<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:10pt"><div class="" style="">Tessie King 2007-2014</div><div class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue-Light', 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class="">Tessie owned my XH Tom. He bought her from a newspaper advert when she was 10 months, because the ad flagged up she was unspayed and "pedigree" (almost certainly from a puppy mill). He didn't want her to be a breeding machine.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue-Light', 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent;
font-style: normal" class=""><br class="" style=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue-Light', 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class="">She moved into his home and his heart and has been his close companion for six years.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue-Light', 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class="">She welcomed a stream of foster bassets into her home, never arguing or jealous of the attention they got. She appeared in numerous newspaper articles as a model (Tom is a journalist), </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue-Light', 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial,
'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class="">She was pretty, naughty and full of zest. She and Clara were best friends.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue-Light', 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class=""><br class="" style=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue-Light', 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class="">It is impossible to believe the speed with which she left. Last Sunday (May 4), she came on a basset walk with 30 other hounds and no one knew she was ill. By this morning (Monday), just 8 days later, she could hardly walk and didn't want to eat.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue-Light', 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class=""><br class="" style=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue-Light', 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class="">She slipped off to Rainbow Bridge, helped by the vet, with her head on Tom's knee, being stroked and loved this aftrenoon,</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue-Light', 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class=""><br class="" style=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue-Light', 'Helvetica Neue Light',
'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class="">He is heartbroken.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue-Light', 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class=""><br class="" style=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue-Light', 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class="">If anyone feels like sending him a supportive message, his email is tomking522001@yahoo.co.uk </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue-Light', 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent;
font-style: normal" class=""><br class="" style=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue-Light', 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class="">Sally, with Rolph and Clara, UK</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue-Light', 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal" class=""><br class="" style=""></div></div></body></html>