It was so sad to hear today that my wee pal, Ozzy, had passed away suddenly earlier in the day.

Ozzy (and his ‘brother’ Sam, and later his ‘sister’ Gem) had been walking with me almost since I started Leading Petcare over twelve tears ago. In fact, his first walk was back in January 2008, so twice a week, every week since then, we’ve been scrambling around Gleniffer Braes in Paisley, dodging the cattle and deer.

I make that roughly 1,196 walks! Or five hundred and ninety-eight hours together!

Ozzy was a happy, bouncy dog. He loved chasing balls – he just wasn’t very good at bringing them back! He’d run off into the woods and stash them!

Both wee Gem and Sam had passed away over the past few years, so it’s an end of an era for Leading Petcare, and of course, for his devoted owner.

I’m gonna miss his wee smiley face.

‘Night, pal.