My Beloved Dessie

[Janimal]

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I keep coming back to this thread Caroline....I am not sure why, but it is fascinating. Dessie looks very at peace and the way she has been posed is just amazing...I am struggling with it....Does it make you feel upset to see her, or are you comforted?

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I feel same too! keep coming back to this thread

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Yes Ive had I must say quite a few second looks I must say it does look just like a dog at peace and sleeping ... so well done to the Taxidermist too, because he or she must have been very nervous to see what Carolines reactions were to it too- they would have wanted to get it just right.

But please tell me you wont sell this one on Ebay. :sweating:

 

[BeeJay]

I have got to say the photo doesn't do her justice !
I went with Caroline to pick her up, we both walked into the place slighty nervous,  we didn't know what to expect. We had seen loads of his wonderful work on foxes, birds etc  but Dessie was going to be differant,  we knew her personality.

Well we looked round the door and there was DESSIE, she could just have been sleeping !

I kept looking at her on the back seat of the car all the way home, she looked so peacefull.

It was a real risk that she wouldn't be like her.  I am so pleased that she is for Caroline.

The reaction from the other dogs was amazing too. They could see her laying on the floor in the sitting room and all were very alert and intrested. One by one they were let in to meet her, they had a good sniff and just walked away to get on with normal stuff.

I did wonder how they would react because Dessie was the boss and mum of several of them.

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[Seraphina]

They certainly done a magnificent job. I am not sure if that would be my choice. When my Seraphina died, absolutely without warning and she was only 2 years and 9months, I was too distressed to make any decisions and friends just burried her in my garden. When I started to think again, I was sorry I did not have her cremated, I could have scattered her ashes in the sea, which she just loved. Now, as i am getting ready to sell the house and move to the coubtry again, I cannot cope with the idea of leaving her behind.

I suppose, you all will think me completely mad but i have a full intention to dig out my Seraphina's bones, to take with us. It would have been lot easier if i had her done as Dessie. But then again I would have to keep her from my other dogs, if anybody would start chewing on her, that would be very upseting.

Lida

 

[whipowill]

I think Dessie looks lovely, peaceful.

Today on Aussie TV there was a segment about taking the ashes of your pet or loved one and having the carbon extracted and then it was compressed and made into a diamond. They had a lady who was wearing a diamond ring and the stone was made from the carbon of the ashes of her son.

 

[Mark Roberts]

They had a lady who was wearing a diamond ring and the stone was made from the carbon of the ashes of her son.

now were realy getting into seriously sick territory.

 

[~JO~]

I think it is wonderful for Caroline that her beloved Dessie Whippet will be with her forever. I think taxidermy is fascinating and is an incredibly talented skill - and Dessie does look very peaceful.

I'm sure Caroline feels comforted now she is back at home with her, and thats all that is important.

 

[whipowill]

I think Dessie looks lovely, peaceful.
Today on Aussie TV there was a segment about taking the ashes of your pet or loved one and having the carbon extracted and then it was compressed and made into a diamond.  They had a lady who was wearing a diamond ring and the stone was made from the carbon of the ashes of her son.

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Animals that have been mounted by taxidermy (I'm married to a hunter of large & small game) have been part of my life for nearly 30 years. It does not seem strange to me at all. My husband tells me that he is able to relive the wonderful moments of the hunt when he looks at the animals. No reason why looking at Dessie shouldn't give Caroline great enjoyment and peace herslf.

 

[Tesa]

:wub:   :wub: Back home where she belongs  :wub:   :wub:   :wub:   :wub:

Dessie, your heart is in the right place. I hope having Dessie home again gives you great comfort

Now, as i am getting ready to sell the house and move to the coubtry again, I cannot cope with the idea of leaving her behind.I suppose, you all will think me completely mad but i have a full intention to dig out my Seraphina's bones, to take with us

I don't think you are even slightly mad Lida. Two years ago, when Tesa died, we knew we were going to buy the block that we are now building our new house on. We could not bear the thought of leaving her behind at the old house, so even though we didn't offically own our new block of land, we buried here out there.

 

She was born in August, she died in August, so I planted pink daffodils called August Rose over her grave. Eleven, one for every year of her life. They have just started coming up. Last year I only cut one for home, so this year I think I will cut two.

 

 

[Jones]

Its not for me either :unsure: but I think its a lovely idea

The thing that upset me most when we had to have Jake our cat of 14 years PTS was that I'd hear a noise and look expecting him to walk around the corner and for months and months afterwards I'd look at his favourite spots expecting him to be there

So to have Dessie lieing there in her favourite spot must be lovely

Cheers

Steve

 

[Janimal]

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I don't think you are even slightly mad Lida. Two years ago, when Tesa died, we knew we were going to buy the block that we are now building our new house on. We could not bear the thought of leaving her behind at the old house, so even though we didn't offically own our new block of land, we buried here out there.

 

She was born in August, she died in August, so I planted pink daffodils called August Rose over her grave. Eleven, one for every year of her life. They have just started coming up. Last year I only cut one for home, so this year I think I will cut two.

 

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that is so Lovely Karen :wub: I havnt a grave of Chip, or Lady to visit sadly let them go with the vet............ but I have lasting happy memories never to be forgotten of my lifelong treasures. :wub:

 

[~Helen~]

I don't think you are even slightly mad Lida. Two years ago,  when Tesa died, we knew we were going to buy the block that we are now building our new house on.  We could not bear the thought of leaving her behind at the old house, so even though we didn't offically own our new block of land, we buried here out there.   

She was born in August, she died in August, so I planted  pink daffodils called August Rose over her grave.  Eleven, one for every year of her life.  They have just started coming up.  Last year I only cut one for home, so this year I think I will cut two.

 

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That's so lovely it made me well up. I hope it's a long long time before I have to plan anything like this... Karen's way, or Dessie's way, or any other way. We never know what we'll want until we get there

I don't think the diamond is sick, Mark. I'm not sure if I'd want it or not, but it's quite a symbolic thing isn't it?

 

[~elizabeth~]

Animals that have been mounted by taxidermy (I'm married to a hunter of large & small game) have been part of my life for nearly 30 years. 

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As a matter of interest, is it old fashioned taxidermy or freeze drying? Looks like the latter to me.

I don't know why I'm so squeamish about my animals, I have lots of other bits n pieces of dead animals around and about (skins I've cured, horse tails for the rocking horses, interesting skulls from around the fox earth etc) but I got really upset when OH chucked a duck we'd had to cull on the bonfire. I dug my rabbit up once because my father only buried him about 12 inches down in the veg garden :rant: Have a feeling he did the same with my last cat too, as I wasn't at home to do it properly ( and he's had lovely runner beans for the last 8 years :- " )

 

[whipowill]

I really don't know about that, but in Oz fibreglass moulds are used and I do hope that this doesn't upset anyone but the skin is tanned. A good taxidermist needs to be a bit of a sculptor to get the animal looking lifelike.

 

[dessie]

It is conventional taxidermy. I would reckon he is one of the top guys in the country and has worked for the Natural History Musuem and the Dog Museum in Tring (Ballyregan Bob is one exhibit he mounted for them).

Very few taxidermists are willing to take on pet commissions because of the too high expectation factor of the owner and they also seem to specialise in one group of species, i.e. fish, birds or mammals. Until I researched it I did not realise what artistry goes into good taxidermy ........... it is not cheap!!!

Cryogenic preserving (freeze drying) is carried out in the USA and costs even more vast amount of dosh but I don't think they do it in this country.

 

[~elizabeth~]

It is conventional taxidermy.  I would reckon he is one of the top guys in the country and has worked for the Natural History Musuem and the Dog Museum in Tring (Ballyregan Bob is one exhibit he mounted for them).
Very few taxidermists are willing to take on pet commissions because of the too high expectation factor of the owner and they also seem to specialise in one group of species, i.e. fish, birds or mammals.  Until I researched it I did not realise what artistry goes into good taxidermy ........... it is not cheap!!!

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I'm impressed then. Yes, the real skill of the taxidermist is in the sculpting. :thumbsup:

I'll have to have a trip to Tring though, if only to see my old friend Mick the Miller (he was looking a bit moth-eaten last time I went to the NHM):

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/galleries/tr...s/gallery6.html

 

[dessie]

I'll have to have a trip to Tring though, if only to see my old friend Mick the Miller (he was looking a bit moth-eaten last time I went to the NHM):http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/galleries/tr...s/gallery6.html

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I haven't been for years to the NHM but that was where I last saw Mick the Miller, I don't remember seeing him at Tring I think they only have Ballyregan Bob.

 

[~elizabeth~]

I'll have to have a trip to Tring though, if only to see my old friend Mick the Miller (he was looking a bit moth-eaten last time I went to the NHM):http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/galleries/tr...s/gallery6.html

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I haven't been for years to the NHM but that was where I last saw Mick the Miller, I don't remember seeing him at Tring I think they only have Ballyregan Bob.

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They claim to have him on the website - I can see 3 greyhounds in the gallery pic, although they all look a bit too well mounted to be Mick. My father remembered him running, and always used to take me to his case when we went to the NHM and tell me stories about him when I was quite little, so I have quite a soft spot for him :wub:

 

[Tesa]

We never know what we'll want until we get there 

So true Helen.

 

[dessie]

Well, as I said, I haven't been to the NHM for years and years and it is a while since I went to Tring so it would make sense if they have them all in one place now.

It's funny because we used to go regularly to the NHM I also used to make a bee-line for Mick the Miller and the half horse exhibit (sorry, to explain for those who have not seen it, the 'outside' view of the horse on one side and the skeleton on t'other) .......... I found it fascinating.

 

[Lolcoe]

My grandma has a photo of my great grandad walking Mick The Miller before a race and next to that is a photo of me next to him at the museum.

There will never be another one like him :huggles: