21/08/2026
ROXY: Aug 2016 to Aug 2026
(adopted Feb 2024)
Today we had to say goodbye to the beautiful, funny, clever, force of nature, that was Roxy. Hard to know what to say as words are just not enough. Life will be very dull without her unique spark.
It has been quite a shocking week. She was on strict rest as we were at the beginning of an investigation into a slight limp which we feared would turn out to be a partial cruciate ligament tear.
The cooler morning we had last Saturday brought out her unstoppable enthusiasm for life and she had a brief case of zoomies in our small garden, which ended in her collapsing and screaming πππ
Xrays showed it was even more serious than that. She had bone cancer and her leg was so compromised by the tumour that it had fractured.
With the really poor prognosis of such an aggressive cancer, and with her leg not being fixable, we made the hardest decision to put her to sleep.
We had her home and relatively comfortable on pain relief for the last few days, which have been filled with so much love from us and her extended family. And LOTS of treats (possibly the bit she enjoyed best!).
She went peacefully at home after devouring cheese brought by the lovely vet who came to help us say goodbye. Her final few minutes of consciousness were very very happy.
Gone far too soon. Never ever forgotten.
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