LaVeta Jude
My Friend Ralph
Ralph was the beloved pet of my dear friends Annie and Peter Riseborough in Kew, Victoria, Australia. I loved him.....he has since passed away but I keep this picture on my fridge.....He was my dear, dear friend!
I have been to Australia twenty five time and for thirteen of those years I always went to visit Ralphie. His people said that the minute I walked through their door Ralphie forgot who fed him!!! He would be beside himself with joy, jumping into my arms, giving big slobbery kisses. He would sleep on my bed and never left my side during the day. He kept me company while shopping, going out to take photos in the Kew Cemetary and surrounding area.
We met when he was a baby....My husband and I were invited to dinner at his people's home. I was wearing five inch, snake skin Jimmy Choo heels and during dinner I slipped them off. The dinner was marvelous and so much fun and it was the beginning of a lifetime friendship. After the wonderful meal, I put my shoes on and began to get up from my chair....and promptly fell on my face.....Ralphie had chewed off the heel of the left shoe!!!!! That is how we met!!!!
He was a bundle of mischief and love.
When he was older he went through a small surgery on his right front elbow and was in a cast for a couple of weeks. Months later I arrived back into his life by taxi. As I got out of the car, he rushed up to greet me and promptly laid down on his back with his right front leg in the air and barked and howled as if telling me all about his surgery. We all laughed till tears!!!!
During his last year, we spent a week together and it was lovley. When the taxi arrived to take me to the airport, Raphie jumped into the backseat and had to be pried loose. I cried.
Annie and Peter and the kids gave him a wonderful life and they were so good to him but I was his special human friend and that was a fact. At the age of 13 he developed a tumor in his jaw and try as they did, Annie and Peter could not save him. Everyone was heart broken because that funny little dog had won his way into all our heart and even though it has been several years, we still talk about Ralphie.
My Friend Ralph
Ralph was the beloved pet of my dear friends Annie and Peter Riseborough in Kew, Victoria, Australia. I loved him.....he has since passed away but I keep this picture on my fridge.....He was my dear, dear friend!
I have been to Australia twenty five time and for thirteen of those years I always went to visit Ralphie. His people said that the minute I walked through their door Ralphie forgot who fed him!!! He would be beside himself with joy, jumping into my arms, giving big slobbery kisses. He would sleep on my bed and never left my side during the day. He kept me company while shopping, going out to take photos in the Kew Cemetary and surrounding area.
We met when he was a baby....My husband and I were invited to dinner at his people's home. I was wearing five inch, snake skin Jimmy Choo heels and during dinner I slipped them off. The dinner was marvelous and so much fun and it was the beginning of a lifetime friendship. After the wonderful meal, I put my shoes on and began to get up from my chair....and promptly fell on my face.....Ralphie had chewed off the heel of the left shoe!!!!! That is how we met!!!!
He was a bundle of mischief and love.
When he was older he went through a small surgery on his right front elbow and was in a cast for a couple of weeks. Months later I arrived back into his life by taxi. As I got out of the car, he rushed up to greet me and promptly laid down on his back with his right front leg in the air and barked and howled as if telling me all about his surgery. We all laughed till tears!!!!
During his last year, we spent a week together and it was lovley. When the taxi arrived to take me to the airport, Raphie jumped into the backseat and had to be pried loose. I cried.
Annie and Peter and the kids gave him a wonderful life and they were so good to him but I was his special human friend and that was a fact. At the age of 13 he developed a tumor in his jaw and try as they did, Annie and Peter could not save him. Everyone was heart broken because that funny little dog had won his way into all our heart and even though it has been several years, we still talk about Ralphie.