Sophia

Sophia-White was affectionately known by her family and friends as Sophia.  She was born on 18 October 2001, and came into our family as a twelve week old kitten whose first owners had to re-home her due to illness in the family.  As soon as Sophia came into the family my four year old (at the time) corgi x foxy dog Toona took her under her doggy wing and raised Sophia as her own pup.  Sophia was a very playful kitten who became a cat who left her mark on everyone she met whether it was with her personality or her claws.

She was a beautiful cat to look at, and she knew it.  In fact she knew it so well that she became the queen of the domestic section of the cat shows.  I still have the ribbons.  In fact Sophia was the sort of cat that the word queen was invented in the English language for.  With her beauty and her charm, she certainly wooed crowds.

But unfortunately Sophias life was marred by illness.  She lost a litter of kittens that died inside her and gave her blood poisoning.  This in turn damaged her liver and, at the tender age of seven years she went into liver failure.  However once I found the right vet, Sophias fighting spirit came into play and she made a shall we say 99% recovery from near death.

She loved hiding in bushes, sunning herself and following me around, even to the bus stop when we lived in Glenorchy.  She would sit in the garden wherever we lived and come running up to me when I got home and talking to me.  She would then follow me inside chirping, as though she was greeting me.  She also developed a new love hissing at people.

It was something that, wherever we lived and whoever I knew, Sophia would always become famous for.  She would hiss when a stranger came to the door or into the garden the way a watch dog barks.  With that and following me around, sometimes I suspected that she was in constant identity crisis and thinking she was a dog.  Perhaps being raised by a dog didn’t help.  She was often known as the dog cat.

However, two weeks before she died her liver got up to its old tricks again.  She started not coming home when she usually did, and when she finally did come home I knew she was jaundice.  I took her to the vet the one other person apart from me Sophia truly loved and trusted and she was admitted to hospital.  She died on the following day in my arms not long before she was due to be put to sleep.  Her liver had gone into failure again and we suspect that she ended up having a heart attack.  It was Friday, 17 February 2012 at 6:05 PM.  She is survived by her human Milanka (me), her dog Toona who brought her up and her fellow cat Haiti.

Rest in peace Sophia.  You are still loved and truly missed.

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Look for the new van on the road.

I had Meg’s ashes inserted into her favourite toy, a teddy bear to which she slept with on her bed till the end. And now I keep her beside my bed.

She had 15.5 great years and even featured in a cd rom called ” Almost Human Doggies” endorsed by RSPCA when she was 8.

So thank you for providing a service that gives the beloved animal dignity and love and remembrance that owners request and grieve for.

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Sandstone marker with Engraved plaque.

From today, visitors to the gardens or here on line have great new choices for Pet Memorial products and very very imporantly a wonderful new resource to assist you with the grief of losing a pet. 

Brochures are available online or by mail, please contact us if we can assist. 

We spent an interesting day in the gardens, with the TV crew.The winds blew thru the trees, the birds sang and the trucks kept roaring up the highway, their noise not completely muffled by our corridor of trees.

Each time I tried to speak to the camera from the heart to share the same message we have been sharing with Pets and their People over the years.

You have choices, there is a beautiful place for you to end your earthly journey, a place where your 2 legged family members can find peace – secure in the knowledge that Pets At Rest, Memorial Gardens is providing what your family needs at this special time.

Too many pet owners have suffered unnecessarily because they did not know – that services such as Pets At Rest are here for them – share this video with anyone who might find it helpful.

As always – Care, Comfort, Choices when it comes to saying ‘Thank You for a Lifetime of Love”

See us “in the flesh” here:

Videos

New Road, New Opportunities

2010 begins with Great News. Visitors to the Gardens will have welcomed the new road, the new signposting and witnessed that great new developments are underway.

Our New fully licienced Pet Crematorium is a great new addition to our service. Now we can offer Pet Owners – 3 Options when it comes to Cremation- so our motto of Care, Comfort and Chooses means even more Care, Comfort and Chooses.

Engraving of Name plates and Memorials is very important so we have now a  great new Computer Engraver to need our clients needs.

Put the  kettle on! Always been our pleasure, now so much easier with the new facilities.

As we say the Gardens are growing with love – in recent weeks they have been moving ahead with machinery!

Not great at the time when we didn’t see the sun for weeks – but Great in that the dam is full and the trees are really getting a move on.

Welcome Rain in late 2009

For much of 2008-2009, we were buying water to keep the trees in the Gardens alive. While it did keep them alive, it was not enough moisture to encourage growth.

The rains were welcome and while 2010 has started with a blast of hot days – the gardens do have some stored water to keep them going.

The dam is full, and water is now available.

This years issue is to keep the lawns mown -  where last years issue was keeping the ground from blowing  away in a dust storm.

How much has your tree grown since you were last out to visit?

Come on out and see what is growing now!

When a family member passes away -

We need to say 

“ Thank You for a Lifetime of Love”

 Remember me by:-

 à Gathering up all the photos of our time together.

à Going to our favourite places.

à Take time to go down to the 

    Memorial Gardens and sit a while.

Talk About me:-

 à To family and friends.

à To others on the website  www.petsatrest.com.au

à To our Vet or 

à to Lindy on 0417 147 331      

Honour my Memory By:-

  Donating to animals less fortunate then I was

à Purchase a ’Thank You Tree’ for me

à Or Perhaps a Memorial Tree for me.

 Perhaps you want to Decorate my grave as others have done in the gardens.

 Live On  - Enjoy Life—as you would if I could still be with you:-

     Our Pets can Leave us,

     Confident that in their Lifetime,

     They gave 100%

     110 % of the time,

      So they leave reluctantly,

      But quietly confident ,

    That our world has been better,

    For their short time with us.

It is up to us now , to go and

Fulfill their wishes for us.

Life, Love, Happiness and No regret.

katrina

a poem for you
WILD AND FREE

I hope you’re running wild and free now you have gone to eternity,
Free from pain and young again as once you used to be.
I hope you’re running wild and free, as free as the wind in the trees,
Playing and purring in ecstasy, or sleeping and dreaming at ease.
I hope you’re running wild and free, as free as the clouds in the sky,
Rushing excitedly, a kitten again, with eyes as blue as the sea.
I hope you’re running wild and free, sometimes maybe remembering me,
For I know the time will come one day when we’ll both be wild and free.

P J Quick

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