I watched my husband lie down beside our dying cross collie and comfort her in her last moments and I thought we would never recover from what was clearly going to be a terrible loss. We were unable to control our tears...our heartache...our loss yet we knewTess was tired, had had enough and wanted to give up. The only thing standing between her and peace was ...us!!! We could hardly bring ourselves to let go but eventually we did and our Lilttle Angel found peace and dignity once again. The following days our hearts were heavy, sore and aching. We half heartedly spoke about another dog but really our hearts were just not in it. We decided to take ourselves away for a few nights of contemplation and the night before we left, I was just distracting myself by looking on line at border collie pups for sale. I came across a red and white pup, the last of the litter to be sold and something attracted me to him. His eyes were almost human...his expression full of the joys of a new exciting life ahead. I called my husband through knowing he would be interested as he had always expressed a wish that if we got another dog he would like a red collie. Already it was feeling like it was meant to be. We called the number on the website and Joanne answered. She had been saving the pup for herself but couldn't decide between the male we were interested in or the female she had also kept back. She wasn't sure if she wanted to continue breeding so had kept one of each to give her time to decide. She agreed that if we really were interested in the male she would happily let us see him, mum and dad. We drove up two days later. It was the drive to Joanne's house however that was the mysterious yet comforting point to our story. Still crying from the loss of Tess, we bundled ourselves into the car at St Andrews and made our way up to Alford, Aberdeenshire. It was a rainy day setting out early but around 5 minutes after we left the rained stopped and sun came out. It was at this point that my tears stopped and my heart skipped a beat as the sky was alight with rainbows.....I could see 2 even 3 and I just knew our little Angel was with us. The rainbows were evident to us all the way to Aberdeen. It was a massive comfort to us and a turning point in our grief. We arrived to be greeted by a little chocolate bundle of joy who cuddled into us immediately and almost touched my aching heart. Jasper is now our 1 year old bundle of fun and joy and has filled our lives again with everything a dog can bring. Whilst we will never forget our little 18yearold Angel, every time we see a rainbow now, I smile and think of her and all the years of joy she brought into our lives. Never forgotten. RIP our little Angel x