Category: Rainbow Bridge

Charlie (Chaplin) Crofton

10.7.2017 – 28.5.2022 Charlie’s mum, Kathryn, said; “Charlie came into my life quite by accident. He belonged to someone I knew and the family had little experience of Goldens. He also happened to be a full-blood brother of both of my dogs, Laurel and Hardy. He lived in a big house with lots of land

Xander Fryer

RIP Xander 18th September 2021 Xander’s dad writes: “I am writing this for all the people that knew our Xander. Not an IRR dog but loads of people in IRR knew him. He was the big brother to all the dogs we have fostered over the years. Xander passed away this afternoon and we were

Holly Ashwood

Sad News 29 August 2021 Patrick said, “Today I said the saddest goodbye to my beautiful Labrador Holly, aged 14. She has been my constant companion through adult life and above all my rock in rescue work. For those who don’t know me I have made my life’s work the rescue of elderly retrievers, and

Laurel Crofton

10.07.2007 – 19.11.2020 Laurel’s mum, Kathryn said: “The day Laurel bounced into my life was a day just like any other. I had been looking online for my boss who wanted a Golden Retriever. We checked it out and went to see the Breeder, who, was like most other Breeders. The Bitch, Lady, had had

Cookie Morgan

May 2020 Cookie has gone to Rainbow Bridge. History Cookie joined the family in December 2018. Kate remembered “When we went to Hampshire to pick her up, we had to put the two dogs in the back for the journey. We opened the car door, bearing in mind Cookie was 10yrs old and I thought

Rubi Morgan

April 2018 Rubi has gone to Rainbow Bridge. OSCA AND RUBI ARRIVED IN AUGUST 2017 Having had to say “goodbye” to IRR Milly on 6.4.2017 after almost 8yrs, it was not long after that when Floyd followed her, not unexpectedly, to the Bridge. Rubi and Osca had been a breath of fresh air in an

Osca Morgan

BEAUTIFUL OSCA DEPARTED ON 25.9.2020 On Sunday, 27th September, Kate wrote to tell us her darling Osca had crossed Rainbow Bridge on Friday night (25.9.2020) to be with Rubi and Cookie. She said he had continued to get weaker and had started to collapse. They had tried various foods to tempt him to eat but he just couldn’t take

Floyd Morgan

Floyd, adopted half brother to Milly, sadly, followed her to The Bridge on the 16th October 2017. He would have been 14yrs on 19th November. Floyd had a nasty growth in his mouth and we were running out of ideas on how to treat it so we agreed it was time we had to let

Rose Ashwood

26 September 2020 Dad Patrick said, “RIP to my precious Rose. Aged 6. Today I showed the true meaning of loving a dog and let her go. It’s been a long and hard 6 months of this cancer with ups and downs but I truly believe she didn’t suffer. Today was the first day she

Freddie Jeffery

It is with tremendous sadness that I have to write this obituary for my beloved GSaD, Freddie. I think losing Barney simply sent Freddies thyroid into chaos. All his other bloodtests came out very well but I suspected Freddie had gone hypothyroid again because his skin and coat condition deteriorated really dramatically. My vet initially

Connie Dagger

A VERY SAD DAY FOR ELLIE and VAL (16.10.2017) Little Connie was a lovely, gentle, sweet natured girl who was loved by everyone who met her. She had a wonderful long life with Val who adored her and, from 2006, with Ellie who became her best friend. She was 14yrs and, for most of her

Ben Hopkins

I AM BEN and I AM DOG (3.8.2019) Written by Ben who had big paws, and a big heart. “I am Ben and I am a Labrador. I was 14 1/2yrs old when I passed. Today is my Mum’s birthday. She is 61. It is also 3 days since my family had to have me

Bizzi Bartholomew-Fletcher

Kerrigan and Jason lost Bizzi last year on Thursday 25th April but they say it still feels like a BIG part of their lives is missing and empty. After Bizzi went to Rainbow Bridge, the next few weeks were a bit of a blur. The kids at school were heartbroken over Bizzi as she was

Macey Barber

FAREWELL BEAUTIFUL GIRL (25.2.2019) It’s with great sadness that our beautiful, kind and gentle Macey crossed the Rainbow Bridge today, 25th February. She was such a happy dog with a lovely smile and her gentle ways won many a heart. Previously, Jenny had asked for healing thoughts and prayers to be sent to her beautiful

Buddy Smith

A FITTING LEGACY FOR A BEAUTIFUL BOY Buddy was an elderly gentleman and he had an incredibly happy life but that doesn’t make his loss any easier for Caroline who writes: Very sadly on September 24th , my dear little Buddy was put to sleep. In the last year of his life, he’d had numerous

Leo Smith

A VERY SAD DAY Thursday December 5th 2019 was a very sad day. After a few months of reasonably good health for a gentleman of his great age, Leo, suddenly, went off his legs and his food. There was only one option and Rose, bravely, made the decision to, gently, let him go so Roger,

Shadow Tolhurst

HEARTBREAKING NEWS (24.5.2019) A devastated Wendy shared the passing of her beloved Shadow on Face Book by telling everyone “Tonight we said goodbye to our “best girl” Shadow. Having had problems with her back a few years ago, she had been doing really well – in fact, when she had a visit to the vet

Meg Patman

MEG HAS GONE TO RAINBOW BRIDGE (21-5-2019) Joanne said, “Meg, sadly, lost her battle with cancer and went to sleep at 11:30am today. She had been diagnosed as hypothyroid just before she was 6yrs old but she was still going strong at 11yrs until this final fight which was just too difficult. Meg was a

Percy MacKenzie

RUN FREE PERCY (2004-16/1/2019) Our dear Percy went peacefully to the Bridge on 16th January. We rescued him in 2005 as a ‘young adult dog of indeterminate age’ so we only know he was at least 15yrs old, possibly more when we lost him. He had parvovirus, campylobacter and salmonella and a bite on the

Tess White

GOODBYE GORGEOUS GIRL (12.6.2019) A devastated Jane told us the very sad news about her lovely girl saying, “After a stressful few weeks, we finally had to say “goodbye” to Tess. After her Vestibular Attack, there were various issues from which she didn’t recover. She was an amazing girl and a fantastic, patient foster sister

Megan Granger

RUN FREE SWEET GIRL (4-4-2019) Julie said “Today I had to make the hardest decision and say goodbye to my beautiful Megan. She was truly beautiful inside and out and will be missed by so many people!! Run free sweet girl, I will miss you so much xx The day started with me having to

Bentley Midgeley-Lovell

SLEEP PEACEFULLY LOVELY BOY It was the news we always dread to hear. Keren’s beautiful Bentley had crossed Rainbow Bridge. He went peacefully and with dignity, surrounded by love and in the arms of his beloved Mum with his Dad close by. IN THE BEGINNING On 10.04.2015 we got Bentley from ‘Many Tears Rescue’ in

Tara Dickinson

MY GORGEOUS GIRL IS WITH THE ANGELS Joy says “My beautiful Tara is now with the angels. For sure, her great friend, Fable, and some of the foster dogs she befriended, will have all been waiting to welcome her. She was a gorgeous, sweet girl who will always be in my heart and will never

Buddy Flynn

WENT PEACEFULLY TO RAINBOW BRIDGE on 10th JANUARY 2019 Buddy was an amazing little dog. He was such a happy boy; his tail never stopped wagging and he did win a wagggiest tail competition. I know we gave him the best life possible and we will keep all the memories safe. Dave from English Springer

Woody Grimshaw Baker

Woody, our first Golden, passed away before Christmas, going peacefully to Rainbow Bridge on 20th December. We were devastated and not looking forward to telling our daughter, his best friend, when she got home from school. We had a wonderful 13 and a half years with the giant, stinky, forgetful, old polar bear and we

Chippy Julius

IN MEMORY OF A VERY SPECIAL DOG 28.9.1990 – 29.6.2004 Chippy was born on 28th September 1990 and came to live with us in January 1993, having had 4 previous homes. I promised him he would never have to suffer another move. He would be loved and cared for with all the devotion we could give

Romy Bartholomew-Fletcher

Our Romy Kerrigan remembers “I first met Romy in Little Valley Animal Sanctuary in Exeter on a beautiful sunny day in July 2004. I remember walking down a long line of pens and feeling quite sad that I couldn’t take them all home with me.I stopped at each one to see who was peering out

Molly Atfield

2004 – 30.7.2018 On Monday, 30th July, a devastated Denise told us “We had to let lovely Molly go over the Rainbow Bridge this afternoon. Her back legs had gone and her kidney disease had progressed to the point she wasn’t eating and couldn’t really move. We are all so very sad but we knew

Blue Heesom

2004 – Sept.2015 Blue was Janette and Mike’s first Golden Retriever. They rescued him from the local pound in Stoke in January 2008 when he was 3 ½ years old. He was not always the easiest of dogs on which to learn but they loved him to bits anyway. He lived the life of luxury

Peggy Sue Jones

Ch Carlacot Peggy Sue 8.10.1992 – 12.2.2003 Such a very special lady lent for a while, to light up our world giving pure unconditional love to everyone she could reach. Thank You Peggy Sue for sharing your life with mine, my privilege was to walk with you a while. Stay close Peg, till we meet

Eddie Jefferey

After a final gentle stroll in our field for just the two of us, we continued on into Bath and Nick, kindly and thoughtfully, gave him rest. Eddie, cuddled into me, in his special place in our van, passed very quickly and peacefully at 11.30am on Thursday 5th June. He had been 14yrs in January

Barney Jeffery

I still can’t believe that my Barney has gone. He was my very special boy and having to write an obituary for him was something I always dreaded. I had hoped it wouldn’t come so soon. I lost him just 4 days short of his 12th birthday. He was a total clown & a Peter

Dixie Adams

CALLED TO RAINBOW BRIDGE ON (23.2.2007) SWEET DIXIE Jackie said “You came to me after having such a hard life, but after all that has happened to you in your 2 short years on this earth, you still believed in mankind. Dixie, you still believed that there were some kind and loving people who would

Aran

YOU WERE NOT ALONE 12.1.2007 Why? oh why? did this poor old chap end up alone and unwanted in the pound? I guess because he was old and because his owners knew he was ill and that he would cost them a lot of money that they let him stray and never claimed him? Sandie

Jamie

It’s time for you to go old man and free yourself from pain To me you’ve been a loyal friend , like no-one I can name. My love for mans best friend, no one can understand The bond that grew between us not I had even planed. Always close beside me as we walked for

Oliver Laurence

REMEMBERING Long straggly beardWonderful grinIncredibly wrigglyI MISS YOU Barked a lotMicrolight aircraft, thunder, fireworks,Anything reallyI MISS YOU Love, loyalty, funHappy daysProtected nightsI MISS YOU, OLIVER ODE TO OLIVER Its five months now, my lovely boyThe months have been and gone.Forever since you left my side, but ohHow your memory lingers on That last day –

Pam’s Ben

Went to Rainbow Bridge 3 / 5 / 2007 Pam, his forever mom wrote It is with a very heavy heart that I am writing to let you know that sadly our dear old Ben passed away last Thursday evening. It was totally unexpected and I am still finding it very hard to believe it

Oscar

It was with deep sadness that I had to say goodbye to my Oscar, just short of his 15th birthday. He was a calm, very loving presence in my life which I greatly miss. His spirit remained strong and his manic appetite never wavered but his body sadly became very weak. He went very peacefully

Meg and Sadie Long

TOGETHER FOREVER NOW MEG Meg, of course, was a rescue dog but she had been loved by her owners, who had to give her up at the age of 5 1/2. They cried when we took her but they knew it was for the best.We were lucky as someone else looked at her and turned

Gus Brown

Gus was the much loved “brother” of Bonnie and Becky. He helped them to settle into their wonderful new life in Northampton and he is now very much missed by the girls and all his human family. A MESSAGE FROM GUS I know I was your best boy, I know that to be true, and

Hollie Brogan

Poems in memory of Hollie by Karen Brogden WHY? Why with all the hurt in the world does it hurt so much when your one true friend looks at you with empty eyes do we fall apart, when all they are saying is be strong and I love you but my time is now you

Ellis

TAKEN BY THE ANGELS on 5th MARCH 2008 Ellis was a wonderful dog, very good-natured and loving. He will be remembered fondly by all who met him. He was truely loved by all who knew him and he touched many hearts in a very short time. Rest in peace, sweet man. Fly on angels wings.

Abby Beardsley

Scrappy’s Beautiful Baby Please, God, if You should hear a scratch on Eden’s Gate tonight, A gentle whine, a muffled bark; have Peter take a light And open up the Pearly Gates and call her Spirit in, For I think she lived in Heaven once; please take her back again. Just tell her that we’re

Little Cookie

Cookie was only a year old when he sadly went to the bridge. A dear, sweet pug who lost his family through divorce but found a new home with us. We thought his occasional sadness was caused by his memories, not realising that a congenital condition of the spine was starting to cause discomfort. When

Bobby Peter

From Anne Peter: Bobby collapsed this morning and died of a heart attack. This lovely boy was just over 3 years old and had come to me just over 6 months ago. As with many rescue hounds, not very much was known about him. Once we found out Bobby’s tattoo number, we found out that he

Trixie

May I go now?Do you think the time is right?May I say goodbye to pain filled daysand endless lonely nights?I’ve lived my life and done my best,an example tried to be.So can I take that step beyondand set my spirit free?I didn’t want to go at first,I fought with all my might.But something seems to

TJ King of Dogs

T.J. you were what was missing from our family. Our family will never be the same without you. We first saw you, sad and lonely, in the kennels you had been left at when your owner was terminally ill. You weren’t the right dog for us, you were too big, too hairy and too old.

Cheeky Mallett

Debbie says ” We lost our beloved little Cheeky on August 24 having only had the chance to care for her for 11 months. I knew when I took her on that she had bad mammary tumours and a serious heart murmur but she was such a sweet little dog that she really deserved some

Casey Morris

Casey was a much loved Golden Retriever who came to live with us on 30th August 2003 I had heard of Casey via Pauline (IRR) who knows the lady who bred her. Basically the marriage was breaking up, things had got a bit spiteful putting it mildly and the dogs were caught up in the

Ollie Smith

Our dearest ‘Jolly’ Ollie, We had to say goodbye to you after 12 years of joy. You were the biggest puppy in the litter and from day one you had a BIG personality. You loved your walks and would cry every time you saw anyone approaching because you wanted to say hello to everyone, your

Jenny Mallett

JENNY WAS SUCH A LOVELY GIRL Jenny was not an IRR dog but she was a wonderful chaperone to one, the delightful Lady Isabelle, as well as to our other oldie, Cheeky. Jenny passed away last Friday at the grand age of 17 after giving us 5 years of happiness and fun. She was a

Emma Heath

THE LIGHT HAS GONE OUT ON OUR WORLD 10 July 1996 – 30 May 2009 On the 30th May 2009, our world collapsed when we found out that our beloved Emma was going into heart failure. We took her to the Vets in the morning and they tried an injection but by the afternoon it

Lady Smith

GOODBYE SWEET LADY (7.7.2009) We had to say goodbye to you on 7/7/09 due to your old age and heart at the grand age of 13yrs. We all remember the day we collected you all those years ago, you were a present for Dad as he had always wanted a tri colour Cavalier. We drove

Gwinnie O’Driscoll

A TRIBUTE BY CATHERINE O’DRISCOLL Our little Gwinnie died yesterday (26.07.2009). She was fifteen years and eight months old. She was gentle, and joyful. She was a peacemaker. Fifteen years and three months ago, Gwinnie came home with me and fell in love with Samson. I can still see the wide smile on his face

Dannie O’Driscoll

DANNIE O’DRISCOLL: LAUGHTER DOG Went to Rainbow Bridge October 2009 During October, my friend Daniel died. I absolutely hate death. It’s the one thing in this world that we are ultimately powerless to defeat. Death is the ultimate slap in the face; a reminder that we are not God, and that we are essentially limited.

Duke Smith

REUNITED WITH OLLIE AND LADY (1.9.2009 Our dear little Duke has passed on and is now with Ollie & Lady again. We rescued you from the kennels where you came in as a stray. We love cavaliers & had already rescued others. Dad took you for a walk, although really it was you taking him

Bruno Moore

A TRIBUTE FROM SIMON My wonderful Bruno sadly lost his battle with prostate cancer on the 5th August 2009 at 9:30 am and has now joined all the other dogs at Rainbow Bridge. I’m sure he’s having a wonderful time chasing squirrels and rabbits and bounding through grassy fields without a care in the world.

Buddy Dalmeijer

MY BEAUTIFUL BOY HAS GONE HOME (22.02.2010) My Buddy. This gentle, calm, wise soul, I will miss so much. He took everything in his stride, and loved life. And those he met, loved him. He is free now and can run and see again. That is the only thing that matters. with love Sandra Five

Della Coldicott

GOODBYE LOVELY GIRL (5.7.2010) Della, the ‘honorary Golden Retriever’, as Andy called her. Sadly Della had to leave for Rainbow Bridge a week ago today. She came to live with us fourteen months ago after I had seen her looking for her forever home on the ‘Dogpages’ website. She was allegedly 20 years old. Her

Gizmo Adams

GOODBYE TO A DEAR LITTLE CHAP (24.8.2010) Jackie said “Gizmo was a lovely little dog. Ron got him from a couple when he was 2.5 yrs old. They had to go back to work full time, so felt that it wouldn’t be fair to leave him on his own all day. The couple actually had

Kerry Waygood

A TRIBUTE FROM WENDY (21.9.2010) It was with great sadness that we said goodbye to our very Special Golden Boy, Kerry on 21st September, he was 15 years old. He was taking anti-inflammatory tablets and pain killers but his front legs were painful as well as his back legs. The vet could have given him

Jade Bobby’s Girl

GENTLE JADE HAS GONE (24.9.2010) Jade was the most gentle faithful dog you could ever wish to meet. The term people always used to describe her was a “gentle soul”. Jade came to us as a companion for our other bridge dog Bobby. Within days Bobby and Jade were to form a life long friendship

Honey Waygood

A TRIBUTE FROM WENDY It was with great sadness that we said goodbye to our very Special Girl, Honey on 16th February, she was only 8 years old. I took Honey to the vet as she had been dribbling a lot on our walks; the vet found her lymph nodes were enlarged and did five

Bella Thomson

A TRIBUTE FROM DI AND ROB Bella went to Rainbow Bridge 18th February 2011 Almost four years ago, gentle Bella came into our lives. Our 9 year old Golden Retriever, Sandy, was lonely after the death of his lifelong friend Perry and desperately needed a new companion. Enter Bella. She was being cared for by

Sasha Newman

A TRIBUTE FROM EILEEN Went to Rainbow Bridge 25th February 2011 We first set eyes on Sasha at 3 wks old. She was from a litter of 7 chocolate labrador puppies born in Ilfracombe, Devon where we were on a weeks holiday. The breeder was just finishing putting an advertising board outside their house. We

Poppy Tooke

A TRIBUTE TO PRETTY POLLY FROM SALLY Went to Rainbow Bridge 23rd May 2011 We are so sad to have had to say goodbye to our precious Poppy. 6 month old Poppy arrived at Many Tears in Sept 2009 with a liver shunt. My vet offered to do a life-saving op so she came to

Morgan Horsley

MORGAN’S LEGACY (R.I.P. 11:11 am Wednesday July 27th 2011) Morgan entered my life in 2004 when I adopted him from the Mayhew Animal Home in north London. Within a couple of months he had introduced me to a subject I’d never heard of before – animal communication. He then went on to guide me along

Hardy Grant

Our dear Hardy said goodbye to us last Friday. Our little man came into our lives fourteen and a half years ago and made it so much richer.  He was his own man from that first day he came home with us wrapped in a blanket on the back seat of the car and peed

Josh Milford

Joan says “Our beautiful Josh, our best friend, you are missed by our children, our grandchildren and all who knew you but especially by us.  The house is so quiet without your joyful bark and so empty without your presence but thank you for thirteen years of happiness and fun.  Hope you have now met

Cleo Reader-hoer

Sadly, Cleo went to Rainbow Bridge on 28th October 2013 Having thoroughly approved of her and having made sure that little Delphi was well settled, sadly, her older sister Cleo went to Rainbow Bridge on 28.10.2013 Cleo had been suffering from degenerative myelitis, which meant she had her own set of wheels, which she loved, but she

Cindy Frankcom

19th August 2000 to 24 December 2013   A devastated Sue says “We had to have Cindy put to sleep on Xmas Eve. She had lost her appetite and lots of weight and was just too tired to carry on. The vets and all the staff were brilliant but it just doesn’t ease the pain.

Fable Dickinson

17/09/2000 – 30/06/2014 Our friend, Joy, was a founder member of IRR and Fable was the oldest of her two Golden Retrievers, the youngest being Tara who was a much valued brood bitch for GDBA. With her wealth of experience, Joy was always able and willing to step in as mid-wife and carer, or simply

Tess Roberts