We gave the boy a good send off.

He had sirloin tips for his breakfast and crabmeat salad for lunch. Kendall's grandson brought him a doggie ice cream - peanut butter flavour. He had a number of his favourite people there when he died, including our wonderful vet, who not only sent him off so gently but also helped Thomas lay him in his grave.

I made up a card with some pictures of Seamus and just a few words to say who he was and what he meant to us. That was laminated and buried with him. If it survives and that area is dug up at sometime, people will know more than that there are just the remains of a dog there.