SkySoaringMagpie Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Run free Leo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pip1981 Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 So sorry Greytmate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schnauzer Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 I am so sorry Greytmate. A stunning boy. Forever in your heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 s for you. I am sorry Leo had to leave in such a way. Run fast & sure over the bridge, leo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILuvAmstaffs Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 So very sorry for your loss. :D RIP Leo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyd Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 RIP Leo, run free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huski Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 So sorry to hear that Kirsty :D Run free Leo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTD Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 RIP Leo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirty Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 I am so sorry Greytmate. RIP gorgeous Leo. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigsaw Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 So sorry to learn of your loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redangel Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Such sad news Greytmate....condolances to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlibud Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Very sad RIP Leo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Her Majesty Dogmad Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 we always hope our loved ones will leave peacefully in their sleep. It is terrible when accidents happen and we see them suffer. I'm so sorry that he didn't recover, he looks like an adorable and special boy. RIP Leo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelodysMum Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Leo was a stunning boy, Greytmate. I am so very sorry for your loss. RIP Leo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 So sorry, RIP. Another Angel you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelza Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Sorry to read of your terrible loss, my thoughts are with you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greytmate Posted June 9, 2010 Author Share Posted June 9, 2010 (edited) Thanks for your kind words everyone. Leo's ashes were returned this morning in a wooden box. I am still coming to terms with what happened. A whole series of decisions made by me over the past three years that I am now questioning. Poor Leo deserved so much better. Leo was a very special greyhound. A Sydney Cup Winner and a long Distance Champion. He was a huge dog, and a fiercely competitive dog too. You could see how much power he had just in the way he moved around, and the judges could see it in the show ring too. He had over a hundred race starts and won more than one in four of those. He was a leader of dogs, and really liked to throw his weight around. While the other dogs would trot happily and jump excitedly when we got home, Leo would fly up the driveway to meet us at full stride, and leap over six feet into the air. He always used his size and presence to keep himself up close and all the other dogs at a distance, and they all had to do what he wanted. Despite his power, Leo was so gentle. He never jumped on people, never knocked into anyone or anything. Never growled at a person ever, and happily lay down on his side to have his nails cut or to be groomed. When I first got Leo, he was fairly aloof, All he wanted to do was sit quietly on his bed. But he loved it most when you sat with him, so we decided to get him a huge lounge suite/dog bed that we could all sit on together. Over time Leo became the cuddliest dog ever. With his gentle head on your lap it was like having a lap dog, and a warm blanket wrapped around you at the same time. Over the last few months our other dogs all go out on the veranda in the mornings and lie in the sun. But Leo always stayed on his couch inside near me. Apart from eating, and going for his walk, he never really left the couch at all. And now the couch is empty and I feel so sad. Here are some photos we only took a couple of weeks ago. Edited June 9, 2010 by Greytmate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Crits'N'Bits Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Ohh GM ... have only just seen this sad news .. so sorry you have lost your beautiful boy. Greys are such amazing dogs ... to know them is to love them .. RIP Leo boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W Sibs Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 RIP Leo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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