A sad day

The 21st of June was a sad day, our old border collie cross, Ace, was found unable to get up and in pain we took her to the vet in the hopes it would be a simple problem and easily fixed-unfortunately she had broken the bone between her elbow and shoulder, we had to decide if we wanted to operate or put her to sleep. It was a hard decision wether to put her through a major operation which would involve long recoveries and maybe leave her in pain anyway, she was an old dog and I think she would not have wanted to go through a operation having never had a sick day in her 18 years, nonetheless it was incredibly difficult to decide to let her go. She now rests in peace on the farm under the pines, forever the young active dog I'll remember. We'll miss tripping over her (as she was always right behind you), watching her try to control the milking flock (much to their mixed amusement and disgust) and most of all we'll miss her constant steady presence around the farm. So if you visited whilst she was here take a moment to remember her, a wise old soul with not a bad bone in her body.

She will be missed.

Vanessa