Welcome to the RWA Remembrance Page A
Welcome to the RWA Remembrance Page A
These page are dedicated to all those Rottweiler who have gone to Rainbow Bridge. All Rottweilers are welcome to be on this page whether they were rescued or not but to be able to continue our work, the RWA needs support so any voluntary donation would be very welcome, but not essential to include your dog here. Just write a few words or a short poem about your friend, along with a picture and email them to rottwelfare25@tiscali.co.uk. Not got a scanner? Don't worry, email us and we will send you an address so you can send the photos. We will then scan them and put them on our remembrance page. We cannot unfortunately return any photos sent.
CHARLIE
Our daughter Laura was 4 years old when you first met her as a
small, grumpy, miserable pup and it was love at first sight. You lived at her nans house and whenever she was there
you were always at her side. As you grew older, so did your tantrums when Laura left
you to come home; weekends were the worst. Laura then asked if you could “sleep”. What a mistake that was to agree to. As your stays got longer so did your tantrums at Laura’s
Nan's house, you chewed your bed, you barked constantly if you couldn’t be with Laura.
It got harder and harder to get you in the car to take you back
home because home to was Laura. So the decision was made that you would come and live
with us. And so your story continued........ If Laura was upset
or had hurt herself, we found find her with her arms around your
neck, crying into your fur “Oh Charlie”. If we left you in the kitchen and Laura was watching television,
you would bark so she couldn’t hear “Oh Charlie”. You would
sneak past us and bound upstairs and straight into Laura’s
bedroom and pinch a teddy bear and run like hell “Oh Charlie”.
If Laura was playing outside so were you.
If she was in her playhouse, so were you “Oh Charlie,
get out”, chasing the quad bike “Oh Charlie, get out of the
way”, or throwing a moon hopper around your head “Oh Charlie,
you’ve popped it”, you were always there (if she liked it or
not). If Laura was playing hoop you would play to, “Oh Charlie,
mum tell him, he’s pinched the ball”. Your favourite past-time
with Laura was trampolining. First it was a small Tigger Trampoline, you would stand
behind her waiting for your turn as she bounced with all her
might. When she was
finished, you would show how it was supposed to be done; you
would sprint around the garden, gather speed, time your take-off
carefully, jump, bound and land straight into a spring and off
you’d go again. The only
trouble was you were getting bigger and heavier and one day you
were on your 5th sprint round the garden and you
jumped, landed on the trampoline and went straight through it, “
Oh Charlie, Mum he’s broke my trampoline”. Next came the 8ft
trampoline and you thought it was all your Birthdays come at
once. You were able to jump on this trampoline at the same time as Laura.
She had long blonde hair flying everywhere; you were all
jowls and legs. There were so many “Oh Charlie’s”. You would
chew every dog bed you had, so we gave you on old quilt off
Laura’s bed, and you never once chewed those quilts (we bought
her a new quilt when you needed a new bed).
As you got older we decided perhaps you needed a bit more
comfort, so we spent a fortune on an enormous cushioned dog bed.
After a week, we thought you’d out grown eating dog beds,
but no, one evening we thought it had been snowing in the
kitchen, you’d pulled every last bit of stuffing out of your
bed, “Oh Charlie”. You would truffle with your nose and come
in with a mound of dirt that big at the end of your nose, we
wondered how you could see “Oh Charlie”. Farting “Oh Charlie”.
Eating house plants “Oh Charlie”. Running into the
kitchen and skidding straight into wall, cupboard, door or
someone knee, “Oh Charlie”. Waiting at the oven door for stew
and dumplings Oh Charlie”. There were so many things you did,
so many quirks to your character, so much to you “Oh Charlie”.
But your story was going to be cruelly cut short and the final
chapter was to be read.
We returned from a week's holiday and as soon as we saw you, we
knew something was wrong.
The vet did blood tests and a scan, and from one look we knew we
weren’t going to be taking you back home that day.
They fetched you back into the consultation room, half of
your belly had been shaved and you were still sedated.
They lay you on the pink Hanna Montana blanket off
Laura’s bed, we all lay with you so say our goodbyes; to tell
you what a brave boy you were and that we loved you so much and
that we were so sorry to let you go. As you took your final breaths, Laura was laying behind
you, her arms around your neck, sobbing into your fur as she
always done, and the last words you heard were from a
heartbroken 11 year old “Oh Charlie”. Charlie died on 5th
August 2010 at approx 13:16.He was pts due to liver cancer weighing approx 48 kilos
after losing 5 kilos in 1 week.He wasn’t a fluffy little lap dog but an intact
Rottweiler male. He was
the best friend a little girl had. He was there for her through infant and junior school but
didn’t make it to see her to senior school which she started the
following month. His
ashes are now in her room; wrapped in his bandana, next to her
while she sleeps.
ROXY
This is our beautiful girl roxy,
she was a rescue dog from the RSPCA. we don't know her history
before we were chosen by her to be her new owners. she died
suddenly on the 17/04/2011. she gave us so much love and
happiness that there is now such a void that we are struggling
to fill. she loved her food and going for a walk, she loved our
niece and nephew coming to stay with us, she could not walk past
the local school at play time without wanting to be in the play
ground her self. so much love it could never be replaced. love
you and miss you our little girl, so much.
WHEN MY LIFE ON EARTH IS SPENT
AND I STAND AT HEAVENS GATE
I HAVE NO FEAR OF LONELINESS
FOR HERE, I KNOW, ROXY WILL WAIT
MAISIE
"Our beautiful
Maisie - we met and fell in love with you in March 2009 after
the RWA rescued you from a miserable and unloved existence.
We only got to spend 2 years with you before having to make the
most horrible decision of all, that you would best be put
to rest, on 25 April 2011. You were the most sweet natured
Rott we have ever come across, despite the awfulness of your
first 9 years, and we're glad that we had the time to show
you how happy life could be and how very much you were loved.
You curled yourself around our hearts and we will never, ever,
forget you, and are so glad to have known you." Tony and Julie
KUMA
"Rest in Peace"
My beautiful
girl
Kyra
June 2000 - 4th April
2010
Meet my Ky. She adopted me in May
2003 purely by chance. My friend was adopting her from a couple
that had rescued her from a scrap yard and had owned her for 6
month. I offered to pick her up in Notts where I lived at the
time and take her to my friends in Bedfordshire. After our
journey with a stop for a walk, Kyra had decided I was her owner
and never left my side. She loved people, they were a source of
food and fuss which she liked a lot. Ky had to learn a few
manners but fortunately learnt them fast. Very intelligent
breed! Ky had a small problem of throwing up on a regular basis,
she was never off her food or subdued, she just threw up.
Usually at 3am! Over the years she attended 3 different vets
with this problem and also had unexplained pain on occasion.
Nothing was found or resolved. Her nick name was puke girl! On
the 2nd April 2010 she went off her food (first time ever!) and
wouldn't move. The vet took bloods, she had something called
Addison's Disease, she wasn't producing a hormone properly.
Symptoms are vomiting and joint pain. She was in crisis and
didn't respond to steroid treatment, she slipped away. I have a
lot of what ifs! Words can not express how much I miss her.
Walking holidays are not the same without her chasing crows and
finding the muddy pools. RIP my beautiful girl Tanya
TILLY
Tilly came to my
partner in 1999. I met her in 2003 and was very wary at first.
However she has proved to be a wonderful companion and playmate
to our daughter born in 2004. She has been a 'big teddy bear'
and very much loved by us all. Sadly on 21st July 2011 we had to
make the decision to let her go to sleep due to an illness. She
is sadly missed by us all but her memory will always be in our
hearts. Good night to our special friend Tilly. Frank
Troy Reeves
3 Nov 2007 - 16 August 2011
God bless mate although rescued by us ( from another kennel) you
were a great but sensitive big man.