We nursed her, bought a doggy pram and she gradually started walking again. She was a bit wobbly but determined to get out for her walks.

Her decline was quick. It seemed like she was telling us it was time.

Thank you for allowing us to take her home with us 11 years ago.

Kindest regards

Ann

Good morning,

Just wanted to let you all know that sadly we had to let Nellie go over rainbow bridge last evening.

We adopted her from you in April 2012, picking her up from the vets just after being spayed. She came to live with 2 older brothers, Morgan and Freddie, and slotted in perfectly. She'd met all of the springers we've brought into our home over the years and remained in charge to the very end. Unfortunately she was stricken with both hip and elbow dysplasia together with osteoarthritis and though we considered hip replacements because her front legs were so compromised we decided to make her as comfortable as we could for as long as we could with pain relief supported by hydrotherapy. Over the last couple of weeks it became clear that her legs had all but given up on her but stoically she tried to carry on.

Nellie was one in a million and she's left a huge Nellie shaped hole in our hearts. Thank you for letting us give her her forever home.

Kind regards

Helen