13th Anniversary Of Billy Beardie Travelling To The Bridge 😔






 Can I just say that I have absolutely no idea why the smart meter read nearly £3 this morning when normally it would only be 90p. Nix seems to think it’s something to do with having the door wide open all night but I don’t see it myself as I was very snug in my bed in front of the open door. It wasn’t as cold as Nix will try to make out apart from the boardwalk which to be fair was a bit icy. Anyway we only have one more night of it being a tad chilly and then we’re back to summer again 🙂😎





Today we have been to Hove Park to celebrate the life of Billy, Nix’s last Beardie. It’s 13 years today since he went to the rainbow bridge and he used to love Hove Park. He was already quite old when Nix moved from London to Hove so he didn’t get to see quite so much of the local scenery. I think Nix did take him to Devil‘s Dyke once but he couldn’t really walk very far. When Nix took me to Devils Dyke for the first time I followed a family right down to the bottom of the Dyke and Nix followed me. When she tried to get back up to the top, she didn’t think she’d ever be able to manage it. She had visions of an air ambulance having to collect her because it was so steep. She did get to the top but trust me, it took a long time and she swore never ever to go down a hill like that ever again. 






Nix will add some photos of Billy, for some reason he got a professional photo shoot which I’ve never had. Nix said it was because she wrote an article about her fight with the vets about getting him diagnosed with autoimmune disease and it got printed in Dogs Today magazine. They sent a photographer and Billy and Nix were able to pose and get their pictures taken together. I’d like to do that with Nix one day maybe. 






She also found an old video of him getting in their fish pond. It’s not very good quality but his descent into the pond is impressive for an old boy. He used to do that after every afternoon walk apparently…I think we’d have got on 😇




https://youtu.be/ur-duz7Ugkg?si=SuKU1ZhtzRBoH-xS


















Comments

  1. VickieNovember 20, 2024 at 12:15 PM

    I am glad to hear your cold weather will be ending soon. Ours will be here tomorrow for 3 days or so, then not so cold. We may have a bit of snow mixed with rain tonite and tomorrow. I think you and Nix should have a professional photo taken together. The photos of Billy are lovely, he was a handsome boy as are you Fripp!!!! I do think you and Billy would have gotten along. Have a wonderful, restful evening. Hugs and kisses xxxxoooo

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

It’s My Birthday Tomorrow 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Image
 We’ve not done a lot today. Nix has been dozing off at various times and to be honest, I’ve been asleep too. It’s quite nice actually not having anything to do. Nix has been working on the church log book so there was lots of tutting, mainly because she couldn’t remember where she’d put anything. Just in case you were wondering, the log book is an account of everything that is added to the church or taken away or repaired. Eventually Nix will fill in the actual document with special ink that doesn’t fade so it will be there for future generations to read.  We did go to the Rec this afternoon as I did need a little walk but we didn’t stay too long, it was very cold. It was also very muddy but not to worry, most of it will fall off tomorrow in time for my birthday 🙂 Speaking of my birthday, I have received quite a lot of presents and cards which is very exciting. At the moment we are waiting for my birthday cake to be delivered, it’s a vanilla sponge with raspberry cream. I sh...
Read more

RIP Fripp 5.1.2010 - 8.2.25 😪

Image
  RIP Fripp 5.1.2010 - 8.2.25 My darling Fripp has crossed the bridge 😪 He passed very peacefully this afternoon in a lovely special room with a bed for him and a sofa for me. I am okay, I think, and I know time will heal.  A little bit about my gorgeous boy…he was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease when he was 7. He did really well on his home cooked diet but when he was eight he developed autoimmune thrombocytopenia due to some meds he was given…not by Bron. He went on a high dose of steroids, lost a lot of his coat with his gorgeous tail being almost bald. He survived the disease and went on to become strong but always with the kidney disease in the background.  Some months later he got sick again and went into kidney failure. He spent a week at North Downs Referrals where they discovered his ureter was blocked with a stone and so he received a subcutaneous ureteral bypass from his kidney to his bladder. He was one of the first dogs to get it and I’m told he has be...
Read more

For All Of Fripp’s Followers 🙂

Image
 Hi everyone I am still recovering from losing Fripp but I do realise that he had many thousands of followers on various platforms. I have decided to repeat his blog again going back to the first post which was March 2020! You will be able to see them on Facebook only, either on my own page which is public (Nix Cuthell) or on The Adventures of Fripp also on Facebook. Thank you all for staying strong for me 🙏
Read more