Sam..short for Samantha
Oddly enough I felt a strong urge to take this portrait shot of Jonathan's dog originally - but by now our Boxer dog.
She was aged 13 and a good age for a Boxer but with a bit of arthritis in one hip.
Later in the week again down by the River Trent which we walk a lot...Sam inexplicably started to run from nearby us but away from us not towards us. She careered along not responding to our calling or whistling her. Jon had a job to catch her but he did and as usual we lifted her into the boot/hatchback of our car. I said Jon " look at her eyes " they had both covered over with a cloudy black. We also realised she had gone deaf too. We took her to her usual vet who diagnosed a brain tumour which had suddenly hit the optic nerve. As she often ignored us she may actually have been deaf for some time but having zero training by Jonathan we hadn't realized the extent of her deafness .She was euthanised the same day on the advice of the vet who had taken into consideration her age and also we had no way of knowing if she was in pain. She had had a wonderful long life though and we cherish the memories:)
This happened in 2019 but part of my series of pet portraits…
Sam..short for Samantha
Oddly enough I felt a strong urge to take this portrait shot of Jonathan's dog originally - but by now our Boxer dog.
She was aged 13 and a good age for a Boxer but with a bit of arthritis in one hip.
Later in the week again down by the River Trent which we walk a lot...Sam inexplicably started to run from nearby us but away from us not towards us. She careered along not responding to our calling or whistling her. Jon had a job to catch her but he did and as usual we lifted her into the boot/hatchback of our car. I said Jon " look at her eyes " they had both covered over with a cloudy black. We also realised she had gone deaf too. We took her to her usual vet who diagnosed a brain tumour which had suddenly hit the optic nerve. As she often ignored us she may actually have been deaf for some time but having zero training by Jonathan we hadn't realized the extent of her deafness .She was euthanised the same day on the advice of the vet who had taken into consideration her age and also we had no way of knowing if she was in pain. She had had a wonderful long life though and we cherish the memories:)
This happened in 2019 but part of my series of pet portraits…