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...
by NCCF Editor | Aug 31, 2017 | Losing a Pet
He was there, and then he wasn’t. The whole thing was like a wisp of a breeze brushing past me on a frisky, spring day. Yet the relationship lasted nearly 12 years. That’s what it felt like when Darby, my sweet-beyond-words Lhasa Apso, passed from life in my arms last...
by NCCF Editor | Jul 3, 2017 | Losing a Pet
At 14 years old, Barky, our family dog, had survived cancer and blood disease thanks to a combination of heroic veterinary efforts and just plain good luck. Then, she developed congestive heart failure. Congestive heart failure is a terrible condition. The dog’s...
by NCCF Editor | May 3, 2017 | Losing a Pet
A best-selling Yorkshire author has channeled the anguish of losing her cherished dog to cancer into her latest novel. Chris Burn speaks to Milly Johnson about the unusual tribute. It is a heartbreaking moment that animal lovers get to know only too well – the...
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