Births and Deaths...that's life

Remma

Remma with his mom Sophie

BEAR

BEAR

It is with great sadness that I write about the death of my dear friend Bear. He was 14 years old, a good age for a big dog, but not enough years to enjoy the company of such a special creature.

It is such aprivilege to have been able to spend years with such a gentle, loyal and happy companion.

This year has been so full of death and birth...so full of life. From the death of the last of the elder horses last November to the birth of Sefia, the passing of Cleo and Bear to the birth of the twins and now the arrival of a new young dog with whom I hope to share many years.

Introducing Remma... he is an 11 week old Maremma Sheepdog. The Universe is so generous. Bear and I used to play Maremma Dog ( he was big and white ). Maremma's have always been a favourite breed of mine and Bear would happily jump around with me as I sang out maremma dog, maremma dog!

So after an unsucessful search for a rescue dog,I googled in Maremma sheepdog, and the first of something like 34,000 hits came up as Maremma puppiies only 3 hrs, away. Divine intervention??