Life After.

The hardest thing I have ever done was to tell Callum that Sean will not be around any more. How can an 8 year old understand that he has lost his big brother for ever. It is hard enough for Hazell and myself to cope with the loss god knows what was going through his mind. We had many sleepless nights with him waking up crying not that we could sleep anyway. He had counseling by a by a marvelous group called See Saw which helped a lot.Callum was becoming withdrawn. He would be playing with his toys then he would stop and just sit there for while just thinking then start to play again or sometimes he would just start crying and wanting a hug. He would not talk about Sean and if he heard his name mentioned he would walk out of the room or even look at the picture of Sean on the wall. So we had to do something to help him get over the loss. The head mistress Alison Marsh and the teachers at his school are great in trying to help him. But what really helped him was from the help of a person whom we would like to call as a very good friend. When we lost Goldie the boys took it hard so we decided to wait and see if we would get another dog. Then Callum started to say that he missed Goldie and can we have another dog for him to play with and look after. So we talked to See Saw about it and they agreed that it would be a good idea. We asked Callum what breed of dog he would like and he said that he did not want another Golden Retriever as it would spoil the memory of Goldie bless him. He searched through the Internet as it was going to be his decision about what breed he would have. Then all of a sudden he came to me and said Dad I want a Cocker Spaniel but not an ordinary Cocker but a working one. I think I know why he decided on that choice was because when we had Goldie the boys wanted a companion dog for Goldie and they decided on a Cocker then as Sean had seen them work when he went beating. Plus I liked them as well. But it was his decision and his alone. So I got in contact with that person which changed everything Simon Blackman. He said that he would keep an eye out for a good one for us and he kept his word. It resulted in this.

That day when we picked up Buster I must admit brought tears to our eyes. Callum was so happy He changed over night. He was back to his happy cheerful self. I cannot thank Simon enough for what he did. He did more for us than I think he realized he gave Callum  his life back.