Monthly Archives: November 2004
Dog look back in anger: Sam I evil? Yes I'm Sam!
The Cavalier King Charles Obituaries Part IV Shoes. That’s what I think of when I think of Sam. Sam was our first and only boy Cavalier, and he was the last in the line of heirs to the Cavalier throne at Burton Road. This is possibly because after Sam, nothing could have persuaded us to [...]
Dog but not forgotten: Holly the hellishly hungry hound
The Cavalier King Charles Obituaries Part III Holly had serious problems right from the start. She was just not normal. We bought her from a family who lived somewhere around Ilkeston or Long Eaton that had had a litter of puppies. We saw her mother – a loveable but insane Tricolour who ran around and [...]
Dog leave me this way: Muffin the mooing mule
The Cavalier King Charles Obituaries Part II Muffin is perhaps the most underrated of our Cavaliers, because she didn’t make a big statement. She was a gentle, sweet-natured tan and white Blenheim with long silky fur and short brown ears. When you spoke across the room to her she’d pop her ears up like a [...]
Dog today, gone tomorrow: panic stricken Annie
The Cavalier King Charles Obituaries Part I Annie and Muffin were our first two Cavaliers. Annie was named after Anneka Rice. Don’t ask me why, that’s one of the mysteries of the universe and I fear I may have been to blame. Our parents bought Annie and Muffin from a Cavalier breeder when they were [...]