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Hi lost my best mate Sky of the last 13 1/2 years yesterday, it was the hardest decision i have had to make in the last 20 yrs and now you will understand why, She was a pup i kept back out of a litter in 2008, at 10 days old she was dead in my hand not once but twice, i revived her both times and she made it, I kept a very close eye on her and she made very good progress and by 6 wk old started to stand out above the other,s, she was showing good potential as a working dog by 8 wk old the decision was made to keep her back, training commenced and the progress was excellent, turned out to be the best dog i have owned so far, The decision over the wk end was a tough one to make but it had to done, i have 2 more labs here Pepper the plank 7yr old and Asha or should we say storm Asha as every thing has to be done at 100mph, Asha is 14 mth and been very very clingy today but it was Sky n Asha that played about every morning outside so she has lost her best mate as well, its even been hard to write this but there wont be many of us that have had the expieiance of holding the same deceased animal 3 times, 

R.I.P Sky 07/03/08 - 04/10/21 Happy Hunting XX 

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23 minutes ago, spuddog0507 said:

Hi lost my best mate Sky of the last 13 1/2 years yesterday, it was the hardest decision i have had to make in the last 20 yrs and now you will understand why, She was a pup i kept back out of a litter in 2008, at 10 days old she was dead in my hand not once but twice, i revived her both times and she made it, I kept a very close eye on her and she made very good progress and by 6 wk old started to stand out above the other,s, she was showing good potential as a working dog by 8 wk old the decision was made to keep her back, training commenced and the progress was excellent, turned out to be the best dog i have owned so far, The decision over the wk end was a tough one to make but it had to done, i have 2 more labs here Pepper the plank 7yr old and Asha or should we say storm Asha as every thing has to be done at 100mph, Asha is 14 mth and been very very clingy today but it was Sky n Asha that played about every morning outside so she has lost her best mate as well, its even been hard to write this but there wont be many of us that have had the expieiance of holding the same deceased animal 3 times, 

R.I.P Sky 07/03/08 - 04/10/21 Happy Hunting XX 

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Really sorry to read this Gary. She was a beautiful mutt, truly.

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4 minutes ago, Doug Tait said:

Interesting to read your post, can see why she was special.

Sorry you've lost your mate. 

I knew 7-8 yrs ago it would be a hard decision, and its been harder than i ever thought. Its not the first time nor will it be the last, but its been the hardest by far,

She was fantastic out in the field, good on the whistle, good call back, good on direction commands, good at finding game, fantastic on runners and would not give up till it was found, should of been trialled but that just seemed a impossible thing to get in to if you know what i mean, its one of them, if your face fits, she had never been in a vets since she was 12 wk old, had the odd off day but nothing that warranted a visit until yesterday,

Was putting my boots on this morn and Asha (the pup) has to come and grab the laces every time, i said to her you have some big boots to fill now as that Pepper plank over there cant even find them, 

 

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4 minutes ago, spuddog0507 said:

I knew 7-8 yrs ago it would be a hard decision, and its been harder than i ever thought. Its not the first time nor will it be the last, but its been the hardest by far,

She was fantastic out in the field, good on the whistle, good call back, good on direction commands, good at finding game, fantastic on runners and would not give up till it was found, should of been trialled but that just seemed a impossible thing to get in to if you know what i mean, its one of them, if your face fits, she had never been in a vets since she was 12 wk old, had the odd off day but nothing that warranted a visit until yesterday,

Was putting my boots on this morn and Asha (the pup) has to come and grab the laces every time, i said to her you have some big boots to fill now as that Pepper plank over there cant even find them, 

 

She sounds excellent mate, very big boots to fill. It's never an easy decision to make but we make it in their best interest.

I'll bet the other 2 will feel your upset too

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As always its a very emotional and difficult time . You know you are  "doing  the right thing "  but its frigging hard .  I have got through 8 spaniels in my life time and it never gets any easier . I feel your anguish bud . 

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19 hours ago, spuddog0507 said:

Hi lost my best mate Sky of the last 13 1/2 years yesterday, it was the hardest decision i have had to make in the last 20 yrs and now you will understand why, She was a pup i kept back out of a litter in 2008, at 10 days old she was dead in my hand not once but twice, i revived her both times and she made it, I kept a very close eye on her and she made very good progress and by 6 wk old started to stand out above the other,s, she was showing good potential as a working dog by 8 wk old the decision was made to keep her back, training commenced and the progress was excellent, turned out to be the best dog i have owned so far, The decision over the wk end was a tough one to make but it had to done, i have 2 more labs here Pepper the plank 7yr old and Asha or should we say storm Asha as every thing has to be done at 100mph, Asha is 14 mth and been very very clingy today but it was Sky n Asha that played about every morning outside so she has lost her best mate as well, its even been hard to write this but there wont be many of us that have had the expieiance of holding the same deceased animal 3 times, 

R.I.P Sky 07/03/08 - 04/10/21 Happy Hunting XX 

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I feel for ya,it,s never easy,lovely looking dog she was

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