Category: 2006 Profiles
Category: 2006 Profiles
Mattie Peacock
THE BOYS ARE RE-UNITED (7.1.2022) Mattie and Buster are back together again at Rainbow Bridge. Their Mum, Diane, told us “Mattie, our Golden Retriever, passed away peacefully on 7th January 2022 at the ripe old age of 18 years and 4 months! He appears on your ‘Tales from Rainbow Bridge’ page of your website with his
DetailsPepper Hawkes
May 2020 Pepper has gone to Rainbow Bridge. Annette and David said, “We got Pepper back in 2006, we don’t know what life she had in Ireland, but she had a large bald patch on her back thigh. Our vet thought she had probably suffered a burn at some point. Her foster carers Phil and
DetailsOllie Perkin
3 June 2020 Ollie has joined Max at Rainbow Bridge. Ollie and Max, Early History Life can get pretty muddy down here in Dawlish! it is one of our favourite walks and we do it nearly every day, or we go to the beach but the water is a bit cold now!! Apparently we are
DetailsLola Jones
OUR BEAUTIFUL GIRL HAS GONE (26.9.2019) On 27.9.2019, Lynne said “We are all very sad here today as we said “goodbye” to our lovely Lola yesterday. Within a little while, the most amazing rainbow appeared overhead so we know she is safe. We are all being very brave but the tears still keep falling”. Lola
DetailsChance Ellis
A SAD GOODBYE TO OUR BRIILLIANT BOY ( ?? 9.2019) On 10.4. 2020 Sue told us “Unfortunately, we lost Chance to cancer last September when he was aged 14years. We have been told that, whilst this is really sad, we must try to celebrate his long and happy life with us. This is, of course,
DetailsRuby Roo
Taken to Rainbow Bridge December 2006 RUBY, affectionally known as Ruby Roo, was an ex breeding bitch. She was lovingly fostered for several months by Tina who wanted someone extra special for her forever owner. Tina totally fell in love with her and could easily have kept her but she knew that a one to
DetailsRhys
RHYS was a golden retriever aged about 10yrs. He deserved better than being abandoned by his owners just when he needed them most. He found unconditional love with Sandie, even if it was just for one night. He died peacefully in loving arms rather than being alone, afraid & betrayed.From Sandie I received an e-mail
DetailsJaffa Roberts
AN ANGEL WAS RETURNED TO GOD Went to the Bridge 11.9.2007 Jaffa was originally called Ralph and, although his previous fosterers all thought him to be a lovely boy, he moved on several times as he was a total escape artist and destroyer extraordinaire. He found his way to Christine and he, immediately, became a
DetailsMax Perkin
THE SADDEST NEWS (31.10.2019) On the morning of the 1 st November, Liz said “Our hearts are broken. Last night we said our goodbyes to Max, our loveable, obstinate, determined, funny and just daft boy . We collected him from Pauline in 2006 and that little cream coloured polar bear grew into a wonderful chap.
DetailsNugget Hyde
WENT PEACEFULLY TO THE RAINBOW BRIDGE on 30.1.2009 Amy says, “I am writing with the sad news that Nugget has gone to Rainbow Bridge. Nugget came to me 3 years ago as a sprightly 10 year old. His previous owner had been an elderly lady who died and Nugget was left alone in the house
DetailsHoney Bignell
The beautiful Honey went to Southampton to live with three children and another young Labrador
DetailsMicky Knowles
Experienced Labrador owners, Mary and her family adopted Micky so he went to live on their farm in Somerset.
DetailsTeddy White
Teddy had a wonderful life to look forward to when he was adopted by Tina and her husband as they live in East Sussex and a stone’s throw from a beach.
DetailsTara & Goldie Puffett
Tara and Goldie are 4yr old yellow Labrador sisters owned by Doug & Brenda. They had been fostered by Regina. They had to be rehomed due to work commitments and lack of time for them. Unfortunately, they missed the parade but it was great to see the 2 happy girls at the 2006 Reunion.
DetailsEddie Regula
A VERY SMALL LABRADOR? Eddie came over from Ireland with his sister Gracie as a tiny puppy and was supposed to be a Labrador Cross so we all expected them to be Labrador sized but, at 1yr old, he and his sister have stayed small. However, what he lacks in stature, Eddie more than makes
DetailsDeedee Ellis
Deedee went to Surrey to live with Katharine, her husband and three children and their old black Labrador.
DetailsMolly Pritchard
Molly, once known as Sally, went Bedfordshire to live with Steve, Tina and their three children.
DetailsCoco Horton
Coco, originally called Chico, went to live with Linda and John, their young Labrador and their cat.
DetailsKirra Davie
The very active Kirra lives happily in North Somerset with Alistair and his wife who are both keen runners. This gives Kirra all the exercise she craves.
DetailsHarry Doddrell
Harry is a 4yr old Labrador cross. He started off as a wee bit of a handful, especially where cats were concerned, but he now lives happily with Paul and family in Bristol next door to cats, who he ignores. He is also very much adored by their little boy who walked around the ring
DetailsJake Regula
Jake is a 2yr old retriever cross who went to Denise & Phil with lots of issues but his main hate was other DOGS. He still isn’t perfect but is very much better than he was. He was their first failed foster to be followed closely by another two.
DetailsConnor Smart
Connor, brother to Callan, lives with Liz, Chris and their three children in Kent.
DetailsGracie Woodall
Little Gracie, a supposed Labrador Cross, is a litter sister to Eddie Regula. She came over with him from Ireland as a tiny puppy. We all expected them to be Labrador sized but they have stayed quite small.
DetailsMillie Woodall
Millie is a 2yr old chocolate Labrador who lives with Sonia Woodall and her family. She gets on really well with the children and the other dogs, one of whom is Gracie, sister to Eddie Regula. She isn’t always the easiest of dogs but Sonia has worked really hard to make her into a great
DetailsBonnie Power
Bonnie was adopted by Eileen and Steve. She went to the 2006 Reunion but, unfortunately, Bonnie didn’t make it into the Parade. Nevertheless, it was lovely to see her there with her adopters, .
DetailsBarnaby Howard
Went to Rainbow Bridge 26.2.07 It was a very sad Barnaby who arrived from Ireland last year. but his new mum and dad put the smile back on his face bigtime for which we are really grateful to them. He became a very happy boy again, playing happily in their garden, but he has now
DetailsMax Hockridge
Max was originally called Buddy but this changed when he went to live with Mark in Devon.
DetailsBen Mowbray
2006 turned out to be a year of dogs called BEN so we tried to distinguish them by changing their names slightly. In this case we went for Denny. When he was adopted by Tanya and Craig, the inevitable happened and they reverted to Ben, their Bournemouth boy.
DetailsHugo Rodd
GOODBYE TO A WONDERFUL BOY (26.3.2019) A tearful Sandra has told us Hugo, her beloved ex foster dog, crossed Rainbow Bridge peacefully last night. We are so sorry to hear this sad news and send our heartfelt condolences to Jim and family. Jim had written to Sandra to say, “It is with huge sadness and
DetailsEllie Dagger
GOODBYE GORGEOUS GIRL (20.3.2018) Our beautiful Ellie has gone to Rainbow Bridge. She was gentle and behaved like a real lady to the very end, a fantastic ambassador for her breed as always. She had been about a year old, totally un-socialised and living with drug addicts in horrible conditions, when she was discovered by
DetailsCody Smith
DEVASTATING NEWS Went to Rainbow Bridge on 25 / 5 / 2007 Julia said, we had the worst news possible regarding Cody last week. He has leukaemia. It is apparently an aggressive form, which is in the advanced stages, so, unfortunately, there is nothing we can do. He is on steroids at the moment, but
DetailsCasey Flynn
GOODBYE TO A VERY SPECIAL BOY (23.3.2015) Gwen tells us Casey started his journey to Rainbow Bridge on the 23rd March at mid-day. He had had various health issues during the last 18 months – a vestibular attack and two rather nasty haemorrhagic gastroenteritis episodes, the last of which she wasn’t sure he was going to come
DetailsEbony Cooke
UPDATE on EBONY Fiona and Darren tell us “Originally called Bonnie, Ebony is such a lovely, easy dog and we cannot believe that she has been here almost a year now! She is still full of beans, which is great, and she has to have her 10 minute mad-skit around the garden first thing every
DetailsBen O’Donnell
WE WERE ALL SAD TO HEAR THE BAD NEWS (14.5.2015) In 2015, Ben was now 10yrs and had been a massive part of the family and a best friend to them all since his adoption early in 2006. Until very recently, he was still very active and could walk forever. Unfortunately, he had to have a tumour removed from
DetailsBella Watson
VERY SAD NEWS 14 July 2013 Nancy wrote to us with the very sad news that Bella crossed over the Rainbow Bridge this morning, at the grand old age of 15. She was adored by Nancy and Wally and she will be deeply missed. IRR can’t thank them enough for all the hard work they put into Bella and
DetailsWalter Heyer
Walter’s first home didn’t work out so he went to live with Diana down in Cornwall where he enjoyed a wonderful life. ORIGINAL HISTORY Walter had been fostered by Donna and Kids. He was perfect in every way and a wonderful House guest. Here he is asleep with Alex Walter went to his forever home
DetailsTwinkle Astor
GOODBYE TO A DEAR OLD LADY (20.1.2014) Dear old Twinkle was about 15yrs of age which is amazing and a testament to the wonderful life she had with her adopters considering, way back in 2006, she had been an unwanted ex breeding bitch who was covered in lumps that needed removing urgently. Sadly, old age
DetailsTom Tom Shore
VERY SAD NEWS DECEMBER 2013 Joan, who fostered Tom, told us that this lovely boy had gone to Rainbow Bridge. She and Brian have been in tears since hearing the news which has hit them especially hard as they are still suffering the loss of their own boy, Josh, who passed in February. They are taking comfort
DetailsHarry Rayner
UPDATE FROM EAST SUSSEX ON OUR HARRY (1.3.07) Sue said “I thought I would update you on Harry (originally called Todd) now that we have had him nearly a year, strange though, it feels as he has always been here! HARRY is just a most perfect dog, he is loving, mostly obedient, fun, and gentle,
DetailsSummer Scott-Miller
VERY SAD NEWS (12.3.2015) On 13th March, David told us “We had a very, very sad day yesterday as our beautiful girl Summer has left us for doggy heaven. She was our first IRR rescue from 2006 and she was the main reason for us wanting to help and foster. Bonnie has been very sad and lonely.” Our hearts go
DetailsPaddy Holling
2004 to 31 July 2014 OUR VERY HAPPY BOY HAS GONE (31.07.2014) Jonathan tells us they re-named him Paddy (from Ronan) shortly after adopting him. He was a very happy dog who had an amazing life but he, sadly, crossed the Bridge on 31st July 2014. He said “It broke our hearts to lose our friend” Paddy
DetailsOscar Billingham
UPDATE FROM MUM, SAM, FEB 09 Samantha said, “Nearly 3 years ago now that I adopted him having collected him from Clare, one of your fosterers in Essex. I still remember seeing his gorgeous face on the website!! Oscar, who was originally called Boris, is so happy with us and I am sure he was
DetailsMurphy O’Neill
MURPHY HAS CROSSED RAINBOW BRIDGE (27.11.2019) On 27th November, Murphy peacefully crossed Rainbow Bridge Ian and Carole shared the very sad news with their many IRR Facebook friends and, as is normal, they rallied around and did their best to comfort their grieving friends. HISTORY Murphy came from Ireland as a young lad and was
DetailsMolly Burdett
A FIRST CHRISTMAS WITHOUT MOLLY Christmas was very different without Molly even though she had always sulked at sight of a camera. The pups are learning new tricks, some similar to Kerry and Molly, which always brings a smile to my face remembering my girls. Love is, now, 17 months, Angel is 7 months and
DetailsMillie Woodall
Sonia told us “Millie came to us at the end of the Summer last year aged around 16/18 months. She has certainly been the challenge in our family. Because she was found as a stray in Ireland, she has always been, and always will be, a free spirit but, because of her sense of humour
DetailsKim Ward
UPDATE FROM ANDY DECEMBER ’08 Kim came to us with her 2 puppies, in a very poor state. The puppies should have been taken away from her weeks earlier, but were still suckling from her, draining what little energy she had left. The poor little thing had cystitis, and an infection of the womb. For a
DetailsJasper Whyte
Jasper, a 2yrs old dachshund, is owned and loved by Joy & Victor and is living happily in Oxfordshire with his two doggy friends. Sandie happened to be at training class when his owners arrived, handed over his lead and said that they were going on holiday and did not want him any more. They
DetailsJack Phillips
This is JACK relaxing in his new home in Surrey. His new mum, Christine, says Jack has been with me for 7 weeks now. He settled in straight away, deciding that the sofa should be his bed. Jack is a delight to be with. He is calm, affectionate and protective. His grace and agility in
DetailsGuy Hardy-King
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
DetailsGizmo Jefferey
A VERY SAD DAY AND THE END OF AN ERA (24.10.2018) On 24.10.2018, a devastated Steve and Pauline said a final goodbye to their lovely boy. It was at home and Gizzie slipped away peacefully. He had been letting them know it was his time and he was ready for his final journey. Gizzie and Sprocket went peacefully
DetailsCindy Bright
Andrew and Kate who live in Bath say “It is very safe to say that Cindy (was Georgie) has very much carved out her place in the family – we cannot imagine life without her at this point. She has benefited from significant amounts of discipline, still has a love of tea and bananas and
DetailsFlynn 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
DetailsFinn Smith
SAD NEWS (28 April 2015) Jackie says “It is with great sadness I have to tell you my boy Finn (once called Rufus) has gone to the Rainbow Bridge today. Cruelly, this gorgeous boy had cancer. He was such a special boy who was loved by everyone. Even today, he was still wagging his tail as he went in the river
DetailsCallan Grist
CALLAN IS ALL GROWN UP NOW At the 2007 September Reunion, Steve told us “Callan is about 2-yrs-old now and is a Retriever possibly crossed with a Staffie. He came over as a tiny pup with his brother Connor. Callan is, finally, starting to show signs of calming down now, he loves other dogs although
DetailsHUGO
HUGO HUGO GOODBYE TO A WONDERFUL BOY (26.3.2019) A tearful Sandra has told us Hugo, her beloved ex foster dog, crossed Rainbow Bridge peacefully last night. We are so sorry to hear this sad news and send our heartfelt condolences to Jim and family. Jim had written to Sandra to say, "It is with
DetailsBuster Peacock
MATTIE LOSES BUSTER (BOO) (EASTER 2017) Diane says “Buster left us in April 2017 and it was a terrible shock. It was very hard for us both and for Mattie who had never known a time without his brother. They were very popular dogs everywhere they went. The boys were given nicknames by Sylvia who
DetailsMolly Kendrew
GOODBYE BEAUTIFUL MOLLY (21.10.2017) Sue wrote to us on the evening of Sunday 22nd October 2017 with devastating news saying “Well, I didn’t expect to be writing another email to you quite so soon but, sadly, yesterday, we had to say “goodbye” to our beautiful girl, Molly. She had been poorly for the last
DetailsSam Foster
FAREWELL TO OUR WONDERFUL SAM (2003? – 31.8.2016) Diana, Sam’s grieving Mum says “ Sam, who was formerly called Dylan, came to me 10 years ago when you estimated his age to be three years. He settled down very quickly and was very happy when my young great grandchildren came to visit usually nestling up
DetailsBob Werner
THE SADDEST OF DAYS (15.8.2014) Helen and Manfred wrote to us to say: “It is with great sadness that I am writing to let you know that our beautiful boy has passed away. He had a brain tumour, which was operated on and the veterinary surgeon thought he was going to be all right. However,
DetailsShawnee Upton
SHAWNEE IS A FABULOUS GIRL The beautiful Shawnee is a young black Labrador who, now, lives in Durham and is owned and loved by Lesley and her family. She adores adults and children alike. Can you believe this beautiful girl was ever unwanted? Here she is having fun on the beach. MANY CONGRATULATIONS SHAWNEE. Everybody
DetailsGracie Woodall
THE TEENY WEENY LABRADOR Sonia told us “Gracie came to us as a little ball of fluff aged 9 weeks. She is supposed to be a Lab x but, even now, at the age of 15 months, we still do not know what breed she is crossed with! All we know is that she has
DetailsGilly Dracup
THE SADDEST OF NEWS (7.4.2010) We knew that Gilly was poorly but were still all absolutely devastated to receive this message from Nigel:- “We are so sorry to have to say that poor Gilly lost her battle with cancer yesterday (7.4.2010). She fought as long as she could and lived as happily as she could until we couldn’t
DetailsEmma Green
UPDATE FROM HER FOREVER HOME Nick and Ali said, “We collected Emma from the irreplaceable Andy and Val in March 2006. We did not know what to expect, all we knew was she was about a year old and someone had given her away to a pound in Ireland. We were sure there must
DetailsDaisy May Pike
Daisy May lives with Andrew and Rachel and their children in Wales and has settled in to home life superbly as can be seen.
DetailsConnie Bailey
CONNIE made friends with little Madra whilst in foster with Sandie in Ireland. Although we wondered if they may be destined to stay together, both girls found wonderful homes in different parts of the UK. UPDATE ON CONNIE Sarah and Steve said: At last I have finally got round to loading some photos of Connie
DetailsBilly Hull
THE SHOPPING MALL DOG Billy, the Labrador, was originally found wandering round a shopping centre as a youngster and no owner could be found. He was always a bit of a handful and was desperately seeking someone experienced enough to be able to cope with him. He always had boundless energy. After quite some time, Billy, eventually, found
DetailsDeano Parrott
UPDATE ON DEANO (was APOLLO) Terry told us “Having got Apollo home and introduced him to our other dog Sooty he has settled down well. His inoculation card showed his name as Deano and since he responded well to that name he is now “Deano aka Apollo !!!” He has the run of our
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