Goodbye Monty

Well the dreaded day arrived.We lost our dear old Monty. It was on the cards, he was living on borrowed time but nevertheless it has been a very sad time for all of us at the shelter, he was such a part of freshfields and it will seem odd seeing his friend Tara without him. He was such a funny old man, when he arrived here as a stray 4 years ago, he wouldnt look at people and if anyone went to pat him he would walk away, he was almost autistic if this is a possibility for a dog. Over the past year, he suddenly became more responsive and would actually approach the staff for attention though would not allow it for any length of time, moving away when he had had enough.Still, it was a great improvement on the aloof dog of earlier years, of course it mnakes me wonder what sort of life he had before, no dog is like this for no reason but Im happy that he became more people friendly of late.It gave him a better quality of life. We will miss you Monty.