{"id":17214,"date":"2020-03-18T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T06:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=17214"},"modified":"2020-03-18T06:00:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T06:00:09","slug":"rest-in-peace-alfie-dog-wednesday-18th-march-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2020\/03\/18\/rest-in-peace-alfie-dog-wednesday-18th-march-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Rest In Peace Alfie Dog &#8211; Wednesday 18th March 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-rest-in-peace-alfie\">Rest In Peace Alfie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Today we are pausing to say rest in peace Alfie. You were our guiding light and we will miss you. To the very many of you who sent your messages of sorrow and support yesterday, thank you. They meant a great deal to us all. To those who lit a candle at the time of his passing, thank you. We will treasure that thought. He left this world peacefully at about 4.20pm with Mum by his side and Dad on the screen from Switzerland. Our vet took good care of him. Once he\u2019d crossed the Rainbow Bridge we each went in to say our goodbyes. We will all grieve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-final-meal\">Final meal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfie\u2019s final meal was of course steak. He had a rather nice one almost all to himself. Mum saved just one tiny piece for each of us for after we\u2019d said farewell. I think he enjoyed it very much. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"17216\" src=\"https:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_0018-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17216\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"17217\" src=\"https:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_0025-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17217\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As these are exceptional times I asked Mum if she would like\nto write her thoughts for you all. She wrote this yesterday. I think it is a\nfitting tribute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-farewell-to-alfie-from-his-mistress\">A Farewell to Alfie from his Mistress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>When I was a child I was not allowed a dog. Instead I dreamed\nof what the perfect dog would be to me. As an adult, I have been privileged to\nshare my life with that dog. When we curled up together his heart beat and\nbreathing synchronised with mine. Two hearts beat as one. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Today, I\u2019ve lost my soul mate and best friend. I thank God\nfor every day I\u2019ve known you and you will live on in my heart forever.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You inspired me to develop your breed in the UK. You inspired\nme to write books in your name. You gave your name to my publishing company.\nYou have been at the heart of my blog since your arrival. I will strive to\ncontinue all those things in your honour. You have brought happiness to\nthousands of people around the world and will be much missed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>One day, hopefully many years from now, I will see you\nagain on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge. I know you will wait for me as\nyou always have. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ros<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-alfie-dog\">Alfie Dog <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-einstein-van-den-tiendenschuur-13-11-2005-to-17-3-2020\">(Einstein van den Tiendenschuur \u2013 13\/11\/2005 to 17\/3\/2020<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_9059-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Rest in peace Alfie - a picture of him taken a short while before he died.\" class=\"wp-image-17215\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Rest in peace Alfie &#8211; our lives will never be quite the same without you, but we are so grateful that you were in our lives.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[109,63,50,27,93],"class_list":["post-17214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-day-to-day-life","tag-alfie","tag-aristotle","tag-entlebucher","tag-shadow","tag-wilma","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}