Hello, I must be going

[Billybob Dylan]

So sorry for both of you.

[harvey k-tel]

Sorry, guys.

[Cosmic American Girl]

Oh, John and Sam, I'm so sorry. He was truly a special little guy.

[secondhandsocks]

Very sad.
As has been said you'll never get over it and you'll also never forget the years you did have with him.

[toomanyhatz]

All the best, John and Sam. You did the right thing, as hard as it must have been.

RIP, Bosco. One of the greats (as are all BCB pets- now let's have the rest of them stick around for a while!)

[Poppypoobah]

I'm so sorry to hear this, he was a sweet little guy. John, you saved his life when you rescued him, and you and Sam gave him lots of love and a good life, you did the right thing today as hard as it must have been. He's a little doggy angel now, cavorting on all four legs and watching over all of us who met and adored him. He packed a lot of personality into his little body and will be missed greatly by all of us.

Rest in peace sweet little Bosco.

[The Slider]

I still have your oil painting of him hung over the door to the lounge and the watercolour as my desktop.





They are both very precious to me.


Thanks - to all of you for your kind words.
I just feel a huge void. He was a tiny dog with a huge personality and our home and hearts are much much emptier without him there to fill them.
There will never be another Bosco.

[Minnie the Minx]

There will never be another Bosco.

No - never, but there are panting puppies snuggled up in RSPCA baskets even now who want to run round Boscos old haunts and chew your slippers. Give it time and maybe you will be ready to do it all again.

Bosco wouldnt want you getting lazy.

[sonny, superstar]

[The Slider]

Thanks Sonny.
If I had a cat I'd want one like you.
And another like Orlando, Bosco's stepsister, to keep him company.


and yes, Min. You are right.
The hurt right now is so intense that I wouldn't even consider it, but I know we will soon.
The fact is that these little creatures give us back so much that even this level of agony at eventually losing them is worth it - I know that. It just doesn't feel that way when the wound is still quite this fresh.

[Minnie the Minx]

Thanks Sonny.
If I had a cat I'd want one like you.
And another like Orlando, Bosco's stepsister, to keep him company.


and yes, Min. You are right.
The hurt right now is so intense that I wouldn't even consider it, but I know we will soon.
The fact is that these little creatures give us back so much that even this level of agony at eventually losing them is worth it - I know that. It just doesn't feel that way when the wound is still quite this fresh.

I know. I was at work at 7am when I saw your message and burst into tears in handover. My staff all thought it was because I was emotional at my last shift and patted my thigh

The pain is just unbearable. You see blankets and jumpers on the floor (well probably not at yours, Mr analtidy) and out the corner of your eye think it is them.

It is of course daft to think of jumping into new pet owning too soon, when the pain is raw but I think it is such a shame when you have so much to offer to not have that love soaked up by some new bouncing ball of furry dogness.

Funnily enough your sig line looks prophetic now. I wonder if you knew somewhere inside that he was not long for this side of the world.

[The Slider]

Oddly no - that was an incidental thing that I had just noticed myself.

But there was a great similarity twixt Bos and I and Poo and Christopher Robin.

Two of us were of very little brain and the other two were Bosco and Christopher Robin.

I have too much love for animals to leave my home unwelcoming for one who needs it.
But I want to have a little space and time to grieve for the loss of my best friend (for that is undoubtedly what I am doing) before a new one comes along to capture my heart in a similar (but never the same) way.

Hopefully it will be another 15 years or so before I'm feeling like this again.

[Leg of lamb]

My sympathies, John. I'm not really a pet person so I hope you take it as a tribute to Bosco and your relationship with him that this had me feeling very choked up. What an awesome dog he must have been - I remember him vaguely from my one attendance at a London JU. Keep well.

[Scally Mcgrew]

I know what it feels like to lose a loved pet. And, Dawn and I know how upset we'd be if anything happened to Murphy.

Take care, you two, and, when you're ready, give that love and attention to another little rascal waiting out there.

[The Write Profile]

It's always very sad losing a pet. My sympathies

[Magilla]

John and Sam, I'm sorry to hear about this. Remember the good times, ok ?

[Quaco]

[RcL]

Fellow pet lover - just adding my feelings.

[Neige]

I never had the pleasure of meeting him in person, but with all the photos and his BCB persona, it's like I knew the cute little bugger closely.

One of the grrrreats indeed!

(and Minnie's kitsch pet afterlife story had me tearful)

Anyway, condolences, John & Sam!

[Drama Queenie]

I wish I'd let him lick my toes now.