A TRIBUTE TO HANNAH

Hannahs` Story

Hannah was the sweetest,gentlest dog that has ever been my pleasure to have shared my home with. She was born in 1991 and she with us since she was 9 weeks old. She was always good natured with everyone she met. She rarely barked and had always been the healthiest of dogs until February 2004. We found a small lump on her on her gum which turned out to be cancerous. She had her right hand side lower jaw removed as by a specialist in facial surgery. The operation was a success but nothing could have prepared us for what was to come. After seven hours of surgery and three days at the veterinary clinic, she came home, battered, bruised and disorientated. After much nursing and tender loving care, she recovered slowly, but surely from the operation, but she was handicapped. Eating and drinking were difficult for her and very painful to see as she struggled. I`m certain part of her spirit left her the day her jaw was removed. She was never the same again and she aged very quickly. Her lifelong smile was gone as she physically wasn`t able anymore. She had pain from the severed nerves in her face and was prescribed tablets that were for phychosis in humans. Despite all this she hardly complained, bearing her disabilities bravely. She had another operation to file down a tooth that was sticking into the roof of her mouth but she recovered quickly from that. She had eight more months before the disease returned and was diagnosed as terminal. On that awful day when we took her to the vet for the last time, she looked at me, as if to say, " Don`t worry Mum, I`m ok`.She was one in a million and she will be remembered always. She was loved by so many people as the most cheerful, happy dog and this site is a lasting tribute to her memory. She was our very special dog...our little girl who lit up our lives and the lives of everyone who met her.

Hannah`s Favourite Things

Hannah was a typical labrador in the way she did things. She adored water and the dirtier and colder it was , the better she liked it. Right up until the time of her illness she swam regularly, much faster and stronger than many younger dogs. In her younger days she must have thought she was a sporting field dog, trained to the gun and ready to retrieve the game shot down. The reason being she would like to fight her way through dense undergrowth to retrieve her lost ball. On one occasion she found not only her own ball but four others that had been lost by other less determined dogs. As she aged she was happy to eat sleep and go for her usual long treks through the woods, still chasing squirrels but not almost catching them as she had nearly done in the past....Oh yes, to others reading this she was just a normal happy-go-lucky labrador. To us she was a treasure.

Hannahs Nicknames

Hannah, Hanniwan, Popsicle, Pops, Poppet, Baby,Honey, Missus Dog, Sweetpie,Sweetheart, Sausage, Stinky,(really!)

My Favourite Sites

SandrasScribbles
Pets on AOL.co.uk
Pet`s Prayers