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In Loving Memory Cats => Rainbow Bridge - In Loving Memory => Topic started by: berties mum on November 16, 2007, 15:44:23 PM

Title: Roxy
Post by: berties mum on November 16, 2007, 15:44:23 PM
I had the sad news last night that my parents' 12-year-old boxer dog, Roxy, has been PTS due to kidney failure.  She had a stroke earlier this year and had been poorly for a while, but it's still come as a terrilble shock - I was 15 and still living at home when they first adopted her, so she felt like my pet as much as theirs.  I hope she meets up with my Matilda on the bridge  :'(
Title: Re: Roxy
Post by: Michelle (furbabystar) on November 16, 2007, 15:59:25 PM
Rest in Peace ^Roxy^

Sending you a hug Berties Mum
I am sure ^Roxy^ was met by ^Matilda^ xxxxx
Title: Re: Roxy
Post by: berties mum on November 16, 2007, 16:01:16 PM
Thanks Michelle  :hug:
Title: Re: Roxy
Post by: LesleyW on November 16, 2007, 16:14:31 PM
Sorry to hear about Roxy, Boxer's are such a special breed, my first dog and never forgotten.

Have fun at the Bridge with Matilda Roxy. :candle:
Title: Re: Roxy
Post by: berties mum on November 19, 2007, 20:32:24 PM
Thanks both.  I took Bertie to the vet on Saturday, and it's the same vet where my parents took Roxy, but she was put to sleep by the emergency vet so they hadn't yet heard what had happened.  When I told the vet he was really upset and said he would get the receptionist to organise a sympathy card for my parents, which I thought was lovely.
Title: Re: Roxy
Post by: Gill (sneakiefeline) on November 19, 2007, 21:46:21 PM
So sorry  :hug:

RIP Roxy
Title: Re: Roxy
Post by: clarenmax on November 20, 2007, 09:25:45 AM
I'm so sorry, RIP Roxy xx

How lovely of your vet as well  :hug:
Title: Re: Roxy
Post by: puddypaws on November 20, 2007, 09:54:17 AM
 :RIP: Roxy.  :hug: :hug:
Title: Re: Roxy
Post by: Felix (Caroline) on November 20, 2007, 13:08:21 PM
R I P Roxyxx

Simba just seen the candle on the screen and wouldn't come away from it xx
Title: Re: Roxy
Post by: Stuart on November 20, 2007, 13:26:52 PM
:RIP: Roxy
a very good age for a Boxer
my sympathies to you and your parents  :hug:
Title: Re: Roxy
Post by: pappilon on November 20, 2007, 23:59:37 PM
RIP ROXY. :hug:

Must be really hard for your parents. :(
Title: Re: Roxy
Post by: berties mum on December 09, 2007, 16:41:08 PM
Thanks everyone for your kind words about Roxy, and I just wanted to give an update to you all.  After quite a lot of soul-searching (particularly my dad, who was devoted to Roxy), my parents decided that the house was too empty without a pet and that they could still offer another dog a very good home.  They live quite near a boxer rescue centre and went to have a look, thinking they might well come away empty handed.  They told the staff all about Roxy - a white boxer - and they were desperate to introduce my parents to Lily, a one-year-old white boxer who had been dreadfully abused by her previous owners and was being ignored by most visitors to the centre because she's white and because she's skin and bones.  The inevitable happened - they fell in love, they took her home ... she's not Roxy but she's fitting in beautifully and seems overwhelmed by the kindness now being shown to her.  If one good thing has come out of Roxy's departure, it's that Lily is getting another chance at life.
Title: Re: Roxy
Post by: Dawn F on December 12, 2007, 10:16:23 AM
so glad your parents could help Lily as one door shuts another one definately opens
Title: Re: Roxy
Post by: Yvonne on December 12, 2007, 10:28:40 AM
That is magnificent some good news for a change
Really pleased that your parents have offered Lily a home and in time for Christmas
That has really lifted my spirits for the day


 :xmas:  to Lily and her new family
Title: Re: Roxy
Post by: Maddiesmum on December 12, 2007, 17:05:39 PM
That's wonderful news for everyone
Title: Re: Roxy
Post by: Sam (Fussy_Furball) on December 12, 2007, 19:00:04 PM
Ahh how wonderful ... so pleased your parents have offered Lily a forever home.

RIP Roxy and please look out for Lucy (cat) who went to the bridge today xxx
Title: Re: Roxy
Post by: berties mum on December 16, 2007, 00:32:18 AM
so glad your parents could help Lily as one door shuts another one definately opens

I agree with that Dawn.  I miss my Matilda every day but I know I wouldn't ever have even known about Bella without Matilda going to the Bridge, let alone have given her a forever home.  I like to think that Matilda and Roxy are together on the Bridge now.  I was thinking about them both the other day and saw a rainbow a few minutes later  :(
Title: Re: Roxy
Post by: alisonandarchie on December 16, 2007, 22:08:12 PM
Very sorry to hear about Roxy :hug:
Title: Re: Roxy
Post by: Tiggy's Mum on December 17, 2007, 10:42:06 AM
RIP Roxy, safe and sound at the Bridge xx