The beautiful Florence ......

As most of you will know by now, the Berner world has another beautiful angel watching over her family now. The beautiful Flo passed on Sunday at the tender age of sixteen  months, leaving her two and four legged family heartbroken and wondering why. Flo also known as Flo Jo and Florence Josephine was loving,  giving and oh so special to all given the privilege of being with her, carting showing or just strutting her stuff on a walk.  I know she had the ability to make people laugh and smile, and she loved being a working girl with all the attention that went with it. Work will never be the same without her bouncing around and her tail knocking things about. To you two legs , the pain takes over, and the tears keep coming. Something you don't expect will catch you out, and the tears start again, and again and again, you have to face telling all the people that know us what has happened, and try not to cry infront f them. It feels like your world has stopped, and nobody has an answer when you ask WHY? WHY MY DOG? All I can say to you is that every Berner is put here for a reason, to love unconditionally. If you are lucky enough to be one of the people we go to, savour every moment, take pictures of everything we do. Never be afraid to cuddle us, or cry into our fur when it feels as though your world is out of control or falling apart. That is what we are with you for. If you want us cuddling up in bed....do it. Does it matter what a dog trainer says , you need us, and we need to be there for you.  For every Berner there is a special person or family.... Someone we will never leave. Yes the body will eventually give up, but the spirit and the love remain. The memories will come and go, as will the tears for the rest of your life. But don't you see..... That's when we are closest to you.....  If you don't believe me just watch for us, watch your other dogs even ones that we never met. They will one day do something that we always did,  and you will think of us. It's the paw prints we leave on your hearts that are important, not the muddy ones on the floor that you moan about. Us Berners live life as it comes... We don't worry about tomorrow as long as we have today with you. We miss you Flo. Loved and never forgotten beautiful lady. Cool runnings Gryff xxx