Hi Maria,
He s gone now, he was such a good boy at the vet. He died in Troy s arms, just looking at us with those beautiful eyes, he knew.
They said he would have only lasted 3-6months, and I m so glad he still looked so well and I don t have last memory of him being very sick.
When I read your stories on Woo, Troy and I laugh cause Fletch was exactly the same. He used to love scaring the pants of someone then look back at us, like how was that. When he went to the vet for something and the vet had to give him a sedative and the vet couldn t believe he was still standing, he was sitting there licking Troy s face. The vet said to Troy, my god I should be able to do minor surgery with this amount so he had to give him more. Troy couldn t stop laughing. But Fletch hated vets with a passion. He d give them a look out the corner of his eye (I ll remember you next time I come here). He adored Troy so much, reminds me of that photo of you and woo on the website. He would sit as close as he could to Troy and look back at him with those big eye s, I d kill for you. Max and Lacy are asking for him, he was so wonderful with them. Troy s mum always said she worried at first but she couldn t believe how gentle and patient he was for such a big boy.
What can I say but he was the perfect package in every way. He was so so loyal, so gentle when you gave him food, so very protective and the best sense of humour. He knew the days the kids go to kindie, cause those were the days we spent together. If I took too long getting home, he would wait at the gate and when I got home he would stand around the back and wait for me to open the door, and boy would he tell me off. He d follow me around until I grabbed the lead, he loved walks. We still did that up until 2weeks ago can you believe it. In a matter of 4 days we had to help him stand up he lost all his confidence and needed us to help him. We gave him a couple of days thinking he would have come good, cause it costs us around $700 to get him x-rayed and we don t take him there unless it s absolutely necessary. We had to wait the weekend before they could x ray his leg, and Troy even took him to SASH which is a very well known vet hospital in Western Sydney on Saturday night but they just gave medication. We were told Tuesday afternoon that he had cancer in his leg and some spots on his lungs. They were going to do it there and then, but Troy couldn t not let us see him to say goodbye. Troy s mum took the kids for the night and Troy and I sat with him the whole night and didn t sleep and gave him his favourite things. He meant the world to us.
Thank again Maria, you gave us a very special boy. R.I.P True Blue Fletch. We ll never forget you.
Thank you for keeping in touch, I will send you some recent photos of Fletch. He was still looking great, until yesterday we d still hear people say "what a beautiful dog" and he was. I ll still be checking your website like always.
Take care Maria I ll send those photos soon
Regards
Hi Maria,
I’ve been going through my photos of Fletch, and thought I’d send you some of my favourites. As you can tell he was wonderful with the kids, especially max whom he knew the longest. I have a couple more that I’ll send you soon. I’ve kept all of our emails in one BIG folder along with all of his stuff, we had a laugh reading some emails from me asking your advise on various issues when Fletch was a bit naughty. You were so spot on with everything you said about Fletch even though you weren’t there. Everything about him, we couldn’t believe it. He was exactly how you described he would be, with people/strangers/us.
You were so right when you told me I had a dog in hundreds, he’d be a handful but well worth it in the end (Worth it and then some), and I was so proud of him, and he would have died at our feet before anyone would have hurt us.
We do want to get another dog, they have big shoes to fill. So if you think you’ve got a pup that we would like, you must tell me. We thought we might get a neo?? I’m not sure what your situation is, but if it were to happen I want to fly up and meet you and hopefully you’ll have some pups I can look at. I’m not jumping the gun and rushing, I just wanted you to know as these things don’t happen overnight.
I’ll send the other photos soon. Hope you like them
RIP FLETCH
The hardest part of breeding is the sadness you feel when time comes to put down a favourite dog or you get that saddest of all emails to say a much loved pet has died or been put down,
This is a little of the life of Fletch that I would like to share with you, about a great dog, a son of Woo and a brother to Shooter, who has now also left us.
Fletch had bone cancer, he had lived a long life for a big dog and had it not been for his cancer would have lived a lot longer.
I have included the last emails form his owners, the last of many regarding Fletch for they always kept in touch over the years, and will continue to do so, for they will, in due course when the right pup is born, get another dog, for that is the only thing to do when you are a dog loving family.
Maria.
Email from owners of Fletch below.
Enjoy these photos sent in by his owners, Fletch was an adult by the time the children were born, great care was taken in introducing him to them, the result was an unbelievable bonding,
Fletch never resented these new babies but loved them as much as if he had been reared with them from puppyhood.
Fletch is a crbon copy of his father Woo ( Tru Blu Whoa Bullocks)