Lin Price

I live in Johannesburg. I came to South Africa many years ago. My beloved and gentle Dharma loved people, and was a very special dog. She was rescued from an African township and quickly became a great source of strength and comfort to me. As I couldn't have children she was my whole world. She travelled half way around the world with me when I returned to the UK to live in 2004 and went through six months quarantine which was hard on both of us. I cried every single time I visited her which was almost every day. She came back to SA with me in 2007 and was very happy to be back in the sunshine and not have her walkies in the rain anymore, although she really missed the squirrels! She was poisoned by Africans who wanted to break into my cottage while I was at work on 18 May 2009 and the day she died my heart broke in two. She has taken the biggest part with her and I know that what is left will never mend. She died alone, without my arms around her and it will haunt me to my dying day. When I found her I felt that part of me had died too and the pain is as great today as it was on that dreadful day when my world stood still. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who lights a candle for my precious and gentle girl who loved and trusted everyone. Dharma and I send love to you and your angels. Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ