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Meg in her last year, grey-muzzled, resting her head on the kitchen tiles

In memoriam · 2010–2023

Lakemere Morning Mist at Meadowbrook

3 March 2010 – 14 January 2023 · 12 years 10 months

Born
3 March 2010 – died 14 January 2023
Registration no.
RKC reg. AM00835521
Height
55 cm at the withers
Weight
28 kg
Coat
Mid gold
Call name
Meg
Lived
12 years 10 months
Cause of death
Splenic haemangiosarcoma
Litters
2 — 2013 (7), 2015 (6)

Meg came to us from the Lakemere kennel in Cumbria in May 2010. She was meant to be a pet and a show dog for Helen; she became the start of everything. Her two litters, in 2013 and 2015, gave us Clover and through her every dog we have now. She was gentle with every puppy in the house, hers or not, and slept on the landing so she could see both bedrooms. In December 2022 she slowed down on a walk. A scan found a tumour on her spleen, a haemangiosarcoma, which is too common in this breed. We said goodbye at home on 14 January 2023.

Health results

  • Hips

    5:6 (total 11)

    6 June 2011BVA/RKC Hip Dysplasia SchemeRKC AM00835521

  • Elbows

    Grade 0

    6 June 2011BVA/RKC Elbow Dysplasia SchemeRKC AM00835521

  • Eyes

    Clinically unaffected (last breeding-age examination)

    2 April 2015BVA/RKC/ISDS Eye SchemeRKC AM00835521

  • GR_PRA1

    Clear

    11 November 2013Animal Health Trust

Titles and achievements

  1. March 2012

    1st Post Graduate Bitch

    Crufts

  2. Foundation bitch

    Dam of 13 puppies; every dog we have bred since 2015 descends from her

Pedigree

Lakemere Morning Mist at Meadowbrook

3 March 2010 – 14 January 2023 · 12 years 10 months

Sire

Lakemere Silver Birch

Hips 6:6 (12) · Elbows 0

Sire

Sh Ch Brightwater Oakleaf

Hips 5:7 (12)

Dam

Lakemere Bluebell

Hips 6:5 (11)

Dam

Lakemere Dawn Chorus

Hips 4:6 (10)

Sire

Copperfield Sandpiper

Hips 4:5 (9)

Dam

Lakemere Honeysuckle

Hips 7:7 (14)

What Meg left us

Two litters: seven puppies in 2013 and six in 2015. Through Clover, every bitch we have bred from since descends from her: Clover, Hazel, Bramble, Wren, and now Campion in the Wildflower litter.

We publish how and when our dogs die because it is the only honest way to talk about longevity in this breed. Meg lived to 12 years 10 months. Haemangiosarcoma, the cancer that took her, is one of the commonest causes of death in Golden Retrievers. There is no screening test for it. On our Litters page we list every death among Meadowbrook dogs that we know of, with age and cause.