Farewell To Our Beloved And Most Treasured Princess

Princess was brought to us as a 4-week-old puppy by our Angolan orphan boy in 2004. See photo below. We had not planned to have a dog, but there she was, the most beautiful puppy, who could resist that? Jacinto looked after her for several years until he moved back to Angola where he now lives.  Since then Princess adopted our Riccardo as her soul mate.

 Princess lived with us for 13 years.  Everyone loved her and she was as much part of the family as anyone else.  Towards the end of 2017 her legs began to give in.  It got worse and worse and our hearts became heavy. The inevitable happened: in the end she could not walk at all and would cry, presumably with pain, or out of frustration. It was cruel to keep her alive in those circumstances. We had to put her down. The second photo was taken just before we took her to the vet to say goodbye, one of the hardest things we have ever had to do at Mercy House!

Thank you, Princess for being such a valued member of our Mercy House family. We will never forget you.