25/07/2026
Some stories don’t end…….
They simply make room for another to begin…..
For the last few weeks, our home has felt quieter than I ever imagined it could
Losing Lazarus has left an emptiness that words will never truly describe
There will only ever be one Laz, and there will never be another dog like him and that’s how it should be!
He was an individual soul, a beautiful boy who made my world special and as his chapter closed another began….
I had hoped he would be here to greet her, and truthfully he was as he came home the night before she arrived, as if they were ships passing in the night nodding their sails to each other across the dark seas. Never to meet but knowing they were both there sailing past each other and making room for each other in the vastness of my heart
So as one chapter closes another has gently begun…….
Meet Helga 🩷
Please don’t ever think she is here to replace Lazarus, because nobody ever could!
She isn’t filling the hole he left behind, instead she is creating her own place in our family, and one day she’ll have her own stories to tell, her own adventures to go on, and hopefully she’ll touch as many lives as my old boy did!
In many ways, it feels as though Lazarus prepared us for this moment……
He taught me patience…..
He taught me resilience……
He taught me that the greatest dogs aren’t the easiest ones, they are the ones who change who you are!
Everything I know, everything I teach, and so much of who I am and what Moo Dog has become been shaped by dogs like him and he has taught me how to help so many nervous dogs that now live full and confident lives!
But now it’s Helga’s turn……
Not to follow in his footsteps…
…but to leave paw prints of her own on my heart…..
Over the coming months I’ll be sharing the reality of raising a puppy.
The good days…..
the difficult days….
The training…..
The mistakes (yep we all make them even us professionals!)
The breakthroughs and everything in between……
No filters, no pretending it’s always easy, because my life less than 24 hours in I remember suddenly just how hard it is…..
….just real life with a puppy and a household full of dogs!
And if Lazarus taught me anything, it’s this…
Don’t wish the days away…..
The sleepless nights will end…..
The sharp puppy teeth will disappear…..
The chaos will settle….
Grey hairs will arrive far too quickly…..
Before you know it, you’re wishing for just one more walk, one more cuddle, one more chance to tell them they were the best dog in the world!!!!
So we’re going to enjoy every single moment!
Welcome to the family, little Helga, you have a lot of soul and a lot of sass and that’s what we need in our lives (even if we forget that when we are tired 😆)
One day I will tell you all about the incredible dog who came before you…..Lazarus…my best boy….my soulmate and all those before him who have shaped me into who I am today….
To all of my dogs who are now running over rainbow bridge.
Thank you for making me and all those at home with me the family she was coming home to 🖤
