HI, IT'S ME SABRE. I WAS ONLY 8 WEEKS OLD HERE. CUTE LITTLE DEVIL ARN'T I?. JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT FREDDIE HAS WASHED ALL THE MALES NEVER ONCE TRIED TO WASH THE GIRLS BOY, DIDN'T I GROW UP TO BE A BEAUTY. ( BIG HEAD) I AM NOT AFRAID 0F THE BOMBFIRE EITHER. TAKEN NOVEMBER 5TH 1999

Sabre

Born: January 28, 1995

Died: October 16, 2000

Howdy all, I'm Sabre the little white thing that Heidi told you about. She didn't like me at first but with MY looks I soon got round her.
I suppose I was a bit of a terror, I loved chasing her around her the garden, one day I ran too fast and couldn't stop and I ended up in mum's fish pond, boy did I smell until mum washed me.

By the bomb fire on Nov 5th, mum said I looked good in the glow of the fire, (Heidi and I were never afraid of fireworks, mum made us feel safe ). One taken of me with mum's cousin john ( give us a kiss John ) and the other one, well, you know what it's like when people go and visit their friends, they are there for so long, I thought I would take a nap. I was born on Jan 28th 1995 and I was only 5 when I came to the bridge on 16th October 2000.

I was fine, never felt better, played in the garden with Heidi but when I went indoors I sat down and buy, did I cry, I couldn't sit down it hurt so much, couldn't lie down either. mum took me to the vet and he said that one of my testicles was inverted, ( that means it was inside instead of out ), Ian ( the vet ) asked mum to leave me with them and they would sedate me so's they could have a good feel around. Later Ian rang mum and asked if she would let them castrate me and she said yes. Well when they opened me up they found that even though I had shown no signs of any pain or discomfort at all I had cancer, it had adhered itself to my muscles and bones and they could do nothing about it, I was going to die within a few days. Mum was told that she could either have me home for my last few day's or let me go then. Mum chose to have me with her after she was assured that all I would feel was the after surgery discomfort, no pain at all.

I stayed with mum for 6 day's and then I got up on her lap on the Monday and told her it was time, I wanted to go to Rainbow Bridge . Mum kissed me and said, alright my darling, I will let you go because I love you. I kissed her on her cheek and the tears were rolling down her face. I know she was going to miss me and I knew Heidi would miss me too as we had become like mother and son. I play with Rebel, Beckie and Blackie and we all have such fun.

Jo Somerset - Bristol, United Kingdom