I lost my lovely old springer two weeks ago she was 16 and only really slowed down from April this year. In fact when we went for a walk with her the week she died DS1 said do you remember when she used to run around all the time and we would lose her? This was when she was walking next to me, head down really not enjoying her walk at all, that's when I knew she was tired of life. She lived for her walks.
She was the fabbest of fab dogs and I miss her completely, I didn't realise how much I used to natter to her all the time. I work from home and DH works away so she was my company on an evening. It feels really strange not to be tripping over her whenever I walk around the house.
We used to walk her for miles and when she was younger we worked in London for 10 hours a day so she had a dog walker come in a couple of times a day, but she never objected to being left at home. She was completely crazy out of doors would run like a mad thing for miles, if we walked 10 miles she'd easily do 20. Obsessed with water, for years our house has smelled of dirty old ditches for years and like others have said completely food obsessed. She once broke into the pantry and ate one of the huge bags of Eukanuba and the sack of Iams cat food next to it, her belly was scraping off the ground when we got home. One of the other stories on here brought back memories too, she once had to be rescued out of a tree by the fire brigade because she'd chased a cat up there, not kidding she must have been 10 feet high and stuck on a branch.
You'll have tumbleweeds of dog hair floating through your house and if you sit on the floor she will push all stray toddlers off your knee because that's her place.
Oh dear I've made myself cry with all these memories, enjoy your springer because one day you'll have as many happy memories as we have and I wouldn't be without those for a minute.
On a positive side, I am enjoying not having to wipe dog snot off the French windows and being able to take a bin bag out of the bin and it not be raided!