Jaro passed away on Friday morning last week after 6 years of sharing his life and love with us.
He was a constant companion and a best friend for both of us - and it has been incredibly difficult to come to terms with his loss.
It has been even harder because of the timing. We had been away for 2 weeks holiday, and he was boarded with our vets - he needed daily attention to be expressed and have medication for his bladder problems, so he had to stay with them.
We got back from holiday late on Thursday night, and were just going to phone the vets to arrange to pick him up on Friday morning after their surgery hours, when they phoned us. Jaro had had breathing diffuculties that morning, they did all they could, but he passed away.
We were so close to seeing him again, a matter of about 30 minutes - and it hurt so much that we didn't get to see him before he left. we never got the chance to say goodbye, or to hold him. We picked him up and brought him home.
It has left us feeling particularly guilty too, that he may have felt abandoned by us.
Jaro had had bladder problems amongst other things, and we had been manually expressing him every day - which he always hated, but afterwards he would sit on Pams lap for ages for nose scratches and strokes - it brought him even closer to us.
Despite his health problems, he always seemed so happy. He always seemed to have a smile. The photo above was taken when he was about 6 moths old, but that smile was always there.
He was bouncing around on the sofa and playing chase the last time we saw him. The vets said he was fine the day before he went, still bright.
It has been so difficult, everywhere we look at home, there are memories of him. He was free to roam upstairs, on our bed, under it, on the sofa etc. and he was such a part of our life.
He was so special to us, the inital shock has worn off but it has left such an emptiness.
Thank you so much Jaro ........
http://www.midnight-raven.co.uk/jaro/jaro.html
You are so missed, run free little one
Martin + Pam