When I began writing this blog, I had no idea how personal some of what I’d write might be. This is an issue that bloggers face. I assumed that I would write relatively spontaneously about various things that came to mind about GertrudeandAlice and my relationship with them over a period of almost 25 years- personal insights, but not really personal.
About a week ago, however, we had to put our nine year old English Springer Spaniel Ollie to sleep after a very sudden and unexpected illness. So this post will be quite personal.
Dogs are family and the sadness and loss felt when they are gone and the tears shed for them are family tears.
The French poodles, Basket I and II and the two chihuahuas, Byron and Pépé were an integral part of GertrudeandAlice’s family. The Springer Spaniel, Oliver, Ollie for short, was an integral part of ours.
Ollie, summer 2009
