by NCCF Editor | Apr 9, 2018 | Losing a Pet
Though pets enrich our lives greatly, their time that they share with us is much too short. The life span of most dogs and cats range from 10-14 years. Some live much longer and others are taken from our lives much too soon. The past few weeks have been sad for close...
by NCCF Editor | Jan 24, 2018 | Losing a Pet
I went to the park Friday to visit a just-departed friend. The sun shone high in the brittle winter sky. A few inches of snow lay underfoot. It was her kind of day. I called her Big Dog and Monkey and mostly, Monk. The Monk. Her given name was Lucy. Lucy was kind and...
by NCCF Editor | Dec 11, 2017 | Losing a Pet
There are emotional flashpoints throughout the year when you’re grieving the passing of a loved one. The first birthday, the first anniversary, the first anything. And Christmas is of course a huge hurdle if it is your first without a familiar face. For animal lovers...
by NCCF Editor | Nov 7, 2017 | Losing a Pet
21-year-old Amy Thompson and her parents Pete and Sharon, from Solihull, recently lost their ten-year-old dog to cancer. The Thompson family had had Archie since he was just 4 months old. At the age of 10, Archie fell ill, and was really poorly for a couple of weeks....
by NCCF Editor | Oct 2, 2017 | Losing a Pet
Mark Sullivan of Argentine Township remembers very well the last day on earth that he was able to spend with his dog, Brandy, a German shepherd who was 10½ years old at the time and riddled with cancer and arthritis. “I stayed home from work and called the vet in the...
by NCCF Editor | Sep 25, 2017 | Losing a Pet
A dog owner has been left heartbroken after her beloved pooch died of canine cancer after months of treatment. Delphi McWilliam was forced to say goodbye to Penny, her six-year-old labradoodle, after she stopped responding to chemotherapy in April. Penny underwent...
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