Tag: Disabilities
Tag: Disabilities
Polo Flynn
Fly High Sweet Polo (3rd November 2022) Polo’s mum said, “What can I say about this boy that will do him justice. A beautiful soul, a gentleman, Polo bear was loved by all who met him. He came into my life in July, 2018, estimated at 5 or 6 years old. At a vet check
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George Jefferey
OUR BELOVED GEORGE HAS GONE (7.8.2007 – 4.6.2021) A heartbroken Pauline told us “We are in total shock at the sudden loss of our very special boy. He was one of our “bad lads” but he was always angelic with us and now Georgie is, truly, flying with the angels and is at Rainbow Bridge
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Vinnie McAvoy
GOODBYE TO OUR SPECIAL MR VINNIE (2007- 22.6.2021) Far too soon after saying “goodbye” to his beloved Connie, Terry has now also lost his very special boy, Vinnie. He was loving and kind to humans and other dogs alike and didn’t have a single bad bone in his body. Many tears are being shed for
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Freddie Moore
Sad News – 15 February 2021 Freddie’s dad, Simon, said: “Fred has passed on today (15 February 2021) at the ripe old age of 15 1/2 years of age. Over the past year, he struggled to get about as his arthritis had become more severe, on Saturday he lost the use of his back legs
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Paddy Richmond
THE NEWS WAS ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING (24th JULY 2020) A very upset Phil told us the really bad news about Paddy who had been their special needs foster dog in 2015 until he was adopted by Anne and family in January 2016. He said Paddy had suffered with peritonitis and, sadly, passed away that morning, Friday
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Charlie Davies
CHEEKY CHARLIE IS FOLLOWING IN THE PAWSTEPS OF SOME OF THE GREAT IRR DOGS Charlie is a gorgeous 5 year old Spanish boy who was given up by his owners as he was being bullied by another dog. Sadly, he has a deformed right front leg so he is, effectively 3 legged. Fortunately, we know
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WONDERFUL NEWS FOR OUR BRAVE BOY AS HE BECOMES A FOREVER FOSTER (AUGUST 2017) Due to his severe health problems, it was decided the best option for him would be to remain forever with his fosterer, Geraldine, and her lovely bitch, Millie. He could not have done better and the latest reports (May 2018) are
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Guido Turner
FLY FREE WITH THE ANGELS GORGEOUS BOY (28. 8. 2018) On Monday 27th August, Val told us the news we were dreading, “Sadly, we will have to ring the Vets in the morning because, although we felt Guido was a little improved this morning, he has deteriorated quite rapidly since mid afternoon. We have had
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Chester Midgeley-Lovell
HIS HAPPY LIFE WAS TINGED WITH SADNESS (March 2019) With the new name of Chester, he settled well and was very happy but, in March 2019, the family were all devastated by the passing of gorgeous Bentley at the tender age of 9yrs. Bentley had been a wonderful role model to Chester when he first
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Starlight Bartholomew-Fletcher
STARLIGHT HAS A FANTASTIC FOREVER HOME (7.6.2015) Kerrigan tells us Starlight is lovely and full of energy and is doing really well especially considering all her moves on the way to her longer stay in her foster home with Phil, Julie and the girls. After they left she seemed lost but she quickly settled in
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Harry Mallinson
HE FOUGHT SO HARD BUT DEAR HARRY FLEW WITH THE ANGELS (16.3.2020) We shut ourselves away for a while It was a privilege to care for him and share such an incredible love and bond with Harry. He has left the most enormous imprint on our hearts. Lynne, who was Acting Re-homing Coordinator and with
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Sprocket Jefferey
GOODBYE TO MY VERY SPECIAL BOY (24.10.2018) On 24.10.2018, Steve and Pauline said their final goodbyes to their very special boy. He was almost totally blind and very deaf. From the moment Pauline clapped eyes on his picture, she knew she wanted to adopt him but, with five other dogs, was it sensible? He went
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Jackson Thompson
ALL TOGETHER FOREVER NOW Jackson and Riley were rescued together and now they are happily reunited, together forever at Rainbow Bridge with their very special sister Suki. Di says “When they first came, we discovered that Jack seemed very unhappy to be called Jackson or even Jacko – maybe it brought back memories that he
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Alex Chudleigh
ALEX IS IN HIS FOREVER HOME (21.2.2015) Despite a lot of interest from lovely caring people, it was proving impossible to find the perfect home for Alex as he had, inadvertently, found that perfect pad in his foster home with Lyn and her dogs in Bristol. Alex is in a house totally geared up for
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Jesse Waters
OUR BEAUTIFUL, GENTLE GIRL HAS CROSSED OVER RAINBOW BRIDGE (25. 4. 2017) Sharon wrote and told us “I have to share some very sad news. It has been the worst weekend ever. On Tuesday morning, Jesse crossed Rainbow Bridge. She was only 5yrs. We adopted her from IRR just over 3 years ago, aged just
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Shelley Childs
A PITIFUL LITTLE BUNDLE Shelley was just 9 weeks old when she came into our care. Sadly, she was born blind. At first, she was a pitiful sight but we soon discovered she was not going to be a victim. Sandie says, apparently, she is a very smart girl whose other senses seem to be
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Maximillian Abbott
FOREVER FOSTER DOG Max is now 4 years old and is an English Golden Retriever dog who we were asked to help. We were told he was being handed over to IRR because of a change in family circumstances which meant his owner could no longer care for him but his true story was far
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Molly Bissett
FOREVER FOSTER DOG Sandie said. “Molly came to us as a 7-year-old Golden Retriever. She was surrendered to me by her owner as an alternative to having her put to sleep. I was told by the previous owner that Molly had been incontinent all of her life and he had taken her to the Veterinary
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Josh Cornally
JOSHI IS AT PEACE AT RAINBOW BRIDGE (26 July 2009) Sadly, shortly after his adoption, Joshi developed epilepsy. Kay and Steve and their vets did all they could but, in the end, they had to say a tearful goodbye to their beloved boy. Fly with the angels dear Joshi. We at IRR extend our heartfelt
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OUR BEAUTIFUL BOY HAD GONE TO RAINBOW BRIDGE (24.9.2010) Ange says “It is with great sadness that I have to tell you that I had to have Brodie put to sleep on 24th September. I collected Brodie from Potters Bar on 1st June 2008 and the words that came to me immediately were ‘what a
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PUDSEY 22/11/2005 – 15/11/2008 OUR WONDERFUL AMAZING BOY A Tribute from Denise & Phil Mummy and Daddy will never forget that wet December day when you came crashing into our lives nearly two years ago, and changed our lives forever for the better. You even gave us a drama on your first day, you decided
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Ben Coldicott
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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Lady Isabelle Mallett
OUR SPECIAL GIRL HAS GONE TO THE BRIDGE (21.9.07) Isabelle was one classy lady. Pauline says “I only had the priviledge of knowing her for a short time but she was very, very special. I thought she would see her days out with us but knew she needed more than we could give her. Then
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LITTLE GUY WAS TRUELLY BLESSED In 2006, Guy was a 6-7yr old lab X who was surrendered to the pound by a priest after his owner died. He was suffering from severe entropion so his chances of being adopted were nil but, fortunately for him, Sandie happened to be there at the time and couldn’t bear the
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Flynn Hartley
HE WAS IN A TERRIBLE STATE Pauline happened to be with Sandie in Ireland to collect dogs for UK homes when Flynn was found in a terrible state and he was actually named after a pub that they noticed when driving along. He was only about 18mths old and we thought he was probably a
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Lottie was abandoned, found tied to gates. After all reasonable attempts to find her owner failed, they contacted IRR for help.
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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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Ricky Granger
SADLY, IT WAS THE END OF A WONDERFUL ERA (2001? – 17.4.2015) It was a cold and snowy night when from the plane they did alightThe weather’d made the plane re-route, to Heathrow, off we had to shootBristol the right destination. Favours called from kind relationA panic dash to meet the plane. Who knew life
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Silver Morris
FAREWELL MY WONDERFUL SILVER BOY Pam said “It is with great regret and heartache I have to announce that dear Silver went to Rainbow Bridge on 31st December 2008. He had appeared to be OK the previous weekend and indeed on the day of Monday 29th, he had his breakfast and a little walk, he
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Kimba Morris
THE END OF AN ERA (13/12/2001 to 12/2/2013) Kimba’s passing is the end of an era – she was put to sleep on Tuesday 12th February. She was my angel, much loved and she will be greatly missed. Kimba was one of a 2005 batch of Irish Retriever rescues and she was just over 3
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Honey Bee Cook
WENT PEACEFULLY TO RAINBOW BRIDGE in EARLY 2010 Honey was surrendered to IRR because, apparently, she did not get on with her owner’s other bitch but the real reason was she had an enormous tumour. Honey went into foster with Ali of Greyhound Rescue just as a favour to Pauline and stayed there for 4
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