Goodbye our sweet strong girl

I am so sorry to let you all know that our darling Tilly passed away today. She fought so hard, in true Tilly spirit right up until the end. Her way.

Dr Tom came out straight away and allowed us to give Tilly a peaceful goodbye surrounded by love.

Told she wouldn't make Christmas, she decided not to listen and said stuff that. She had the most magical Christmas with lots of humans loving on her.

I and the kids were away briefly this week, but she waited until we got back yesterday and then decided it was time today.

Our one true queen of the farm. The toughest dog we've ever had. But the sweetest too when it came to her humans. She loved us so, and we loved her so.

I can only write so much today, and put together something small. I am so so sad. I miss her so much already. My little mate, my sweet girl. I will miss you so very much.

I am of course, a little comforted knowing for sure she is already in the arms of her loving mumma Roxy who has been waiting for her since she entrusted us with her beautiful Til 7 years ago. Finally together again.

Goodbye angel. How blessed we were to have you in our life. Be at peace, painfree and in the loving embrace of your Mumma. Your second mumma here on earth. will miss you everyday. We will never look at a tyre again without thinking of you and smiling.

Tilly has been buried under the edge of the deck Luke, his Dad and Johnny have been trying to finish this week. We will call it Tilly's deck. She would have loved to lie up there on the edge and keep an eye on us all. Tilly has always liked to perch up on something high.

I'm sorry for the sad news everyone. Thank you for loving Tilly from afar.

P.S We have shared before and after the last moment with you here today. The actual moment was just us with Til and her very close sisters Cutie Pie and Joey who she loved but also respected. Most especially on this occasion, we felt you all should have the opportunity to say goodbye and grieve alongside us. You have known Tilly as long as we have. You have loved her for 7 years. You have cried with us when she fell ill. You all dug so deep and helped us save her by contributing so significantly to her surgery 18 months ago when we were really struggling. Till loved her humans the most, and you all were a part of that. So please see this small intimate video as our thank you for loving our girl for all these years and for being there for her and us when she and we needed it most. Thank you.