Bear's human tells us:
This is Bear. I got him from Battersea Dogs home when he was 1 years old. I had him for over 17 years. He was such an amazing dog.
My son had severe anxiety as a teenager. My husband was living away in Poland for work and so I had to cope. For my son I had to be strong. Bear was always there for both of us.
For my son he was the non judgmental support he needed when people including me just weren’t enough. We never knew how he did it but he did. My son get better is now a very happy successful adult.
Bear is not with us now. On his last day my son gave him the most wonderful day a lovely last walk with tears steaming down his face.
Its nearly 10 years ago we said good bye. My son has his own two dogs, we have two wonderful dogs but Bear is still my screensaver ( not great as I have 2 grandkids!!!). My daughter burst into tears only last week thinking of Bear.
Why was he so special???? He just knew when we needed him and how lucky we were to find him.
We went to Battersea only to look as we love dogs and we were moving from London and had never been. Bear was meant to be. I do not know how I would have been able to stay so strong without him!
