Rosie Buttons Loses Her Fight and goes to Rainbow Bridge

Sadly Rosie Buttons lost her fight this morning, she couldnt take no more, she couldnt lie down or get comftable without drugs.

We rang the vet and he confirmed her breathing wasnt right and another tumour had come up in two days and her tummy was again full of fluids. She wasnt going to get better...

We took the heartbreaking decision it was time for her to go to Rainbow Bridge, Above is some favourite pictures of Rosie when we got her weight down, but sadly she started fitting and her weight went up again. Something we were always fighting against... as Rosie was well known for been a food monster..

Rosie lost her fight at 2.25am this morning and Gary and I was with her, she licked us both and her eyes told us it was time, we didnt know what tumours were inside causing it to be so painful for her not to lie down... We kissed and cuddled her and told her how much we loved her and that she had to go and meet James the Cat at Rainbow Bridge..

We let her go and she went very quick and the pain and discomfort has all gone and she was smiling, I closed her eyes and told her she will always have a special place in our hearts...

She will be coming home to us in her ashes in a box.

Rosie we love you so much and our hearts are broken in two..... we wanted you here with us, where you normally sit, on your favourite wood walks... not where you are now... but God decided he wanted his special angel back...

We are crying and our heart is breaking but until we all come back together, stay by our side Rosie and we will be at yours...

Thanks for the people who have rang us, emailed us and contacted we have had hundreds of messages...


JUST GOES TO SHOW WHAT A SPECIAL BORDER COLLIE ROSIE BUTTONS WAS AND WILL ALWAYS BE...

YOUR HEARTBROKEN MUM AND DAD, XX BADGER BUTTONS, MADDOCH, CAFFERY, PUDSEY, LOTTIE, MILLIE, FEZZI, TUMBLE AND THE FISH...

BADGER BUTTONS IS FRETTING HE HAS LOST HIS GIRL, BEST MATE, TRAINING FRIEND, AND WALKING MATE AND SHOW MATE... KEEP AN EYE ON HIM ROSIE HUNNI XXXXXXXX

Rosie Buttons Results are in.....

Rosie with her family of Collies Bottom Right... Photogenic or what :o)

Well finished work at 4am and rang the vets at 11am, am devastated, their couldnt be a worse results...

Its lymphoma cancer and on her way to her blood and glands, once their she will go downhill and it will go to her lungs. Although we know its not their at the moment.

Yesterday we spent the day crying our eyes out, questioned our faith in god, and cuddled Rosie, we tried not to cry but how can you when you love your pets so much...

Rosie has only been with us 2 and half years and has fitted well into our collie household and it just doesnt seem right or fair that this is happening...

We have been told we only got a couple of weeks left, devastated is an understatement, we have got over 150 messages for Rosie...

When the time comes we will let her go to Rainbow Bridge... she wont suffer and Gary and I will lead her their and cuddle hear as she leaves us.

I did question my faith yesterday and said mmmm i dont belive in god, why would he do this to a fantastic dog... When one of my friends said no Karen look at it the other way... You have been gifted Rosie for 2 and half years and look what she has achieved...

Still doesnt make it easier, we love her so much that the next few weeks is going to be so hard.

We are now taking her to see her friends to say goodbye over the next week or so and fitting in the seaside and the forest walks all of which she loves before it becomes impossible...

James the Cat is waiting for Rosie at Rainbow Bridge and they will keep each other company, James died of Lymphoma last year so we do have an idea of what we are letting our selves in for.

I never knew i could cry so much in all my life, where do the tears come from...

Today not many tears, we are going to make the most of the time we have left with her and enjoy her spirit..

She has brought love, kindness and gentleness and faithfulness to our house in fact
ROSIE BUTTONS IS THE MOST PERFECT DOG IN THE WHOLE WORD.

Rosie Buttons Checkup and Pulls out Drain!!

This is one of my favourite photos of Rosie Christmas 2007 digging into all her treats she has got...

Well today October 14th 2008, Rosie was due at vets.

Was finishing work grabbing an hours sleep and off to vets... however... Rosie decided to change the hours for us...

She had managed to pull out the drain as such and was still leaking... so we went vets earlier... they did say they would have liked it in a bit longer but it wasnt to be...

We told them about her trying to get at it with her paws so her paws are now banadaged in a lovely pink colour, will get more pics tommorrow...

Every is ok with stitches and her appt booked for next week... she got more antibiotics and now metacam as she still in a bit of pain with it all...

First time shes been allowed to go upstairs and sleep with dad this week, she was so excited...
that i didnt say oiiii come on downstairs, however it is hot upstairs so windows wide open and hubby is freezing but Rosie is comfy lol...

She jumped on bed earlier and over the wood bit right on her stitches think it turned her tummy for a few hours as she was very quiet...

But what this girl needs is a good nights sleep which hopefully she will get tonight upstairs lights out and i can hear her snoring.......

Rosies Second Operation

Rosie had her 2nd operate to remove one side of her mammary strip...

Again the fur near me heart and I prayed to god, to keep her safe and for James our Cat who was her best friend whos at Rainbow Bridge to keep an eye on her...

Hubby took her to vets and we got phone call in afternoon, all had gone well but she would have to stay in at night, we went to visit her and take her favourite toy...

We were quite suprised to see her quite alert and more interested in her food, she had drains in and was dripping a bit of blood... but Rosie been Rosie was so loving and so excited to see us... We told her we loved her and we kissed and cuddled her and told her we would be back for her tommorrow...

The next day, we picked her up and we were worried how she would get in car, as she stitched and sore... sod the blood not bothered... however she suprised us all as she jumped up...

She has struggled a bit with trying not to bite it, and has a buster collar which she hates, and we have had a coat made for her, but our best thing is a small blanket when we are not around just wrapped loosely around her middle so she cant get to it....

At night time she stays downstairs with me where i can keep an eye on her and she has her plush cage all done out with vet bed and pink toys and blankets for comfort...

The other dogs have been fantastic with her and not mithered her, and Pudsey the one who she bashed up, loves her to bits and sits at side of cage waiting for her to wake up and gives her a kiss..........

Today she had her first walk and she trotted and a little run and when we got back home we bathed her gently with salted water around her tubby and tickled her and she smiled and showed her teeth...

Her legs were the blood has dripped we cleaned with bubble bath and she smells lovely...

She has metacam for the pain which isnt really working and you feel helpless when she cries in pain.... but its only short time...

They have sent off a piece for cystolgy, it comes back Friday, please god dont let it be cancer or let it be benign...

For us to beat this we reckon she has another two operations to go.... but she is recovering well from this one and we will take things one step at a time on her conditions...

Come on Rosie we are fighting girl, were not going to give up and we hope you dont, we love you with all our heart, you are an amazing collie, the perfect dog and we want you here for at least another 10 years...

love mum and dad and the other hounds and cat and hamster and fish oh and the rabbit which you so love...

Rosies back at the vets tommorrow for a checkup after the op... will update you then

Rosies First Operation October 2008

We starve her the night before and only water.. The other Friday was horrible, I was near hysterical and hubby took Rosie Buttons to the Vets...

We knew the operation was between 11 and 2pm and had to ring up later on to see how it all went...

I was on night shift... I had rang everyone up and everyone prayed for Rosie that day... and the day before I had groomed Rosie and kept a piece of her fur under my bra, to be close to her... I cried myself to sleep... until..........

The phone rang and i have never shifted out of bed so quick in all my life ........ it was the vet... I ran downstairs and sat on the pouffe, naked and shaking violently, had we lost Rosie Buttons...

Hubby was on phone and I just felt like snatching it out of his hand to say whats happened....

Well, Rosie had been licking her belly and the vet felt it wasnt safe to stitch her up as skin was now to soft, she was under but was been brought round but xrays had been taken and can we pick her up at 4am...

Oh boy we raced to vets......and picked her up and looked at her xrays....

Brilliant news its not on her lungs so if its a tumour maybe it can be removed, however they found that Rosie has an enlarged heart, no probs are been caused by that, but it might be something else we have to deal with....

Within a day or two shes back to normal but we re schedule the next operation in.

Rosie Buttons Becomes ill September 2008

Everything over the last couple of years has been tickety boo... Rosies settled in well and shes a babe, everyone loves her, no matter where she goes..

Earlier this year, she had the priviledge of meeting an old lady who was dying of cancer and the lady was a dog lover... Rosie went visiting at the old peoples home and in the end visited lots of people..

Rosie took a special photo with her for the lady... Sadly the lady died but one of her last wishes was to see a dog again and cuddle one. Rosie made that dream come true...

September one of her large lumps on her back bursts and it heals with time and is clear of infection...

What happened next has devasted Gary and I, we love her so much... and will do everything we can as long as shes able to fight, we will fight her corner....

A large lump seemed to appear on her teats, and it was like the size of an apple, back off the vets who think its mastitis but is also very fluidy..... she has this drained several times but it fills up again...

The first injection removed is like straw coloured, then red coloured, the last two drains are like an oily coloured blood... She is put on very strong tablets...

Omg how will she take them they massive pills but we hope and pray it settles down....

Sadly it hasnt, but it has sort of gone down... we get second and third and fourth opinions, one vet said it feels like tumours and one option would be put to sleep... We were shocked... no way, shes bouncy in no pain and we are going to fight her corner...

Another vet said let her live her life... why? why not fight... yes she is high risk for an op been epileptic but its time to fight and our love will see her through... I dont want to look back and say if only we have tried.... Shes fit and healthy so why no fight her corner...

We return back to our vets, me in tears, and he said no I have seen Rosie since she came to you and lets see what we can do........ Please god shes only about 8.... dont let us loose our much wanted collie girl...

Rosie Buttons Christmas Hamper Appeal 2008

Well Christmas arrived that year and we do go over the top, she got presents from all over the world and places, spoilt, but hey ho...

Well we decided that Rosie was so lucky and what about other animals in rescue, so we started the ROSIE BUTTONS CHRISTMAS HAMPER APPEAL which is now in its 3rd year of sending out hampers to animals in rescues at Christmas...

We basically blag anything and sell it on to turn it into dog leads, collars, toys, food, anything for animals in rescue whether it be spiders, pigs, dogs or cats or horses...

Last year we sent out well over 50 hampers in Rosies Name... and next year we are hoping to go nationwide with our own website...

If you would like to donate to our Hamper Appeal this year via paypal no matter how small, please use the email address KARENWERNHAM@AOL.COM

If we all help each other and just a bit of time then other animals can also share the joy of Christmas...

Maybe you havent got much money, thats fine, have you anything unwanted you could donate, or a spare toy this Christmas we could send on... Anything is fine, please contact us, my email address is the same as my paypal address.

Rosie Buttons Loses Weight and Does the Dog Shows

Time goes on and Rosie stars to loose weight, this picture on the left was taken at 3am in the morning, when i used to finish work she would wait at top of stairs for me... one day i had the camera waiting... Stunning eh!!!! but thats Rosie..

Sadly with Rosies Epihen she has put weight on again and we are struggling with it, but if Rosie comes through everything now, then shes going on medication to sort that out...

Well we started putting her into fun dog shows and she started winning... Best Bitch, Best Rescue, Best Oldie, Best Trick...

Her Best trick is sit, stay, clap, run, down, lie, roll over, wave and play dead... on command of a clap she will sit up. put ears down and on command of food her ears will prick up... Belive me if theirs food around Rosies Ears go up quicker than a bullet...

She is very easy to train and we have lots of fun doing this... everything is fun, if she does it wrong so what... its a laugh and we both enjoy it..

Her best position was 1st Rescue at Dogs Trust, she got bag of goodies, medals and a large cup.. to celebrate she got a new dog lead and collar which she bit through in 10 mins lol...

Her funniest dog show was obedience, we had a few friends their cheering her on, we knew we were winning and we heard people saying, im not competing with that collie no way... and to be honest i did feel smug, just because I knew how much Rosie had worked for this...

Now hubby never comes to dog shows but this day he did and he was watching her... but decided to grab a brew... Rosie spotted this and ran right out of the ring leaving me their like a bright red tomato... but i found it hysterical and so did everyone else esp when she was looking for her dad... we brought her in to finish and everyone loved her and couldnt stop laffing... Was i cross, no found it funny, just shows how much she loves her dad...

Rosie is Diagnosed with Epilepsy.....

Just as we seemed to get on top of everything, one morning we hear a thud on the floor and the floor for a better word is wet.....

We didnt see who was their and never thought anything of it... until one Sunday, I was out with the girls, when a frantic phonecall came through... It was my hubby saying shes having some sort of fit...

We hurried her to vets, where they said it was eplilepsy and to keep a diary and not to panic...

We kept a diary for six months but the fits were getting worse and more severe... Her last main fit was in January 2007, she had 3 grand mal fits with sickness and runs, this time it was time for her to go on medication.

She started on Epiphen and the vet said he would reduce it once it got into her system... We were glad and soon the fits went... Her medication was reduced and reduced again Christmas 2007 but her fits returned so it was put back up to 60mg twice a day...

Shes a little minx unless a little meat is given she will spit it out... she waits for her twice daily treats and so far no more fits... thats my girl Rosie, you go girl...

We thought we were on top of everything then...

Rosies First Few Days in our Collie Household.

This is Rosie on her first night, wondering what the heck is happening...

She settled down into a corner when one of our other collies hounded her and she turned round and gave him a black eye. We thought oooer, but they soon became best friends....

Rosie was quite overweight and we needed to get on top of that and she also needed to be neutered...

We went back to our vets and got her booked in and she was duly neutered.

Shes a brave girl so much had happened to her in the last month or so... Was she coming back to us, I bet all sorts were going through her mind.

But she quickly settled in and we started taking her out on fun days and dog shows and excercising her. Everyone fell in love with this gentle collie and could have rehomed her a hundred times over...

But she was the collie girl, we had been after for years and she now belonged to our household..

Rosie Buttons Become Part of our lives.

It doesnt seem so long ago, but in fact its just over 2 years, we were doing some work for a local rescue and just had come back from a vet run, when we got a call...

Hiya Gazza and Kazza, can you go back and pick up a male collie... mmmmm hubby said yes, i must admit i went oh god all that way, but heard the word collie and we set off...

People would laugh at us as we are collie mad, but we were not looking for another boy to join our house, now if it had been a girl that would be different!!!!

Well we got to the kennels in Warrington and they brought this boy collie out, as i turned I just said WOW thats not a boy shes too pretty... of course it was a girl... she had only come into the kennels that afternoon but needed jabs to stay their...

I looked at her and we put her into the rescue van and off to Vets....Buttons they had nicknamed her, All the way to the vets, I said no shes too pretty for a Buttons, she needs to be individual, We were very quiet going back to the vets and I looked at hubby and thought mmmmm I have fallen in love with her.. We were approaching the vets and I said I know what Rosie Buttons, thats a cool name and so her name was born...

We got as far as the vets and we made phonecalls, can she come home with us.... I knew deep down she had earmarked us for her new owner....

At the vets they said she had lots of lumps on her, we knew part of her history, sold by a druggie who possibly had injected her and then sold for £5. How could he this dog is so sweet and loving but at least she would have a good life and live with other collies..