Category: 2007 Golden Successes
Category: 2007 Golden Successes
Connie McAvoy
FAREWELL TO BEAUTIFUL CONNIE (16.3.2021) A very sad Terry told us “Our beautiful Connie went to the Bridge this morning. She had been struggling more and more so today was the right time. Kim was with me and we watched her go very peacefully. We are hoping that B will be waiting to give her
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Judy Taylor
JUDY is a beautiful 2yr old golden retriever who, unfortunately, needs to be rehomed because of the change of working circumstances of her owners and they can no longer give her the time and attention she needs. They cannot bear to think of her at home nearly all day on her own. She loves the
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Burt Worsley
BURT IS ALL ALONE NOW In 2007, ZACH and BURT came to us from a loving home in Belfast. They were surrendered to us because, due to unavoidable circumstances, their owner could no longer look after them properly. They had very good pedigrees and were 4yrs and 3yrs old respectively, although their weight did make
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Zena Coldicott
OUR LOVELY ZENA WENT TO JOIN DEAR BEN (25.6.2010) REMEMBERING ZENA FROM LORNA You came to us three and a half years ago, with your big brother Ben. Sadly Ben could only stay with us for six weeks then went to Rainbow Bridge. You were a lively 11 year old girlie with a zest for
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GOODBYE TO A SWEET BOY Sadly, Ben, our brave old soldier, could only stay a short while in Coldicott Heaven then he went to Rainbow Bridge. Goodbye sweet boy. Everyone at IRR loves you God’s Garden God looked around his garden and found an empty place. He then looked down upon the earth and saw
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Toby Leggett
OUR GORGEOUS TOBY IS AT PEACE (11.2.2018) On 11th February, Anne, a very good friend, told us Anita and Bill are absolutely heartbroken because their beloved Toby had been given peace that morning. His cancer had spread to his liver and had enlarged his heart. Although we knew he was severely ill, the news still
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Bella Barlow
ON ARRIVAL FROM IRELAND SPIRIT (as Bella was called then) was a beautiful and lovely natured, 3yr old neutered female who was surrendered because of a change in family circumstances. Unlike many of our dogs, she had been very much loved and her previous owners only wanted what was best for her. She was fostered
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Snowie & Honey
SNOWIE & HONEY were being fostered on behalf of Many Tears who rescued them. These 2 really charming friendly 9yr old girls, who have always lived together, were once much loved pets but their elderly owner died and his equally elderly, well meaning friend tried but was unable to look after them. They ended up
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FOSTERED BY SANDIE IN IRELAND RUDI was fostered by Sandie in Ireland. He had a big woolly coat but still had his baby teeth so we thought he must be about 12-14 weeks old. He was found straying but nobody claimed him despite him having a lump on the back of his neck where he
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Penny James
OUR BEAUTIFUL GIRL HAS CROSSED THE BRIDGE 15.4.2017 A distraught Di told us “I’m sorry to tell you our beautiful Penny crossed the Bridge at 8.30 pm tonight. Hopefully, Dazzle was there to greet his girlfriend and partner in crime”. Just a couple of weeks before, Penny was, uncharacteristically, lethargic and went off her food
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Quinn Reaston
DESPERATELY SAD NEWS (4th MARCH 2015) We are all desperately sad to hear the news that Quinn slipped peacefully away on 4th March. This lovely boy was specially chosen for Aly and her elderly Mum because of his great capacity for love and his ease of being around someone who was wheelchair bound. He was
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Lolly Hamill
DEVASTATED AND MISSING LOLLY (21 August 2001 – 21 October 2015) Anna and Kevin are devastated at the loss of their darling Lolly. She hadn’t been too well for a couple of months but, being a typical Golden Retriever, she was very stoic and soldiered on. On Wednesday 21st October, she was lying on the
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Kenzie Wilkins
SADLY, HE WAS TAKEN FAR TOO SOON (2016) After several years of illness, Kenzie eventually died of cancer. Caroline said ” With all we did to prolong his life over the years, in the end, we had to let him go. We miss him enormously. He was such a character and a great friend.
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Kelsey Lambourn
KELSEY is about 2 yrs old and he was dumped outside the pound one night. He has a fabulous nature and is used to living in a house. He sits beside you and leans into you with his head up. Absolutely gorgeous. When he was with Sandie, he ran around her garden shouting “I’m Free”.
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Milly Butler-Spicer
OUR BEAUTIFUL MILLY IS FOREVER TOGETHER WITH HOLLY (5.5.2016) On 5th May 2016, a devastated Sue contacted us with some very sad news “With a broken heart, I have to tell you our baby girl Milly has gone to Rainbow Bridge. I really hope that Holly was waiting for her. It’s the only way I
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DAISY is a delightful, intelligent and busy little dog. She is completely housetrained and sleeps through the night. She is good in the car, not travel sick at all. Daisy does not seem to be growing hugely and is not a greedy dog. She is very active and intelligent, particularly with noises, and she does
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Jensen Tann
MY BEST MATE HAS GONE (7.3.2015) A heartbroken Stuart and Karin told us “It is with great sadness that I must tell you that our dear Jensen went to the Rainbow Bridge 730am today after a short illness. We adopted him in 2007 and it was estimated he was about 3 years old. We had
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Jack Grant
MY BEAUTIFUL BOY HAS GONE (27.4.2015) With a very heavy heart, Shona told us “The day we had been dreading finally arrived on Monday 27th April when we had to say goodbye to our gorgeous boy. It has been a very difficult week having spent so much time caring for Jack but Skipper and Saffie
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Holly Butler-Spicer
OUR BEAUTIFUL HOLLY HAS GONE TO RAINBOW BRIDGE (1.3.2016) Sue gave us the very sad news “It’s with a very heavy heart I have to tell you that our beautiful golden girl Holly went to Rainbow Bridge on the 1st of March 2016. We adopted her in 2007 to be a big sister to Milly (formerly known
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Frankie Campbell-Watson
FRANKIE is a really lovely boy. He is 18mths old, has been recently neutered and has just arrived from Ireland. He is a little hand shy but not fearful. He is very friendly with other dogs and travels well in a car. Kaz, his fosterer, said that Molly told him off a couple of times
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Fleur
FLEUR is about a year old and was surreneder to the pound by her owner, with no reason given. This could have meant instant death for her but, thankfully, we heard about her and were able to release her. She was then fostered in Ireland by Sandie, during which time she was spayed. Sandie found her to
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Echo Holder
ECHO is a 2yr old neutered male. He is extremely people friendly. Unfortunately, he seems to have some dental problems which we will be addressing for him. It could be that some wonderful person has literally given this beautiful dog a kick in the teeth:((( Jan, who is fostering him initially says Although it is
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Dylan Phillips
We heard that DYLAN (Golden Retriever) and JAKE (small Retriever X) had become homeless because of a change in family circumstances. Pauline, their fosterer, who went across the Severn Bridge to get them from a Pound near Newport, said “They are both nicely behaved, very friendly dogs. Dylan especially was very pleased to meet our
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Dawn Morgan
GOODBYE TO OUR PRINCESS (2010) Kate says “Three weeks ago, my father came to stay and this seemed to unsettle Dawn considerably, especially through the night and it didn’t stop after a few nights it carried on every night. We started to let her stay in the lounge overnight just to see if she would be happier
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Sheppey Pope
SHEPPEY WENT TO SLEEP 13.7.2015 Barbara and her Mum, Rene, have told us of their sadness after their lovely and very special Sheppey went to sleep on 13th July. Andy and Val who fostered Sheppey had kept in contact with Barbara and Rene and were extremely saddened to hear she had gone to Rainbow Bridge. They knew what
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Casper & Lady
A HAPPY RETIREMENT ON THE ISLE OF MAN CASPER and LADY are both neutered and are 9 and 10yrs old respectively. Sadly, their heartbroken owner has to rehome them, due to a change of circumstances. This means he has to move into an apartment, which would be totally unsuitable for them. They have lived together all
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CARLY BROUGHT US SO MUCH JOY AND LOVE (24.4.2018 ) On Saturday, 28 April 2018, Sue wrote to tell us “I am just updating you on Carly who Steve and I adopted in 2007. Unfortunately, her heart was letting her down and she passed over the Bridge last Tuesday 24th April. She had gradually
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Murphy Clark
HE IS SORELY MISSED (JANUARY 2013) Sadly, our Murphy passed away recently aged 8. Since he’s been with us he had a total of 5 operations to remove various lumps. The last one turned out to be a tumor and sadly he didn’t recover. He was a amazing dog and he even starred in
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Bess Heyer
OUR BESS HAS GONE TO A BETTER PLACE Sadly, Bess has gone to Rainbow Bridge. She was never an easy dog because of her dreadful past and her ongoing ailments so few people would have been prepared or able to cope with her but she was loved to bits by Diana and her young “brother”Walter and will
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IT WAS VERY SAD NEWS (19.11.2017) Lorraine told us “Sadly, yesterday, another much-loved IRR boy gained his wings. Zach was adopted by a dear, dear friend of mine along with his brother Burt 10 years ago. They were known as the Belfast boys before they made the journey to the UK but were very soon
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Belle Bookham
GOODBYE BEAUTIFUL BELLE (16-1-2019) On Friday, January 18th, Sharon wrote to say, “I have to tell you that our adored furry legend, Belle, passed away on Wednesday, at home, surrounded by her family. We are all heartbroken. We adopted her from you in February 2007 but, even though we rescued her, she rescued us too
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Stevie Phipps
FAREWELL ADORABLE STEVIE WONDER (3.4.2019) On 3.4.2019, we heard the words from Alison that we had all been dreading “Stevie’s health problems finally got the better of him and we had to make the hardest of decisions. We are just lost without him. Run free sweet boy and be at peace”. Andy told Alison, “He was
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Digby Reader-Hoer
OUR HANDSOME, WONDERFUL BOY HAS GONE (1.12.2016) Fly with the angels to Rainbow Bridge sweet boy and give your sister Cleo a cuddle from us xxxxxxxxxxx TRACEY REMEMBERS THEIR FINAL GOODBYE TO A WONDERFUL BOY On Thursday 1st December 2016, we said a final goodbye to our wonderful Digby. Our lovely vet, Paul, came
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Daisy Long
GOODBYE TO OUR PERFECT GIRL (13.11.2017) Sadly, Maggie and Ray lost Daisy suddenly on the 13th November. They had been to the vets that day as her breathing was not very good. Daisy had an enlarged heart but she had been fine on medication. When they saw the vet that day, it was also found
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Charlie Long
VERY SAD NEWS (7.10.2012) We were all very sorry to hear that the very beautiful Charlie went to Rainbow Bridge on 7th October. She was much loved and will be greatly missed by her family and friends. Tribute to Charlie 9th October 2012 My lovely Naughty Charlie went to the bridge Sunday 07.10.12 very suddenly
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Merlin Coldicott
OUR WONDERFUL MERLIN HAS GONE (16.12.2016) On Friday 16th December, Lorna wrote to us with the news we all dread hearing. She told us “My heart is broken into tiny pieces. Merlin has gone. He just had nothing left and saying goodbye was all I had left to do for him. I’m so sorry to
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Bonnie & Becky Brown
GOODBYE LOVELY LADIES It is with great sadness that we heard about Bonnie and Becky. They were wonderful dogs who had the worst ever start but thanks to the love and care of their fosterer, Sandra, and then having their wonderful 6 years with Rosie and family, they became healthy, happy and whole again. In
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Samson
SAMSON was a very frightened boy when he was found and was initially fostered in Ireland. He crawled everywhere on his belly and was terrified of adults. The only time he behaved normally was around children whom he, instinctively, trusted and loved. It was the express wish of his Irish fosterers that he should be
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PHOEBE is 7 years old and has been spayed. She is very lively for her age, craves company and attention and is very affectionate. Due to a change in circumstances, her owner now has to work and Phoebe is suffering badly because of being alone. From her previous owner:- I used to have cats and
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PHOEBE is anywhere between 3 and 5 and is now spayed. She wasn’t originally house-trained (and could pee for Ireland) according to Sandie who also said. “Her teeth are very clean but she has an air of maturity about her”. She was kept in a shed and was recently liberated when she came to IRR.
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Bailey
He is a very unusual looking golden retriever. Originally called Patrick he was 1-1.5 yrs old when rescued. He was subsequently neutered. He was, at first, in foster with Sandie, in Ireland, who said, “When he arrived he was a dishevelled, nervous wreck. He cleaned up well and has settled really well. He’s been getting
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Kaleigh Williamson
KALEIGH’S HISTORY Kaleigh, then called Lily, was picked up as a stray in Ireland, and came across with Foxy and Louis. She was in a terrible state, filthy, smelly, with a horrible matted coat. Jan, who met the transport, was kind enough to bath her before sending her to Andy and Val and amazingly, under
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