She arrived at the Sanctuary some 8 to 10 years ago this diminuitive creature weighing less than a small bag of sugar - almost hairless, scrawney, found as a stray. Full of her own importance she immediately inspected the whole Sanctuary and then decided, yes, its OK shed stay! From that moment we were all hers and she ruled us with a rod of iron as the saying goes, and how we all loved it and her. She greeted all the new ones that came into care some traumatized, some ill abandoned ,neglected - she seemed to know their need and how they all warmed to her. The biggest heart imaginable beat in that tiny body.

No dog ever showed her any disrespect, to them all she was "Big Boss" She loved the puppies and would play with them even when she began to feel her age and in her way she comforted the old ones that had lost their homes and famiilies. She was - well - she wasTitch - unique. We put her to sleep on New Years Eve 2008 while she still had some dignity and the Sanctuary's brightest light went out. Her spirit is here, everywhere, but the hole in our hearts that this tiny little soul has left is huge, really huge. Nothing will ever be quite the same again.

No immediate demands of the Matriarch to be met, which everyone did, just as a matter of course. We truly miss you Little Titch, all of us, though mainly me whose every hour of every day you shared. Whether in the office, home checking, anything. You had to be with me and how I loved you. God Bless little scrap and He surely has, and thank you for all the joy you bought into our lives from the moment you came. Nothing can ever fill your space.

Lyn Williams.