Connie Dagger

A VERY SAD DAY FOR ELLIE and VAL (16.10.2017)

Little Connie was a lovely, gentle, sweet natured girl who was loved by everyone who met her. She had a wonderful long life with Val who adored her and, from 2006, with Ellie who became her best friend.

She was 14yrs and, for most of her life, she had been extremely fit and healthy but, in her last two years, despite several surgeries, she did keep getting recurring tumours. She was always a very brave girl and never really seemed to let her medical problems and rehabilitation bother her but, sadly, her age was always going to be against her.

Without a care in the world, Connie had been happily playing ball with Val and Ellie in the morning and, during the evening, she had her usual very rough play with Mr Rabbit who had even managed landing in the fire on more than one occasion through his life.

Then, completely out of the blue, in the very late evening of Monday 16th October, Connie suffered from a massive stroke. This was terrifying for both Val and Ellie but, thankfully, Connie wouldn’t have known anything about it.

Eventually, the vet on call came but, sadly, given her age and medical history, there was no realistic option other than to calmly and gently put Connie to sleep with Val at her side.

Val and Ellie said their sad “goodbyes” to her and Connie was taken to be cremated at the local Pet Cemetery. Her ashes are going to stay in Connie’s special place in the house.

Poor Val is utterly devastated and devoted Ellie is doing her best to comfort her mum.

This picture is of Connie in 2005 with her friends, Danny, Sammy, Jilly May, Eddie, Ricky, Freddie and Barney. For sure, Connie will now be happily reunited with all of them at Rainbow Bridge.

Fly with the other angels, little Connie  xx