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Molly AKA Amuaray Magic Happens 30/3/00 - 15/5/09 Best Friend - Her dad
Molly's Poem To Jack and Charlie I am not far from you. I am not far from you. I am not far from you. I am not far from you. Love Mol written by Natalie Winter
With great sadness I write this page after Molly passed away very peacefully in her sleep. Very unexpected, her passing has caused many tears in the Winter house and was the boys first experience with the death of a loved pet. She was a wonderful friend to all of us and best mate of her litter brother Mickey who she travelled the world with and shared everything they did together. Up until recently it was no uncommon to see them sleeping on each other all the time and just a part of each others life. Molly was Geoff's little girl and had an attitude to match the best of them. She was no wall flower and made sure that more than one big dog knew she was around and she was in charge. I think people used to look at me very oddly when I asked them to not let their dog too close to Mol but they always found out that it was best to listen to me. Very uncavalierish!
In a weekend of reflection Geoff and I have managed to enjoy a few laughs of her antics. Some that come to mind were her ability to escape from any yard that Geoff built to keep her in by either going under or over. She didn't care which way she got out as long as it was out and that is how she got one of her pet names which was "Diggity D" and "dig dog". It was not uncommon to see her bolt around a yard on the opposite side of the property to where she was put. We used to have a score board in the house that listed Mol -v- Dad to see if he could keep her in. Unfortunately for Geoff, Mol won hands down and we spent many a dark winters night out fixing holes in fences to keep her in so we could go to work the next day. The most major escape that is still fresh in Geoff's mind is when she found a hole in the back fence and she had taken Mick and Mav with her. Geoff had to scale an electric fence - in his croc's - in the rain in order to catch them some distance away from the house. Unfortunately he was is such a rush to get over the fence before they got out of sight that he rushed his attempt to get over the fence which result in him slipping and the electric fence burning the inside of his thigh as he fell on it. He picked himself up and ran about 1.5 km to eventually catch up with them and drag them back home - all in his croc's. There is no doubt in our mind who was the ring leader as Mol was the escape artist to beat all escape artists.
Molly did compete in agility very successfully and had ( I think) about 15 titles to her name. She made the finals of the Australian Agility Nationals in Sydney (all breeds) for Novice agility (I have forgotten the year). She placed a respectable 10th overall which we were incredibly proud of. I didn't put a lot of time into Molly as her brother Mickey was always so easy to run and its a regret I will always live with. However her most memorable run was with her dad doing a tunnellers run in NADAC in San Diego. I was pregnant and just could not run anymore so Geoff took on the challenge - I mean how hard can it be huh!. Mol did well to hang in with him having no idea what he was doing until tunnel 8 then she was Outta there. She was not hanging around to be trodden on and was off to find mum who "handled her with care" leaving her dad standing in the ring not knowing what to do. We have this on Movie and one day will transfer it over from tape and upload it to You tube. One day.
She gave us such a gift by passing so peacefully in her sleep that she looked just like she was sleeping when we buried her. The boys were able to be involved in the process given her flowers and pats before we buried her . Through their tears I was able to tell them that when they lifted their heads to the skies they would feel the wind brush on their faces. This was Molly giving them kisses from Heaven and the sun on their faces was her warming their hearts. That's when I wrote the poem above which may help other children (and adults) deal with their grief. Please feel free to pass around the link back to Molly's page so those words can help heal others.
After seeing a dog that has passed it is very hard to remember what they were like when they were alive and thankfully we were able to capture some great footage of Molly frolicking in the snow when she was living in CT and sledding with her dad. This is how we will always remember her.
Sleep well my snow Angel. Enjoy your cloud in Doggy Heaven.
Geoff, Natalie, Jack and Charlie
Mol, Mick and Nat walking up our driveway in CT after taking the snow angel footage. What a memory for us.
Do not stand at my grave and
weep, Moll accepting a perpetual trophy from Rinky as she has won it some years before.
find the dog!
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