Gone, each taking a piece of my heart, but never forgotten....

Lets see who is in this list.... I came to Blenheim in 2000.

First was a itty bitty little stray kitten that somehow arrived in a shed on the property the ex and I were renting.  Must have been 2001 or 2002.  Little Stumpy (was so young when I found him in the shed his little tail and legs were all stumpy and little) was killed about a month after I found him and started feeding him and taming him down in the shed by Joe my Long Coat Shepherd.  I was devastated :(  Didn't dare get a cat after that episode.  Had 2 dogs and Coke my old horse at that stage.

Shifted to our own property just down the road about 2003 and by then we had 5 dogs and 2 horses and Lilly Bing the first goat kid coming with us.

And inevitably the losses began. And of course more and more came home with me too...

But this list is remembering my precious babies, some of whom I had for such a short time :(

Coke, horse bought when I was about 16, 2004
Elmo, bull mastiff puppy, pound rescue, had him 3 mths, 2005
Speights, horse, 2005 (he got me preggers, long story LOL)
Tai, Great Dane, 2007
Joe, Long Coat GSD, rehome, 2008
Velcro, Black Ram, 2010
Karma, Ridgeback x, rescue, 2011
Phoenix, Bull Mastiff, 2012
Dozer, Bull Mastiff, 2014
Zak, pound rescue, 2016
Lilly Bing, goat, 2017
Ruger, cat, 2018
Abby, mum's horse, 2018
Bird, 5 week old kitten, hand raised from 1 week old, 2019
Phoenix, last of about 20 chooks collected in 2 years, was about 9 yrs old, 2019
Sooty, goat, 2019

Crikey this property is a bit of a pet cemetery!!!  Especially all the chooks, gosh they are a bit fragile in life, fall off the perch quite literally a lot!!!

I keep thinking I've forgotten someone!

And those that are left in the land of the living at present are:

Leo, pound rescue, aged 12 1/2
Vada, Great Dane rehome, aged 7 1/2
Cassidy, cat found in the middle of the road at about 4 weeks of age, now 7 1/2 yrs
Tom, Marcus's cat, 6 3/4
Remington, brother of Ruger, cat, will be 4 in 10 days.
Bear, cat, rescued with his brother Bird and a little sister who died the first night here Feb this year
Izzy Bee the horror goat, who must be 12ish
Barney the pig, 5 1/2
Roger, horse, 24
Mac, horse and most beloved, 18
Smokey, Kaimanawa horse, mustered 2008, same age as Marcus, 13

Still lots to have to farewell.... My babies, no matter how short a time they were here