Sonny

After fifteen and a half wonderful years of companionship, loyalty and unconditional love, on 7th September 2023 we were forced to say goodbye to Sonny.

Words cannot describe the pain of losing him nor go any way to filling the hole he has left in our world. Our hearts are broken but at least he is sleeping and no longer in pain.

It's been a long time now but it still hurts so very much to write about it so I'm not going to go into detail. He was active and his beautiful loyal self right to the end. He had a cancer in his moth that we had operated on. He was fine for a year or so but it came back. He fell poorly while on what was to be his final road trip. He was in so much pain although he didn't tell us, he was so very brave. The cancer had got into the bone in his jaw so even eating was painful. We were left with no choice, fifteen and a half years of companionship and the constant unconditional love he gave us really doesn't ease the pain of having to say goodbye.

Sonny came to us as a puppy from The Dog Trust. His years with us are well documented on our social media pages and highlighted in the thousands of photos we have of him.  When Purdie came along, Sonny and her formed an unbreakable bond and they will both remain a massive part of our lives. We will love and remember them forever, sleep peacefully together, our beautiful kids, until we meet again.

The whole Ruff Nomads thing came from the dynamic that Purdie, with Sonny, brought to our lives. It may seem strange to some but we even struggled to get back on the road after losing Purdie. It was the light that Sonny brought to our lives that helped us through those dark times. Since the day came to say goodbye to him also, we've been left with an even bigger hole that will never be filled. 

We've got pictures of them both up in the RV, we talk about them all the time and even now we shed a tear in memory of the love and happy times we all shared. Their spirits travel with us always.

Last year we managed to get back on the road once more. Visiting places we went with them is still hard, but we remember the very special times we had with two beautiful souls. 

We will love and remember you always. Run free with Purdie once again, until we meet again our beautiful boy Sonny. 

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