Sunday 2 September 2012

I just lost my best mate

 At just three years old we have lost Millie our working sheepdog, and companion. We had Millie as a pup and spent two years training her and she has been my constant companion in almost anything I have done for the past three and a half years.
She would do anything for me ,always was keen to please and never let me down.

Millie was gathering sheep with her usual enthusiasm and style. When and rounded a bush out of sight and must have ran into a sharp branch or similar, she damaged her skull and the vet thinks she had a brain haemorrhage. She some how managed to get back to me but collapsed at my feet. She never stood again. Millie died in my arms on the way to the vet.
We are left with a huge Millie shaped hole in our lives. Some say you only get one really good dog  in your life, if that's the case I've just had mine.

5 comments:

Alice and Stuart said...

Phil, we are so sorry to hear about this loss. She was such a beautiful dog, so precious. My husband and I remember when you got her. We are thinking of you and this hardship.
--Alice

Phil Moore said...

Hi Alice
Thanks for that, she did get under our skin and will be missed.
Nice to watch your family growing and the high quality of your produce

Stuart and Gabrielle said...

We're very sorry to read this, Phil, it's so very sad.

Phil Moore said...

Stuart and Gabriel
I appreciate your thoughts, she is missed, as I had her from 8 weeks of age working and training together for over three years I do feel the loss. But the work goes on so we have just acquired an older trained dog. She has a kind nature but in almost every other way is polar opposite to Millie. We get the work done and she is good company.

hanna said...

oh my God! I'm very sorry Phil, this is really very sad. The same pain I felt when I lost my little darling.