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Otto
First my mummy got Otto. He was an abandoned dog, which they adopted. This was in the late 80's. Otto had
been through quite a lot, it seemed, because he was scared of bottle clinking and shouting and loud noises. But he soon settled
in, and stayed.
He was a wonderful, mellow and kind dog. Labrador is my mummy's favourite dog, and Otto was a purebred Labrador
Retriever. They had Otto for a number of years, and in the meantime they got Bjarne. Bjarne was a puppy and very full of energy
and bounce. He was always jumping on Otto and biting his tail, as a puppy. But Otto was patient and let him do whatever he
wanted.
Otto was patient with Biafra as well. Biafra was already in the house when Otto moved there. Otto never
once showed anything other than affection for the cat though. They soon got used to eachother. After many years, Otto became
ill. His legs were failing and he was stiff. After a while, it got worse, and mummy had Otto put to sleep, so he wouldn't
be in pain.
RIP Otto, you are still missed.
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| Otto loved swimming, and fetching things. |
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| He was lucky to live by the coast, so got to go swimming a lot. |
Biafra
Biafra was named after Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys,Lard, a.o.). He was the only grey/blue one
in his litter, - the other kittens were black and white. He was an easygoing dude, peaceful,nice and kind. He was
also VERY picky about who he chose to cuddle with... He was a one woman cat.
He really liked coming along when mummy walked Otto and Bjarne. People often stopped to stare as he
lead the way with his tail high up in the air.. He seemed to think he was a dog, too, as he was living with 2 massive dogs.
He used to love having his neck cuddled, just under his ear. When mummy did that, his backleg would start vibrating, and he
would tap it, like a dog............
There was this whole coming for walks thing as well. It seemed he found it natural for him to come as well,
when his 2 "brothers" went for walks.
After Otto died, and it was just Bjarne and him, he used to watch when Bjarne lied down. If he lied down
on his side, Biafra used to crawl up to him, and go to sleep between Bjarne's legs. Bjarne used to lick Biafra's head, and
it was really cute.
His favourite dishes were cheeze doodles, salami, potatochips and butter! (And Whiskas of course.)
He easily accepted other dogs/cats coming to visit, but he was not to keen on kids. When mummy worked or played on her
computer, he was usually right next to the PC and watched or slept.
Mummy had Biafra for 17 years (!), but in the end he got an illness which caused blindness on one eye, and
just generally got old and poorly. It was a sad day when mummy had to take him to be put down, though, and he is still missed.
RIP Biafra.
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| He used to love shoeboxes. He wore out dozens of those over the years, while sleeping in them. |
Bjarne
Bjarne came to mummy
in 1993. He was a "mix" of Labrador and Flatcoated Retriever. He was very special, kind, beautiful,and eager to
"work". He loved long walks, playing with other dogs, chasing "women" - and being genuinly pampered in every way...
He
always wanted to go everywhere with mummy, and he travelled in buses,boats,trains,planes and taxis, a.s.o. But the best thing
in the world, was to run wild and free, preferably on a beach somewhere. This picture shows him with his "backpack",
where he helped mummy carry stuff when they went shopping!
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| Mummy's little helper! |
Bjarne loved to play, and when he was happy (which was always) -
he had to carry something in his mouth. Everybody had to chase Bjarne to retrieve their shoes... Especially fun was
stealing everything belonging to mummy. Every day mummy had to search for her shoes, or other things. He was extremely
pleased with himself, as mumy ran around frantically. He was quite mischevious in many ways. Never a dull moment!
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| He LOVED to play fetch. |
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| He loved swimming....... |
He really loved to swim!! If he had it his way, he'd swim
every day of the year... The fun part was watching him "dive" - he swam with his head and most of the body under water.
He wasn't picky, as long as it was wet, - it was bath-able!!
So this was known to happen... (See muddy Bjarne above)
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| Swimming was Bjarne's favourite thing to do. |
Mummy had Bjarne for 13 years. After Otto died, Biafra and Bjarne got close,
and didn't like being apart too much.
The last year though, Bjarne started showing signs of decline. The
V-e-t told mummy that he had cancer. They tried to treat it, but in the end he had to be put down. He was greatly missed,
and still is.
RIP Bjarne.
 
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