LUCKY

Hi all

I'm really sorry that i never had a post up for yesterday... i had to leave work urgently and go and say goodbye to Lucky.

Lucky was my boyfriends Chow...he was a light brown coat and was so fluffy and had this cute purple tong, did you know that that chow dogs actually have a line of bear in them...i can totally see that. Wait let me show you one of them...

 Cute right!

Lucky was a biscuit brown and had such a soft coat...

We went to the vet with just his leg being sore so much so that we had to carry him to the vet...after a nights over stay and some x-rays they found out that he had a cancerous tumor in his leg that had spread to his lungs...his leg would of had to be amputated but it was to late because it had already spread to his lungs...

My boyfriend got the call since lucky was his companion, however it was more his fathers, we hadn't seen him in ages and we only got told of his sickness so late, his parents weren't the ideal dog lovers, they treated him not very well and we couldn't take him from them as we stayed in an apartment and had no where to keep him...
I phoned Matthews father to tell him that we had made a reservation at the exclusive(very hard to get into) doggie parlour 'Twisted whiskers' he was also having a hydro therapy treatment...Matthews father said that he didn't think that Lucky would make it till then.

HE WAS RIGHT.

We took him that same night to the veterinary hospital, which was excellent, and something just told me when we walked in there that we weren't going to see him out there again.

I WAS RIGHT.

We got a call the next day from the hospital saying that we had to put him to sleep and that he was in too much pain and that he was dying.

OUR HEARTS DROPPED.

Matthew picked me up from work and we both drove in silence with tears running down our faces and a feeling of pain surrounding us in the air.

We got to the hospital and waited with Lucky in his cage for 20 min before the vet came out of theatre...those 20 min were the hardest...he whined in pain and he didn't eat or drink, it was if he knew what was coming, we sat in tears trying to comfort him and trying to tell him he is going to be fine and that he is going to have a long sleep and will feel much better, we said that he wouldn't be alone.

OUR HEARTS WERE BREAKING.

We both sad there going through tissues like it was going out of fashion...

The vet came and as we saw him, i felt it to become very real, Lucky had fallen asleep with all the rubs Matthew was giving him. The doctor took us through and showed us the x-rays...

WE KNEW AND HE KNEW THAT IT WAS THAT TIME.

He brought Lucky in and Lucky managed to limp to the table of where he was going to leave us, he hadn't been able to walk but now he put in his last strength into it.

They put him on the table and we rubbed him telling him he was with us and all was going to get better.

WE SAID GOODBYE.

The vet came in and put a beautiful blue liquid injection into his leg and we stood there stroking him.

I heard Matthew say his last words...

LUCKY TOOK HIS LAST BREATH. IN - OUT

And as the blue liquid was finishing....

HE WAS GONE.

His dead body lay there as the second injection went through his system.We could hear nothing, pure dead silence. It was chilling.

We took his collar and left his body there in the room...

At home i looked at that collar, it still had some of his soft hair in it, it smelt like him, at that point i registered we were never going to see him again. I cried and cried and cried...not because he was gone but because he couldn't say his last word to us...he could say nothing, not even goodbye.

It made me upset and irritated...

Matthew and i spoke about it and we've decided that Lucky will inspire us to do more for animals....to tell more people about animal abuse and to stop other dogs from suffering, i decided that if i could, i would try to give EVERY ANIMAL a voice. I'd try my utmost best.

Because a life must never be forgotten and for us it never will.

Keep shining and care

Kindness and Hope

Kelly-Leigh

P.S.....This is just the start Lucky.
           Thinking of you.
           Matthew and Kelly

ANTI FUR CAMPAIGN!!

YAY...YAY...YAY


So why am i excited...simple.

I have been talking about announcing this FOREVER. Finally i can tell you about the 1 campaign.


PETA has a campaign that says 'I'd rather go naked than wear fur'...I've discussed this before and in fact i have also shown you the pictures of it.


Well now i have decided that we as South Africans must make a stand - So i have organised 2 professional photographers and a studio so that we can go and do exactly that...


Finally I am glad to announce my Anti-Fur campaign...




It will be done by - Spread The Word
                                                      
I will be hosting it - Kelly-Leigh Blignaut


The photographs will be done by - Funki Foto's -

by Dina Bohnsack and Andre Raubenheimer

Date - 30 October 2010


Time - 2.30 doors close at 3.30 ....until 4.30


Venue - Funki Foto's studio

Directions -
1st Floor, Whitecliff Building, 5 Dover St.
Ferndale (put Ferndale in the GPS if you
are using one) - Randburg
Nearest Corners - Pretoria Ave and
Bram Fischer Drive
(good landmark is Sandton Clinic, only a couple of hundred meters from there)

We all want to stand up for what's right and now you have the chance...PETA's Anti Fur campaign (I'D RATHER GO NAKED THAN WEAR FUR) is now being brought to you by Spread The Word.

Single pictures will be taken of you fully naked and hiding you bits and pieces :)...This is not about embarrassment or nudity, this is about the fact that you are willing to make such a huge stance against the fur industry that you would show your bare body to prove your seriousness with the situation.

This is my inspiration http://features.peta.org/ChineseFurFarms/index.asp

If you feel passionate about this cause, come and join us and make a stand for those who can't.

Follow us on Facebook with the group - Spread The Word
Or on this Blog - http://spreadtheword-kelly-leigh.blogspot.com/

REMEMBER ONE PERSON CAN MAKE A CHANGE!

CARE.

Kind Regards

Kelly-Leigh

What will you do?

Well, what i day i have been searching endlessly for a December holiday vacation...

N.B.   Don't leave it late!

Seriously, my mom always said that, but now i see why.

I read such an interesting thing today...i don't know if you all know this yet but Ingrid Newkirk is THE person of PETA.She has now stated her will of her body after she dies..its incredible! She wants her body cut up and given to her cause...wonderful right?
Wonderful as in the fact that til death she shall take her passion and cause with her.

Would you do something like that?

Check it out -

http://www.peta.org/features/Ingrid-Newkirks-Unique-Will.aspx

It's hard to face death, for some people that is...for me it's not, i don't like it but i can come to terms with it....my dad died when i was 18 and in Matric...it was hard and personally i was happy that we gave him an open casket, it gave me a sense of closer.

Now that's what some humans feel.

What about animals?

What about animals?

What about animals?

You cant tell me that the animals that they live next to ( for however long )wont be a loss to them when they are gone...how about watching your friend die, with it screaming with pain and all you can do is wait for your turn.

How would it feel if you had to watch lives being taken one by one in a row and realize at that point that your turn is 5 more down the line and that YOU ARE GOING TO DIE...not gracefully, not respectfully but with hatred and a non concerned mass murderer.

Your life will be lost, you'll never see your family and friends again and the likely hood that your life's injustice will come to the public eye or even raise an eyebrow over so that your life was lost in vain and that you will be the last to suffer...








Well my lil animal friend....the likely hood of that is ZERO.

Sad right!





But the best part is things are changing...for the better...these animals life story's are reaching a "biggish" amount of the public eye and the best is that people are caring! So things are starting to change.

Change....ahh....yup just as good as a holiday ;)

Well at least if i cant get a place to stay in December and I'm stuck in Joburg, I'm going to change my apartment around!
Think about it :)

Right that's my bits and pieces for the day...

Have a good evening and remember...

ONE PERSON CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Kindness and hope

Kelly-Leigh

Looong Weekend

Hi all

So how was your long weekend?

Mine was boring busy....yup i don't think that my English there is very good but it explains the fact that the things that kept me busy were very boring!

I did have a picnic though...it was great i took my Chihuahua Blossom with and my friend brought her puppy Lucy....it was great having all that fresh air, plus the weather was great!

However i was exhausted this morning! I blame it on the fresh air and naughty food!
So i took a back seat on life today...nothing productive happened today at all...i still need to do the proposal, but I'm nearly done with it, but i couldn't find it in me to do it, i'm exhausted! And as for PnP...I'm still waiting for my hamper and they still need to tell me about the cheese and bread issues of getting that in, but i didn't follow up on anything today - I'll do it tomorrow.

You know there is nothing wrong with having an unproductive day, really some days you just need a time out!

And today believe me you are lucky to even get a post from me... I'm battling to keep my eyes open.

As for the update on the campaigns...ARG it's taking much longer than expected, because learn something from me...if you want something done ( especially with the Vegan/animal rights South African folk ) ....
                                                  

Seriously, if you ask for someone else to do it...it'll take forever or never get done...try to do it the best you can and all by yourself and then find trustworthy people along the way that can help....Note the 'trustworthy'. This will definantly speed up the process.

I'm having a meeting with someone tomorrow and with someone else on thursday...so my days from tomorrow become as busy as usual. NEED SLEEP!!!... :)

Did any of you see the PETA awards hosted by Alec Baldwin...must of been pretty cool cause i really like him, he's from - 30 Rock. And i really like that show....on another note i also love The Big Bang Theory.....now that show is amazing!

Onto another point - If your family doesn't stand by your animal activism or vegan lifestyle keep in mind you are not the only one :)

I never get support for the things that i do, however i know its the right thing.
So no matter if i get support from my family or not, i know that this is right and that in my life i have the power to do something great, just like all of you.
And if anybody out there including family are here to tell me that doing the right thing is wrong, then i'm sorry...you can GO AND JUMP!

Because i know that cruelty is wrong!And it's good to make a stand in your life. Especially for those who are less fortuate than you. Be it humans or animals.

Right that's my Monday half asleep afternoon blog!

Speak to you tomorrow...

CARE!

Kelly-Leigh