Sarge the dog. 1990-2004

Well, looks like its an end of an era for my family.
Sarge, our German Shephard/Collie cross family dog passed away on the 13th October 2004 at 4.50pm. He was 15 years old. All of us in the Van der Reyden family going to miss his growls.

Here is some pictures and stories in memory of a good old dog.





"Sarge was born in 1990 and was 6 months old when I got him from his abusive owner, Jimmy.
I remember the first day I saw him,he had a friendly but somber nature about him. I felt he needed a good companion and love so I brought him for a $50.00 tinny, if you know what I mean.
Not long after he was with me I remember I had a brand new "Ford Cobra" t-shirt drying on the clothes line and he munched out the the whole front of it, man I was pissed off, he also did the inevatable dump in the house, expected when they are a pup" - Richard Van der Reyden



"He used to be the brains behind crimes with his peers I.E: Biggles and
Munchie. I remember one day at Petone I was preparing dinner. I had cut a
large plateful of slices of ham off the bone and left them on the table. I
went out to bring in some fresh salad vegetables from the garden.
When I got back the whole plate was cleaned.

Sarge and his gang had robbed us of our dinner.

The cats got onto the table and brought the slices of ham down one
by one and Sarge helpfully relieved them of their booty when they got down
and ate it.
We do have a shot on video and possibly a photograph of Sarge
with Biggles, Munchie and Sammy, and now they are all dead, the end of an
era." - Jill Van der Reyden



"Sarge died in my arms very quickly and peacefully and i requested that he be cremated so everybody has a chance to say goodbye and his body will not be disturbed if i chose to move away. It was the hardest decision i've ever had to make but i'd rather he didn't have to die alone and he was so tired and willing to go. I know the whole Van der Reyden clan will miss him heaps." - Heather Stewart.

If you knew Sarge, and would like to share any other stories feel free to add them at the "comments" link below.