Everyone meet Treo, an adorable Labrador pup, also a soldier who bid the world a sad farewell, breaking his dad’s and the nation’s heart to a million pieces. But then daddy found a beautiful way to remember his fallen soldier…
According to the original uploader on YouTube, “Sergeant Dave Heyhoe, 46, was the handler for Treo, a black Labrador who became known as one of the bravest dogs to serve in the British military. After the bomb detection dog retired from service, he went to live with his former handler, who happened to be leaving the Army at the same time.”
“Treo died in October at the age of 14 – but now he has been immortalised with a tattoo of his pawprint on Mr Heyhoe’s calf, incorporating some of his ashes. The former serviceman and his family – wife Rachel, 42, and their three children Ellie-Anne, four, Thomas, 12, and Oliver, 10 – were left devastated by the death of their beloved pet. So he went to visit a tattooist who sprinkled Treo’s ashes into his ink then drew a pawprint as well as a poem in tribute to the dog.”
“‘The tattoo completes me,’ said the former serviceman from Congleton, Cheshire. ‘People might think it’s strange, but Treo was like a son to me, and his death his knocked me for six. ‘Over the years we have seen gunfire, death and bomb scares together – I’ve been lost without him. Now it feels like Treo is by my side – where he’s supposed to be.'” Take a look at this emotional video on page 2 below…
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