Sophie
After my dog Boyden died in June 2013, I found it very difficult walking the
familiar walks I used to take with him
and his sister, Sophie. I would always get upset. After a few months,
I started going on them again. It was
heartbreaking following in his footsteps. Memories hung in the air all around
me. His sister also seemed lost and would search the tracks as if seeking him
out.
When Boyden died,
we had only lived at our present address a couple of months. Our previous house is
about a ten-minute walk away. In fact, I used to walk from our previous place
down near to where we moved.
One day I walked in the direction of the old house with Sophie
as we drew near where we had lived she started to pull on her lead
frantically. I knew strangely enough that she thought
if she walked through the front door of the house she would find her brother.
Trying to walk her home was extremely difficult as she constantly pulled to go
back!
Sophie was always a sensitive little soul. She
died in February 2014. I still miss her but know that she is now reunited with her brother. She missed
him terribly after he died and would frequently go on a search of the house
looking for him.
Country walks
In April of 2014 I bought a Golden Retriever dog. George.
Because he was nervous of the traffic (the roads are busy where I live), I always took him for his walks in the countryside. I began to realise recently that
this was not fair to him as he needed to toughen up. I started to take him more
local walks. One day I walked towards where I used to live and unbelievably
George started pulling me on his lead towards our old house. I was astonished
as this was the first time since I had taken Sophie there the year before. George had never ever been anywhere near to our old home. To
this day, I don't know how the dog
realised that was where I used to live. Unless of course he sensed something
coming from me as we approached the area. Dogs are very sensitive creatures,
some are even psychic. I can only put what happened down to an unexplained
happening.
George
Boyden - sadly no longer with us
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