Betty Boo

my partner and I got our first little dog when we first moved in together “Rambo” a teacup chihuahua.. we had always wanted a bulldog but couldn’t afford one, my father in law had friends that breed bulldogs and often had them sent back to them if there was any problems with them, not many people realise the upkeep of a bulldog, scrubbing in between their rolls with a toothbrush to keep them clean, they are not the type of dog that enjoy long walks along the beach, they start foaming at the mouth and are buggered walking not far from your house, they love to lay around and be loved.

The day my father-in-law Grahame turned up with Betty, I had my brother staying with us and my partner was away working, she had bad back legs, and couldn’t breed so the people who first had her handed her back saying she is no good to them.

She hopped into the yard, my brother and I were a tad scared of her her, as she looked mean and strong, but only took us a couple of minutes to realise just how sweet and soft she was, it was instant love, she let the bird chase her around and the chihuahua jump all over her, but most of all, she was instant healing for my brother and I, who had had a lot of trauma in our lives.

Once my partner and I got married, we tryed everything to conceive a baby, we done ivf and nothing stuck, I did fall pregnant, and the day I lost the baby Betty would just rest her head on my tummy and sulk. We eventually moved to central QLD australia with the dogs and the bird, we rented a really old house with lots of charictor, we decided to give up our dreams of having a family of our own for a while and try to get a little more set up in life.

After a couple of months of living in this quiet mining town, Betty started to come to my belly again, getting all excited, cleaning my belly and was obsessed with having her head on my belly, I was feeling quite ill, but thought it might have been the climate change as where we moved to was an extremely hot place. After a while I started to think, is Betty trying to tell me something, so I went to the doctors- low and behold I was 9 weeks pregnant, every time I would get up to do housework she would follow me, if I was doing to much, she would nudge me on th the lounge and jump up resting her head on my belly.

Once baby arrived, Betty boo was so helpful, she would nudge me or wake me everyone the baby cried, the baby was her everything, as all she wanted to do in her life was to be a mummy too, I feel pregnant again straight away. We moved to a company house, that Betty and Rambo loved, unfortunately Rambo didn’t like the babies as much as Betty and became quite aggressive.

I ended up having to give Rambo to a friend as I could not trust him around my baby’s, after baby 2 was born, I fell pregnant again, that one year between each of my 3 babies, I also have a 1 year old as well (so much for never having babies) feeling like my life was complete. My father in law got quite sick with cancer and we had to fly home to see him.

I got the best dog sitter in all of Dysart to come and look after her, we weren’t going for long, just from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day. On New Year’s Eve I had the most upsetting phone call of my life, telling me Betty was attacked by a typan snake, and died fairly quickly, the dog lady was just as devistated as us and buried her in our back yard. Our lives would never be the same again, the memories that pop up on social media, her photos, she really thought she was little, she used to love being groomed at the pet beauty parlour, coming out showing of her pink ribbon. She was one of a kind, irreplaceable, we now have a beautiful blue staffy, who just likes being a dog, she is gorgeous to, but Betty was more than a dog, she was part human, she had psychic powers, im sure of it, and not a day went past where she didn’t make us laugh and feel loved, we were so proud of her as she was us, a connection like that is rare, Betty boo will be forever in our hearts and I know she is watching over us from doggy heaven and would love the fact I went from being told I wouldn’t conceive like Betty couldn’t, to having 4 beautiful children, that I don’t think I would of had if Betty didn’t come into my life..

Other than my children and husband Betty boo was the biggest blessing the good lord has given me in this lifetime ❤️