Harlow’s Legacy

06/10/2025

The girl dog I never knew I needed.

I will admit, after I lost Harlow, I was close to giving it all up and even had someone lined up to take Raya on for me.

But I am so grateful for the couple of friends who talked me round.

Because in a time of so much uncertainty, she has seriously shown me the meaning of patience, and my god has she has been so unbelievably patient with me - when I didn’t walk her for weeks, when my moods were unpredictable, when her entire life and routine was tipped on its head.

She seems to have recently really come into her own. She is now just the right amount of sensitive (if you know, you know 🙄🤣), and most of all shes a constant reminder of how much love I have left to give.

She is not only the absolute sweetest girl, she is incredibly forgiving, understanding and emotionally intelligent.

My sweet darling girl, thank you for being you and for being the girl dog I never knew I needed.

24/09/2025

When I say I think of him all day every day, I really mean it. He is in everything I do, sometimes when talking about him I accidentally talk as if hes still here and feel stupid.

Well today, on my drive home I thought I’d stop off and run Raya first, and it flashed through my mind “I’ll stop off and grab Harlow”, but just as quickly as it entered my mind, I was reminded I will never be able to do that again 🥺

Grief is strange and I feel I experience a new chapter almost daily but it’s honestly not getting any easier as time passes - I’d be lying if I told you it did.

20/09/2025

I can’t speak for all dog people, but I definitely speak for myself when I say I really do just get up and go, driving up the country to train, hike and take my dogs on staycations and don’t consider for one second I should check if the Truck needs oil - UNTIL it screams at me 🙈. So I am proud of myself for doing all the checks this weekend if I do say so myself 🤣

17/09/2025

Your mum was abandoned, pregnant with you and your 4 siblings. You’re born in the home of a lady who runs an independent rescue, then you get reserved by her brothers and will have a home for life 🥹

That ✨ adoption ✨ feeling 🤣🙈

And yes, his name is Pedro 🤣

09/09/2025

The light of my life that will be forever missing. I can only hope we will meet again.

04/09/2025

30/08/2025

4 kittens and mum cat will also soon be available to adopt.

3 female and 1 male kitten and a pretty tortoiseshell mum cat who was sadly dumped.

All kittens are wormed with Panacur every 2 weeks and flead with Advocate prior to leaving and microchipped. Vaccinations are optional but I do recommend them, I can do that here (Either first or both but means they cannot leave until 10/12 weeks), or can recommend a cost efficient vaccination service.

I can provide advice on neutering vouchers when they are old enough (earliest 4 months).

All kittens are/will be litter trained using wood pellet litter. They are fed on GoCat kitten biscuits available all day and 3x pouches of Whiskas Kitten per day.

30/08/2025

2 boy kittens ready to be adopted in a weeks time at the earliest. 1 of them is sadly deaf.

Kittens are wormed with Panacur every 2 weeks and flead with Advocate prior to leaving and microchipped. Vaccinations are optional but I do recommend them, I can do that here (Either first or both but means they cannot leave until 10/12 weeks), or can recommend a cost efficient vaccination service.

I can provide advice on neutering vouchers when they are old enough (earliest 4 months).

All kittens are/will be litter trained using wood pellet litter. They are fed on GoCat kitten biscuits available all day and 3x pouches of Whiskas Kitten per day.

28/08/2025

As I always preach, training is not linear. Now I know, neither is grief.

I have been back to work for a few weeks now, honestly, not because I want to, but because I have no choice.

Each day is flying by in a blur and rolling into the next. I have no desire to get up and out each morning, nor do I have anything to look forward to or work towards, I am simply living each day best I can to get by. I do what I’ve got to do, just to get home and be alone. If you see me day to day I am sure you’d think I am fine, but that isn’t me anymore, truth be told.

Grief changes you - A grief so deep I feel it coursing through my body, but with it, I am putting the energy into simply going on long walks with Raya and the others. Some may say I am making good progress, even turning something negative into a positive, but all I am doing is conforming to society, but there is not a day, hour, even a moment that goes by that doesn’t flash a thought or memory of my boy through my head, and with that a sense or feeling that washes over me with pure sadness. I hope one day they will be happy memories, but for now all I see are his last struggles, his last few minutes and his last breaths and his body lying cold before being taken away from me forever.

The kind of thoughts that are simply there to torture me and not allow me any peace, but Im okay with that, because grief is love with nowhere to go.

19/08/2025

Another wonderful gift, purchased from our Amazon Wishlist.

Lady seems happy, dont you agree? Despite wanting to eat from the top of the feeder at first 🙈 These new automatic feeders have helped keep Lady’s feeding station much cleaner and her food fresher for long, I have definitely noticed a change in her eating habits since changing to these automatic feeders, even down to her preference for the material over metal bowls 😻

I will be looking to get a few more of these feeders for our feline residents, if you’d like to purchase the cats some automatic feeder bowls, or something to cheer up our resident dogs, feel free to view our Amazon Wishlist 🧡

Amazon Wishlist - https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3DYIGXNLV55R3?ref_=wl_share

17/08/2025

A little late and a little different to how I planned, but the prize draw for Harlows Legacy first fundraiser raffle is now up! Massive congratulations to our winners and a thanks to our sponsors. We raised more than I expected and it’s all in the pot, ready for our soon to be new arrival. Enjoy 🧡