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  I introduced you all to my shadow (otherwise known as Angus) a while ago.  This picture showed him bringing me a flower one morning.  Angus has been my constant companion and shadow for 11 years and he’s gone.  A few days after Lillibit died Angus seemed to go into a depression and when we took him to the vets we got the bad news that he was actually in kidney failure and the depression had just accelerated it.  So on Thursday, October 8th Angus was gone.

When we were first moving to New Hamburg, our son Kyle insisted that if we were moving him away from all his friends then he should be able to have one of Lillibit’s puppies as his own.  So Angus started life as Kyle’s sidekick but as usually happens - kids get busy – so Angus and I became a pair.  Angus had enough love that both Kyle & I felt that we were his favorite.  Angus was my shadow, he would follow me to the washroom, wait at the top of the stairs if I was doing laundry in the basement, followed me up and down and around no matter what I was doing.  Angus thought he was my guard dog – as long as he could be doing the guarding and barking from behind me.  He had the most loving eyes and was a major cuddler – his favorite spot to sleep was between my pillow and the headboard.  His best friend was our cat Millie – she is a little lost too.

I miss him – how do you say good-bye to your shadow?

Our darling “Queen of the House” passed away quietly last Friday at the Veterinarian.  She was 15 years old and was shutting down, so it was time.  She had lost a significant amount of weight (if that can be said for a dog that only weighs 11 lbs), had laboured breathing and her heart was beginning to struggle (they had a hard time getting a catheter in a vein because her circulatory system was so weak).  She was also displaying the signs of dementia.  It’s only been the last couple of days where we saw that she was starting to suffer – and it came on very quickly.
 
She was a lovely companion to us over the years and brought many joys (and some surprises!).  She loved to run the beach and chase seagulls – she could never quite catch them for some reason.  She also lived up to her “Lion Dog” (Shih Tzu) reputation by taking after a pair of Dobermans next door once and lived to tell the tale.  Despite that, she absolutely adored people – the smaller the better – she loved kids.  She had 4 litters of her own – and they are all great dogs, spread out all over the place.  We have two of them here with us (Angus and Zena).  They will miss her.  So will we.  Very much.
 
We love you “Squirt”, now go get those Seagulls!