Dedicated to my beloved Scotties
We couldn’t hold onto him any longer. Our new Vets made a home visit today at 12:30pm to help Gus cross the Rainbow Bridge.
Thank you all, for your words of comfort over the last few days.
Whoa! There’s sooooo many pictures to pick from. We’ve chosen only 87!!! so grab yourselves a doggie treat, or if you’ve allowed your humans to assist you, tell them to get a cup of coffee. Then sit back and (hopefully) enjoy. They are not in any date order, so you’re likely see a mix of Gus as a baby, and then as he is now.
Unfortunately our gentle giant, Gus, has a tumour on his spleen and something not quite right with his prostate. At 13+ years old They have decided an operation is out of the question. He is being made extremely comfortable and is being pampered more than usual. We don’t know how long we’ve got him for, so we are enjoying every day as it comes. Any thought to diet has been chucked out of the window; he is offered the very best in the food department – much to the annoyance of us, Finlay and Bobby (we don’t mean it really, ‘cos we do get little extra bits as well.)
Gus tires very easily on walks, so the pair of Them just amble up the bridle path each morning and late evening. He is in his element, as he is allowed to sniff for as long as he likes, without having to run to catch us up, which was the usual case when all of us went out!
If any of you have been unfortunate enough to have lived with a Scottie suffering from a Splenic Tumour, we’d be more than happy to hear about it. Any advice on making sure Gus lives out what little life is left for him, to the fullest, would be much appreciated by us, and his devoted Mum and Dad.
Can you actually believe this? Summer arrived, but we missed it ‘cos we were inside eating our breakfasts! Oh well, there’s always next year!
It seems to us that we’ve forgotten to really introduce ourselves. I know you all know us as Gus, Bobby and Finlay, but some of you may have wondered why we’re also called “Sparhawk” – so we’re gonna tell you, even those of you muttering that you’re really not interested! Yeah, we can hear you …. you’d rather read about the stupid & silly stuff we find ourselves getting into trouble with, but today, we’re having a little history lesson.
Well, once upon a time …… No! No! it’s not like that. Seriously, here goes. Way before we three boys came into the world She owned and did some breeding with a distant Scottie Dog auntie of ours called Agi. Now to be able to trace your ancestry, doggies need official names as well, so She thought long and hard and came up with the name of Sparhawk and applied to the Kennel Club (in the UK) for approval – there were a few names rejected by the Kennel Club during this process. Apparently on each application you have to supply 6 name choices for their approval. She says She sent in three applications, that’s 18 name choices she had to think of, before the Kennel Club allowed Her to choose between two of her own choices. She settled on Sparhawk as the right “affix” for Her current Scottie (Agi) and for all the scotties yet to be born! Agi’s named was amended to include the Affix, and so Agi’s new name became Martimm Agnes of Sparhawk. Your own Affix gets added to the end of the name of those Scotties that you purchased from other people. So looking at Agi’s “name” you are able to determine that she was bred by someone with an affix called “martimm” and that when Agi came to live with Her, She added the “Sparhawk” to Agi’s name, thus resulting in it being Martimm Agnes of Sparhawk.
Then, along came our real mama : Little Miss Tittle-Tattle. When this little bundle of joy joined Them, They called her Isobel, but shortened it to Izzy, and promptly re-registered her with the Kennel Club so that her amended name became Little Miss Tittle-Tattle of Sparhawk – get the picture. Izzy then had three litters of scotties during her life and each one was registered with the Kennel Club. On these occasions the breeder is entitled to put their Affix first, thus the “Sparhawk” bit was added at the beginning of our doggies names.
So, to bring you all up to date, here’s our official names :
Gus : Sparhawk Ebony Prince
Bobby : Sparhawk Sapphire Knight
Finlay : Sparhawk Stormy Weather
Kelpie, our sister was called Sparhawk Aqua Palamino, and her daughter Poppy whom we see regularly is called Sparhawk Palamino Princess. Kelpie was called Kelpie before her official name was considered and They then created an official name for her. A “kelpie” is a “supernatural water horse from celtic folklore ….” so they played around with names and came up with Sparhawk Aqua (water bit) Palamino (a horse) – easy isn’t it!?!
You also have to provide two name choices on these occasions as well – She says it’s got to be much easier naming a human baby than trying to name a doggie!
Anyway, that’s a potted history of doggie names and the easy way in which you can trace our or any other doggies lineage! And also why we are called “Sparhawk Scottie Dogs”. Here endeth the lesson …. now lets get back to doing something really silly!
Hope you all have a great weekend – it’s typical British Summer here, yes – raining like its winter!
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Double Trouble in San Francisco!
Just met these two adorable Miniature Schnauzers – Joules and Prescott on their website Fear The Beards
I know many of you have already met them, but if you haven’t, jump across and take a sniff!!
Isn’t it just great that us canines (and not forgetting our feline buddies) can make friends and enjoy each other’s company. It’d be a great world if we were in control!!!
Anyway, stop reading this and go take a look!
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Sparhawk Scotties 