Sad news. :+(

 On Monday, August 23, I had to make the agonizing decision to lay Gabriel to rest.  It was a very difficult day but Gabe was not doing well over the weekend and I took him to my vet on Monday morning.  Thankfully, they got me in right away and upon examination by Dr. Kelleher, he thought maybe the abcess in his mouth might have been the reason for his lack of appetite. However blood work showed his kidneys were actually shutting down and he was in a lot of pain.  With lots of tears and hugs from my vet and staff, Gabriel was brought home to rest in our garden.

Gabriel was a delightful little man who was so stoic and loving.  We knew from the onset that his life would be short but I never expected it to only last six months.  We were lucky that his time with us was full of love and care.  Four grand-daughters lavished him with pats and giggles all summer.  He swam in our pool, took obedience classes and entertained Clary's litter.  Be at peace little one.  

Gabriel and Bellamy had a fun visit. :+)

 Yesterday, Bellamy's guardian invited Gabe and I over for some tea and a playdate for the pups.  I do believe they recognized each other and had such fun chasing, wrestling, biting and expending lots of energy.  Sally and I enjoyed our tea and watching them play.  :+)

I was so pleased to see that Gabriel was not much smaller than Bellamy at all - he has gained weight and grown quite a bit!  

After our fun visit (THANK YOU Sally!), Gabe and I went to a nursery center to pick out some plants.  Gabe was such a hit there I could hardly push our cart to make some choices.  :+) He LOVED all the attention from old, young, male or female - he was in heaven.  

After such an eventful morning, Gabe took a long nap once home.

'I NEED SOME WATER'.

YUM!

'I REMEMBER YOU'!

'CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!

'SAY UNCLE, GABE!'

NAP TIME.  :+)

They had so much fun and I am sure we will do this again!  :+)

Gabriel misses his buddies!

 I hope everyone is doing pretty well.  I know the first few days can be a bit daunting.  Gabriel  misses his buddies but I am also getting him use to our home and other doodles which is going as expected - some are fine and others have their noses tweaked.  This too shall pass as he meshes into our household.  He did sleep last night with a few stuffed animals for comfort which I was happy about.

I just wanted to post a couple of pics of him since he was not posted on the AnnaBlog on Go Home Day.

Outside watching the 'girls'.

Gunny is being quite tolerant of him 'hanging' around.

That face!!