It’s is with much sadness that I have to tell you that our beautiful boy Basil passed away on the 31st of January, he was 16.

We collected Baz and Amber from you on the 9th December 2010, he very quickly settled into his new home and although he was 7/8years old when we had him he still was a very energetic and lively boy ( we always said he didn’t do tired).

He loved to do what we called freestyling, chasing peasants and rabbits if he got the chance, we would do the most of our walks with him just checking in with us when called before he getting back to his important chase business. He was also one of life’s charmers, everybody who met him fell in love with him, he had a very laid back confidence and was very bright.

We were once waiting for a delivery in the front garden so shut the dogs and our friends dog in the house while the lorry was arriving, the other two sat starring at the shut door but Baz remembered that back door was open so simply took himself around the back of the house and came a stood by us in the garden ! He was also known to hide Ambers squeaky toys if they were annoying him, several times we have watched him wait until she has put them down and then he has picked them up and dropped them in between the sofa and the wall.

The last 18 months he couldn’t get around as much but we had got him a trailer that you can pull behind a bike or use the handle to push around so he didn’t have to miss out on walks, days out and holidays. He sadly also suffered from canine dementia which has been progressing over the last two years, the poor boys world in which he was comfortable started to get smaller and I had been sleeping next to him on the floor for the last 8 months to reassure him.

He was on medication but the last few weeks he was upset more and more of the time and we couldn’t see him unhappy so with the advice of our vet decided that it was time to let him go to sleep in my arms.

We are missing him terribly and reading this back I know that no words will ever be enough to sum up our beautiful, bright, intelligent, funny boy but wanted to thank you for letting us have 8 lovely years with such a wonderful little dog.

Rachel, Kieran and Amber