Merry Christmas

As I blogged previously, Watson started to lose strength in his back legs in April. By mid-May he was finding it difficult to stay upright.

His quality of life reduced to the point where we decided that he had reached his final destination and called the vet. She came and with gentle care put him to sleep. He was almost 15, which for a Labrador is a good age.

We said that we wouldn’t think about getting another dog for at least 6 months. However, it turns out that both Martin and I were scanning the web secretly, and Martin came across Ollie, an 8-year-old rescue dog. We decided to adopt him, and he has been settling into his new home for the past two months. Here he is…