This is by far the hardest and saddest post I have ever had to write. How do you replace the irreplaceable Betty?
My precious girl passed away in my arms at 3.50pm on Tuesday 16 December, just 6 weeks away from her 16th birthday. She had been slowing down over the past few months, but it was so sudden at the end, the vet advised it was most probably a heart attack, my poor girl just couldn’t carry on any longer. The only consolation I have, is that she was at home, in her beloved garden, going about her business when she turned to make her way back to me when she just fell to the ground, I rushed to pick her up and held her in my arms, she looked at me and quietly passed away. Such a terrible shock, I just pray she had a peaceful and pain free journey over the rainbow bridge to meet all the other pugs that I have loved and lost over the past 40 years. We were two halves of a whole and my eyes ache to see her one last time.
We continue to be overwhelmed by all the flowers and sympathy cards with such heartfelt messages from people whose lives she had touched over the past 11 years I had Betty.
Betty was an independent little girl, she didn’t like to be fussed over, so stubborn and liked to do her own thing, a real home bird and loved nothing more than being curdled up on the sofa next to either myself or her human Dad knowing we were by her side.
I pray that Betty’s heart and spirit will live on in me and her body was just the lovely package she came in. My whole life centred around her, it was always Betty first and I sincerely hope we gave her the best life she could have wished for. Finally, I would like to thank PDWRA for choosing me to adopt and care for Betty over the last 11 years, she was such a beautiful gift inside and out, how I will ever move on without her by my side I do not know.
Precious Black Betty – 13 February 2010 to 16 December 2025
Valerie Stallard
