It's sad to read so many hounds going to rainbow bridge of late but my big brindle boy, John (page 20 Lucky Ones) is going to join them on Tuesday, when he will be helped on his way after a seven month fight with bone cancer.

John came into my life in December 2007 aged 5 and weighing in at a heavyweight 40kg but he was a gentle giant who loved nothing better than to snooze on the couch. I am sure Celia and Jimmy will remember him for his habit of lifting his food dish and carrying it around with him, leaving a dinner trail behind him.

He will leave a massive hole in my life as he has always been such a character but I will always remember him with great fondness and in the knowledge he will soon be free from pain and running once again at rainbow bridge.

Anji x

Hi Anji,

It totally sucks, doesn't it! We had the same situation just under a year ago so I know where you are just now, and how difficult it is. Making the decision to free them from their pain I think is the last gift we can give them. I am sure John has had a wonderful time with you, and the retirement every hound dreams of.

He sounds like a real character and you're going to have so many happy memories of your time together. I hope that you are able to make the most of the next few days.

I will be thinking of you both on Tuesday.

Karen

Oh so sorry to hear your news about John, but you know it is the right decision and he will go to the bridge with love for you in his heart and will always be looking down on you pain free.

Will be thinking of you over the next few days

Kaz

So So sorry to hear the sad news about John, we totally understand what a stressful and depressing time you are going through the at present

. Having gone through the same twice in the past year, we think of the good times and take comfort in the fact we did not let our DUKE and SALLY suffer, and they both slept peacefully away

Our thoughts are with you over the next few days, and love to John as takes that final run to meet all the other hounds over the " Rainbow Bridge "

Please give the big lad kisses and cuddles from all of us...!!!

John & Janice and RUBY ....xxx

Such sad news, Anji, yet another trooper taken in 2016. He put up a great fight to survive 7 months after diagnosis, so he clearly wasn't for losing his lovely life with you too soon. We wish you strength when you release him from pain on Tuesday and he goes to join the other "16's heroes" on the other side.

Hi Anji.
We are so terribly sorry to hear about big John going to cross Rainbow Bridge on Tuesday.
We remember when you first got him. The first time he was left alone he collected pots, TV changers and all sort of things in his bed. None were damaged, he just wanted to make sure that you came back to him.
He was a super giant with a super giant lovely nature.
Please, please give him a super cuddle from his Auntie and Uncle before he goes on Tuesday.
Goodbye beautiful big boy.
Celia and Jimmy.

My brave little soldier has left for the bridge this afternoon, he had a bad morning so he was helped on his way today but he will be home for good tomorrow when we have his ashes back.

Thank you for all your comments.

Run free at the bridge big lad until we meet again, you will be forever in my heart and memories.

Anji

Hi Anji,
Having lost out Billy last weekend to a tumour in his lung we can only syphathize and admire you.
You are making the kindest decision a loving pet owner can make for their beloved pet in their time of need. For us It was easier than we expected because we knew we were taking Billy's pain away forever.

Billy also a brindle a Hero of 16 will be there waiting with John's name to attach to John's forever collar at the Rainbow Bridge. Billy has been there a week now so he knows where everything is and he will show his fellow Beautiful Brindle where everything is and where to go in this beautiful for ever place.

John had a great life and he will thank you for giving him a lovely loving home. Hope John passed peacefully into Billy's care at the gates to Rainbow Bridge.

Run free John and R.I.P Beautiful Baby Boy.

Thanks to Nellie Doodles for this image a forever couch for John



Thinking about on this very sad day for you.
George, Morag & Lassie

So sorry to read this. It's never easy losing such a good friend, and I can only begin to imagine how tough the weekend must have been knowing what would happen today

I was thinking about you both today, I am glad he passed peacefully and his pain has gone.

Thank you everyone for your comments.

I don't doubt John was ready to go, as I cuddled and comforted him before he left for rainbow bridge, he rested his head on my shoulder and went peacefully. It amazes me the trust he had in me right to the very end.

I can't help but miss the big goofball, he stole my heart.

Anji x

Oh Anji, my heart goes out to you today and we all send you lots of cuddles and our deepest sympathy, knowing what it must have been like for you over the weekend and especially today. Your beautiful boy will now be pain free and running happily with all the other fur babies who have gone over the Rainbow Bridge over the last couple of weeks. My heart has been broken at the amount of these beautiful creatures who have had to leave us, over such a very short time. I seem to be crying every day for them and their mummies and daddies and for the little girl that Celia and Jimmy lost too. What a sad time it has been for you all. I am feeling the same pain now for all you mummies and daddies, that I felt when we lost our big beautiful Leo to cancer so suddenly in 2014. It just shows you how much love we have for our fur babies, even the ones who belong to other people. Once you love one Greyhound, you love them all. Lots of love and cuddles to you Anji. Liz, Richard, Squeek, Spot & Carrie xxxxx

We're so very, very sorry Anji.
RIP big boy. You were a huge greyhound with a huge loving heart and nature.
Auntie Celia and Uncle Jimmy.

Hi Anji
I am so sorry to hear about big John. Mary and I had the pleasure of walking him in the old days at Kinghorn.
He was a lucky boy to find such a good mum and I hope that you can smile every time you think about him as he must have given you such beautiful memories.
Regards
Norman And Mary

Thank you Norman. I remember the day I got him, it wasn't planned but having lost Charlie, my son walked in, saw John and said 'he looks just like Charlie' and as it transpired they were siblings. John was my dog, my shadow and the house seems so empty without him.

Anji x