Devastated

May 14, 2026

Devastated

Thank you for your commiserations. It is appreciated.

Always with her Dad

.....even though we knew it was in the offing, somehow or the other the rug ends up being taken out from under your feet. I did not sleep last night choosing to be with her. G has been ill and I let him sleep and I kept an eye on her. She was with me for quite sometime before going in with her Dad.

Such a good and special girl.

We have buried Missy in the garden border that I cleared the other week I did roughly clear the other border as well this morning (Thursday 14 May 2026) and gave G the choice of which one he wanted too rest her in He has chosen the side border which I had cleared the other week and forked over. Much easier to deal with than the top border. He might still have to give me a hand with digging this section though. We have added a few slabs and I intend to buy a bird bath to go on top. Probably get one of those Solar fountains as well to mark her spot. I did say I was going to do stuff in the garden generally in any event.

Feels very unreal and strange. Our lives have revolved around her for 16 years, and these latter two years she has needed a lot of one to one attention which I undertook the responsibility for including hand feeding as she could not pull food into her mouth because of the lack of teeth. Added to that the fact that she had an attachment disorder if we were not around was not good and used to hyperventilate if we were not there. When she was stressed she also came to me and needed cuddles and reassurance that everything was okay. If G was not interpreting what she was after she used to bypass him and come straight to me. Mum sorted things and she got what she was after. She did used to squeak at us if she wanted to go out or wanted water. However she has given us so much free unconditional love over the years, that we committed to supporting her through her older year no matter what that entailed. Missy made you laugh when you were at your lowest and was just full of fun. Full of mischief and was not always good and tried to manipulate you with a twinkle in her eye.

Loved the caravan, loved the seaside and equally used to run away from the waves and run towards them throwing up the sand in the process and generally just being a Scatty Jack Russell.

My Caravan

Missy had a thing about windows - they were made for sitting in these two are in the front room

A montage

Just full of life and mischief and mayhem. Would not have wanted her any other way. But boy are we going to miss her. It is just too quiet. A small dog, but what a big personality. Here's the attitude.

My greatest regret is that we were not able to get her down to the sea last year. As time has gone on she had moved from a dog who loved going out in the car, to crying if we just went to the local shop. She wasn't happy about being moved into what she deemed as not home and really used to stress. Hopefully we will be able to get down to the sea a little later. However as G usually stayed with her during the day he has ironically been freed up now through her loss. So hopefully we will be able to get a few things sorted out here.

Don't mind if I do

Mischief has been looking for her - cannot quite understand what has gone on, but it is a lot quieter than usual. Mischief has never been on her own at all. We moved her in with Missy after her Mum Molly passed over suddenly. Mischief is fast asleep at the moment curled up on a quilt that ironically Missy used to sleep on or under.

We have allowed ourselves to mourn her a little today; the first of many days. The house is terribly quiet without her though and seems very empty. In an effort to try and do something G managed to trim up the top branches of the Holly tree in the front garden I did the clearing up. We still have the Bay tree in the Old Herb Garden to give a haircut too. Will probably then get all the garden waste we have thus far down to the Tip. I will then set about the rest of the Old Herb Garden. It is about half way done.

Oh and to add insult to injury the house rent has gone up again! We are going to try and sort things out a bit more so that we have other options to consider

We have decorating to do and new flooring to install to make our lives easier. Wallpaper and paint is already in-house, but we do need to purchase some new flooring. I am not going to spend a lot on this though. Just needs to be practical and tidy things up a bit. We also have a lot of other things to deal with as well. There is going to be a bit of a sort out going on. We have a small unit which I intend to go through, sort out what I want and then put some of the stuff that is currenlty in the house in there so that we can deal with other areas in the house. Then sort things from there. There is going to be a lot involved and the Local Charity shop will benefit from anything I decide not to keep.