Sepia Saturday's "New Arrivals" theme offers this week, as a prompt, a basketful of puppies. Cue for me to feature again the three pets that were part of our family over a period of twenty years.
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| Our third family pet is amongst this trio of lovely puppies. |
How it all Began
Our daughter was 5 years old and Crufts Dog Championships Show was on television - how could we resist that combination. The result by the summer was that Beauty a golden cocker spaniel became part of the family.
It was a sad time when we lost Beauty at the age of nine, and we said we would not go through that again. But surreptitiously we were all looking at adverts in the local papers, and
within a month we had Colleen - a 2 year old gentle blue roan cocker spaniel.
With my parents, taking a break from a walk in the park.
Colleen died suddenly at seven years old at a time when there were other stresses in the family. We could not imagine family life without a dog and that had to be a cocker spaniel. So within a few months we had puppy Casmir (Cass) - an orange roan cocker - she had such a distinctive colouring, she became well known around our small town and lived to the grand age of 13. A pet and great friend of all the family.
Enjoying a good chew in the garden
Pet Pleasures come in all times, whatever the weather!
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A wet and windy crossing to the Isle of Mull
with all other passengers sheltering below deck.
Braving the elements on a windy day on the Isle of Iona.
Granddaughter taking her little dog for a walk.
As a child, my husband had a number of china animals, but this this little dog is the only one that has survived the 80 years plus and sits on our window sill enjoying the sun.
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Beautiful, fun, cute, cuddly dogs - real of otherwise - all. :))
ReplyDeleteNicely done...and you could also join the Saturday's Critters, like I will tomorrow. There are lots of posts about various animals there. But I do like puppies.
ReplyDeleteJust adorable. We're blessed to have dogs and puppies.
ReplyDeleteYou're lucky to have had many in your life.
Susan
Great post! In my family, like yours, we had a succession of different dogs, all lovable and loyal, but each a different breed which makes it easier to date photos. My parent's last dog, a miniature Schnauzer, now lives with us and our flat-coat retriever, and is almost 16 and still bounding around.
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your kind comments. We still miss our lovely dogs but decided age and mobility issues were against us coping with the lively puppy stage. But we still enjoy making friends with the many friendly dogs in our village.
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