Brandy Beer 1988 - 2009

We lost our beloved Brandy on 22 April 2009, shortly before her 21st birthday. We still miss her, and because we have both been travelling so much with work, we have not yet replaced her. Our 2009 news gave this obituary:

"Brandy was born on 10 May 1988 in Heswall, Wirral and chose Gillian and Martin when she was about six weeks old. In her younger years, she enjoyed the garden and its wildlife - her altercation with a squirrel was particularly memorable. Through her 'presents', we learnt we had newts and shrews. In later years, she preferred to sit on the window sill and watch the cows in the yard across the road. In the evenings, she stretched beside one of us so the warm air from the laptop comforted her. We remember too her ability to communicate with us, both verbally and non-verbally.

Brandy was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism and chronic kidney failure in September 2007. It is a great credit to Martin's TLC (tender loving care) in delivering her tablets that she survived so long after this diagnosis and gave us some treasured extra time together. In the end, she was diagnosed with stomach / intestinal cancer, from which even our TLC could not save her. We plan to scatter her ashes in a large tub, in which we will plant bulbs that flower around the anniversaries of her birth and death".

10 May 2008 Brandy's 20th birthday

Brandy migrated wherever there was sunlight.