ODE TO NEWTON

January 27, 1997 - February 1, 2011

4-years

Newton was a big personality in a medium sized body. He expected and demanded to be an important part of our life and our daily activities. He was full of life and never boring. Newton was smart, confident, independent, feisty, adaptable, mischievous, playful, funny, sensitive, sweet and loving.

Newton was a lucky dog. He was a great traveler, so we took him along on trips whenever we could. We planned many of our vacations and weekends away with him because he was fun and easy to be with. He even flew cross-country to a beach house in North Carolina with us and enjoyed digging deep holes in the sand in the shade of an umbrella.

Newton was our wonderful and special companion. He left us with many memories. We will always laugh about his many stunts and shenanigans. He changed our lives. We will miss his larger than life presence.

Pavla Sim

My dear old Topsy (Mrs T) was so, so special. She died in my arms in October last year aged 14.  I rescued her when she was 7 and she was very challenging but turned out to be the most wonderful adorable, funny and delightful companion who I miss more and more each day. One day in the near future I will share my life with another one.

Casey was taken from us in his tenth year on 15th May 2010. I remember that Casey met people when he was in his first couple of years of life and I will always remember that remarkably, Casey would always remember the people that he had met over the years. Casey always made friends with strangers that he met and I don’t think that I know of any dog who had so many friends. Casey had the ability to know the temperament of the type of life situation you were experiencing and was able to turn a difficult situation into a manageable one. We will continue to miss Casey. Casey was a lot of fun to be around!

Our beloved Rory. It is wonderful to see him on the calendar but rather bitter sweet. We miss him so much and still think of him every day.

Lucy with Dorabella, the first Jackson showgirl. She retired to live with Vera Thornton who said she was the most darling, remarkable and most exceptional little dog. We all adored her. (She is the dog on the Welcome Page).

Milly with Lucy. Jacci calls her the best dog she could ever have wished for.