Paddy 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 (formerly Ronan) was a one-off. He had such an incredibly unique and special  personality. He was cheeky at times but was always very loyal and very well behaved. We could take him anywhere and often did. He came with us on trips all over the country staying in hotels, going on boats and people would always stop us in the street to tell us how handsome our dog was. He loved the attention. He loved nothing more than being fussed and cuddled and would often look up at you if you stopped fussing him with a look of “why have you stopped?”. 

He loved his food, like most retrievers do, and will be greatly missed by our entire family. Paddy was diagnosed with a Melanoma Tumour in March 2014 and passed away at his home, surrounded by all who loved him, on Thursday 31st July 2014. After fighting for a couple of weeks longer than the vets said he would, it was time to let him to go to sleep and be at rest.”