Smudgie 0 Posted March 24, 2009 Member ID: 2,121 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 104 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 775 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/03/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 9, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 (edited) Vale Sue and Bob The owners of Diamond Creek Pet Shop who perished in the Feb 7 Bushfires Sue was a great lover of animals. In testimony to her passion for animal welfare, she did not ever sell kittens or puppies and wouldn't accept unwanted litters. They specialised in fish and aquarium supplies, reptiles and small birds. She only ever kept a very small stock of budgies and canaries and made sure their cages were never overcrowded. They had a lovely selection of bird treats and pet supplies and stocked HUGE flight cages which they sold at a cheap enough price that it encouraged people to buy a massive cage for only a couple of birds. Once my son went to purchase a budgie (she had three in stock at the time) and when he brought it home he realised it would be lonely in quarantine until he could put it in with his other budgies - so he went back and bought another of their budgies. Then he realised that the remaining budgie would be lonely on its own in the shop so he went back to buy it too! Sue was so touched by his thoughtfulness that she gave him the budgie for half price and a huge 5 kilo bag of seed for his new family. Sue was always happy to put up "lost and found" notices and was responsible for many happy reunions between pets and their families. On more than one occasion, she reunited my son with a lost budgie. She was a bright and bubbly person who adored animals and was always concerned with their care. She was knowledgeable about all the animals she worked with and was always happy to offer advice and never afraid to say "I don't know, we need to check with the vet" We went to Sue and Bob's Memorial Service today. They will be sadly missed. Edited March 24, 2009 by Smudgie Link to comment
CaspersRose 0 Posted March 24, 2009 Member ID: 2,008 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 43 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 560 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,390 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/02/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 19, 2010 Birthday: 01/05/1981 Share Posted March 24, 2009 What a lovely tribute Smudgie... hopefully someone can continue what is obviously a treasured legacy for the people of your district. It seems it would be only fitting to acknowlwdge Sue and Bob's wonderful work by continuing it in their stead... Link to comment
splat 0 Posted March 24, 2009 Member ID: 3,340 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 202 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,891 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 27,770 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/04/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 19, 2014 Birthday: 13/05/1958 Share Posted March 24, 2009 That is lovely tribute Smudgie... how sad such lovely and caring people perished in such a horriable way. Link to comment
birdluv 0 Posted March 26, 2009 Member ID: 2,137 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 144 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,842 Content Per Day: 0.24 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 31,670 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/03/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 30, 2018 Birthday: 06/04/1978 Share Posted March 26, 2009 That is so sad Thanks for the tribute. Link to comment
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