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Jo Jo

This is my tribute page to our beloved Joe, who sadly and prematurely passed away on September 9th 2023 aged 11

If you read the Jock E Wheel blog page on this site, you will know that our holidays mainly consist of trips in the caravan with Jock, Jockette, Joe and Molly. Unfotunately after our last trip to the Isle of Wight in September 2023, and on arriving at Freshwater Bay at Bridport, we lost him-passing away that night, peacefully, in the caravan with us and Molly.

We were lucky enough to find Jo from Many Tears, a rescued pup that was being fostered in Kent at 10 weeks old with his sister Jelly Tots (Many Tears alphabetic way of naming their dogs). We loved him straight away, and picked him up at twelve weeks, bringing him home as a new member of the family and

as a new companion to Molly after we had months previously lost our Border Collie Max. We re-named him Jo Jo (shortened eventually to "Joe").

Joe soon became a happy addition to our family and best mates with Molly, who he looked after, especially on walks when approached by other dogs. This guy loved everybody, he would approach anyone or any dog, which made him very approachable and easy to love. He would hunt down dog-walkers that he remembered may have treats, and was vociferous with them, asking with his little bark and whinge until they gave in to him!

Aged about 6, Joe busted the crucia ligament in his right hind leg, which was very uncomfortable for him. Advised by the vet, we allowed the injury to heal naturally, which it did, taking around six months. Unbeleviably, as soon as it was healed, he slipped om mud on a walk while playing with another dog, and broke his crucia ligament-this time in the other leg. Such bad luck, and, bless him, this time we decided to operate so that we could get him back to full fitness as quickly as possible. All this is listed below on this page, and although he recovered, his legs, unfortunately were never the same.

Sometimes in your life, if you are lucky, you will be priveledged to come across a character like this; Joe loved, and was loved by everyone. He was the light of my life, he was everywhere you were. He was a pain, a love, intelligent, sometimes loud, had a crazy howl for a bark, caring, loyal, fearless, sometimes demanding and, despite being not well, he gave everything to life, and to us and to his dog companions Molly and Eevee.

He never complained, gave everthing on his walks, loved pubs, the beach, digging in sand, and paddling in water. (He would swim, but only if he had to, or if I dropped him in the sea)! He protected Molly and Eevee, or any other dog that was potentially under threat, all of which he continued full on right, to the end.

In conclusion to his untimely passing, he was on monthly injections for the arthritis in his legs plus two different medications, which never really agreed with him. When you are close to a dog like this, I think they can't tell you what level of pain they are in, so you can possibly overlook the fact that they are not well. Certainly, on the Isle of Wight this time, he was walking off the beach a couple of times during his beach walk, so he may have been in more pain than we knew.

But he had loved his life, was loved dearly by all of us, and we know that now he is in a better place, no longer in pain, and splashing in the warm, shallow, lapping seas in heaven.

Run boy, splash. We were priveleged to have known you all your life.

You were and always will be, loved forever JoJo xxx

Thank you buddy