Buzz

My dog, Buzz. Much loved, and very loving in return, he is now very old (14 1/2). Reluctantly, I'm forced to accept that he probably won't see this year out - but we said that last year!

Buzz was a rescue dog, and we got him when he was about 6 years old and was hugely overweight: 7.5 stone (or 105 lbs, or 48 kg). We slimmed him down to 5 stone (70 lbs, or 32 kg) and I like to think we've given him quite a few more, happy years than he would have had otherwise.

He's always been so obedient, tolerant, placid yet so full of character that he's truly become part of the family, and it will be absolutely heart-breaking when he's no longer with us.