Sponsored in memory of some of the most beautiful "people" that have played a huge part in my life.
To our dearest Elsa and Gemma, both taken from us far too soon, and our dearest Gubby taken a week short of his 13th birthday. We think
of them every day and have our little Millie who is now 12 to comfort us.
With the love we have for them they will never really leave us but be in our hearts forever.
Casey
Hi Stacey and Cheryl
Wanted to say Casey passed away peacefully 😞 😪 we are heartbroken 💔 we have been so blessed from the day we met her ❤️ she has been our best friend with her beautiful eyes watching us and if a treat was coming 😄 we loved her so much ❤️ everyone who met her loved her, we become pets as therapy she touched so many peoples lives children, staff, parents, she was a local VIP. We have a little holiday chalet we bought especially for Casey and Martin and I, she loved it everyone fussing her 💖 she is greatly missed, we feel lost without her such a gentle soul 🩷 when we are ready we hope to find another beautiful greyhound to give all our love to Casey would want that. Thank you for letting us take Casey home so we could give her all our love and she would put her head on our laps and look into our eyes saying I love you to her tail going so fast when you came in the room giving us the best welcome 🙏 😇💜 how lucky are we to have had the privilege of having Casey in our lives she was 10 yrs 5 the we love you Casey with all our hearts 💕 💞 Denise and Martin O'Neill
Zeus
We are all devasted, we lost our Zeus when he was suddenly taken and found to have a huge cancerous tumour above his lungs. We had to let Zeus go and we are all truly devasted. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to adopt Zeus, it was a life-changing 2 years for our family. We are at peace knowing he had a family who loved and adored him.
Kelly, Keith, Will, George, Tom and Polly Brennan
Hero
To all at Croftview who knew and loved Hero,
It is with great sadness that we write to let you know that unfortunately Hero passed on Monday 5th June 2023 at just over 8 years old and 4.5 wonderful years with us.
We were hooked as soon as we met and he has held a very special place in our heart ever since. We are so glad we were able to give him such a comfy, cosy home - he certainly seemed to enjoy his retirement! Particularly having his own sofa and cuddles with "Cameron bear" the big cuddly toy that became his security blanket, very handy on trips away!
Hero's gentle, lovable, cuddly nature made him a hit with everyone he met and he loved them all equally. He then remembered them every time and met them with an even bigger reaction! This is why we loved being able to take him back to see you all to get his nails clipped, something we all know he didn't love having done but he did love going back to see you all!
Over time he even built lovely friendships with both our tortoise and his "cousin" a little Jack Russell! Despite the huge size difference he was even bossed around by both of them from time to time! A testament to his kind and respectful nature! He was exactly the same when he met children, went all calm and zen (even more than usual), making them feel calm too!
He won everyone round in seconds, could clear a room just as quickly with his smells and had some of the best sleeping faces and positions ever! A dog who despite his size swore he was a lap dog and loved being a bit of a hot water bottle cuddled up on cold nights in.
Hero our gorgeous boy, you will be sorely missed by all who knew you and our home won't be the same without you!
Robbie & Lizzy
xxx
Pennie
It’s with a broken heart to say that we lost Pennie.
She loved you guys at the kennels and thank you for looking after her so well and giving us the opportunity to give her our home & having such a sweet soul share our lives with.
Belle
Belle was very special to me. She was the first pet dog I've owned and introduced me to the wonderful world that is greyhound ownership.
She was the most gentle of creatures, so pretty, so docile and was the perfect companion.
Belle was mentally so strong, she only did what she wanted. She was paralysed in all legs January from a stroke but that wasn't her end, with extreme effort and determination from Belle we got her back walking and an eventual return to normality and enjoyed a wonderful holiday to the Lake District.
Unfortunately a few months later a freak break to her leg to which she never made it out of hospital following complications meant her time in this world was tragically cut short.
She made it to 7 years and 5 months and was with me just short of 3 years. I like to think she had the most comfortable 3 years possible and knew just how I loved and cared for her.
She was my first greyhound and will always hold a significantly special part in my heart ♥
RIP Belle, gone but never forgotten!
Hobo
Dear Stacey and all at Croftview who knew Hobo,
We are very sorry to let you know that lovely gentle Hobo has passed away. He was a couple of weeks off his 11th birthday which would have been on 17th March.
He was such a lovely funny boy and he was healthy up until two weeks before he went. His passing was very peaceful and we are so lucky to have known him.
He chose us by licking my husband's hand behind his back through the bars of his pound and we have been so glad he did!
Rascal
It is with a very heavy heart that we are writing to let you know that we had to say good bye to Rascal.
We adopted her from you in October 2013. I know that we are biased but she has been the most fantastic greyhound ever.
If you remember we came to get a black girl but took Rascal for a walk whilst waiting for another to come back, she totally fell for us and vice versa and the deal was done. It was only afterwards that we realised that Martyn had only ever bet on one greyhound in his life and it was her, he placed the bet because her racing name was Baba Oriley and he is a Who fan and that is his favourite song. She lost that Race and so technically owed him a Fiver. Well we were honoured that she chose us to share her retirement with, and she was perfect from day 1, well behaved, loving, cuddly, but living up to her name of “Rascal” with cheeky ways such as following us up the hall at walk time biffing us up the bum to get a move on, or play bowing when you were trying to get her coat on, and even swearing at you when you took her out in the wet. She was a firm favourite in the area, and everyone loved getting Rascal cuddles.
For me specifically she gave me confidence to talk to people that we met whilst walking. During last year in particular I have either been on Furlough or working from home. So as Martyn is a key worker, and therefore continued to work, she kept me sane, giving me plenty of cuddles, making me leave my desk to take her out and even appearing on a few Zoom calls. For Martyn she patiently used to put up with him singing to her (and no he is not a typical Welshman in that respect) and totally worshipped him, running to the door when he came in, then going back to her bed waiting for a cuddle, often before he remembered to kiss me.
Whilst she had been gradually getting slower and a bit stiff, she was still loving life, and had a clean bill of health when she had her Old Age Checkup just after Christmas, but on Thursday she went off her food , and Friday she was definitely not right, it almost seemed like she told us it was time, no real cuddles, and no waggy tail. The vet saw us straight away, and unfortunately it seems that she had a very aggressive form of cancer. So they suggested the kindest course of action was sadly to let her go peacefully. It was not an easy decision but we had always promised her that we would always put her welfare above ours.
We are totally devastated, but as we had made appoint of stopping to say hello to all of you at some of the shows we felt it important to let you know.
So please find attached a few photos taken in happier times, to remind us all of what a fantastic girl she was.
Daisy
Sadly, we have to tell you that our beautiful Daisy ( called Dotty in your kennel and Fivestar Cabra on the track at Sittingbourne) passed away.She was put to sleep by our vets in Beckenham with us both there, as usual, talking to her, letting her see us, stroking her as she went off.
Daisy was 11 years 10 months old so we are happy to have given her a good family life since March 2013.
Molly
We are so sad to let you know that we have lost our darling girl Molly yesterday
She was only 10 years old. Our house is empty without her presence
She was
the sunshine in our lives
The sweetest girl you can imagine.
Thanks for letting her come to Belgium 8 years ago.
Guy & Daisy liebaut