Flashing dog collars

I've not seen flashing dog collars in use before until last night when I was on a dog walk. 

A lady a few doors down has them for her dogs and one of them is black. We live with a bridal path behind us, so every cyclist in the world seems to use it when they finish work. Although my dogs have never been hit I could understand how people cannot see the dogs whilst in the dark. It was nice to see that even in the dark the cyclist still saw the dogs and missed them.

Saying goodbye.....

Saying good bye to loved ones is never easy. In my case last night I had to say goodbye to my 13 yr old lab cross springer.
When you wake up to find her shaking in pain in the corner of the room, and every time you go near her she moves away. It's the sudden thought that her time on this planet is up.

At 5.25pm last night my oldest girl was put out of her pain by the vet. After a hard decision of whether to operate or not I decided it would not be fair on her.

Have you had to make this hard decision before?
It's the worst part of owning an animal. It's the hardest part of owning an animal.

In the end I, myself know I made the right decision and no matter how hard a choice I know now she's pain free.

So to the vet I would like to say a big thank you for being respectful and patient.