06/09/2026
We are so sad to tell you that one of our old boys Lincoln has been put to sleep for the last time π
Lincoln's mum and dad contacted me before they even had secured a puppy and when I walked in their house the first day they had him and seen this teeny bundle of chocolate fur standing out in the torrential rain doing a wee on an AstroTurf patch on his decking - I was a goner π₯Ή
Fortunately for Linky I remained a goner on him til he retired from us!
The trouble that boy got me into over the years π€¦π»ββοΈ he didn't like joggers, cyclists, hats, walking sticks, prams, children π«£
But he absolutely loved and enjoyed a mutual adoration with our mini apprentice. Linky suffered through a lot of tea parties and stories bless him π€£ and he generally let Abigail hang off him whenever she liked. He had the patience of a saint π
And as he grew up he was so patient with the younger pups as well.
His mischief making buddies were many and varied over the years - he loved stick tugs of war with Sparkle, Bailey, Marvin, Poppy, Loopy Lou, Barney, Gunner and Jarvis.
If there was no one interested Linky would make sure he was at the back of the gang and continually bash the back of our legs with the stick just to remind us of his trophy.
And there was many a laugh at watching Linky try and fit his stick he was carrying across the bridges. Ten mins at a time he could spend trying all angles and dropping it and picking it up again. He was very determined boy πͺπ»πΎ
But his besties in the whole wide world were his lab buddies Apollo, George and big Alfie.
The noises that those boys made when they were wrestling turned many a head π€£ and they had absolutely no spatial awareness so they just thumped through anything in their way π€£π€£
But really Lincoln was the biggest gentle giant. If he wanted a cuddle he would quite happily climb up and 'sit' on your knee, squish around and get comfy - and that was me stuck for the next two hours as there was no moving my big snory lump π€π΄
He was loved by so many people and will be so missed.
Sweetdreams forever big lambβ£οΈxx