Fiona, I am so very, very sorry to read this.
This was the first forum I ever joined. I'm member of another couple, but rarely use them. I don't know what it is about COL, but it does something to draw you in and make you care for people and animals you have never met. It's an odd thing to be crying for someone you've never met - and for the loss of an animal that's not yours.
I'm glad that Gari is at peace now. I shall remember him barking at the workmen, wagging his tail and doing the digging up thing in the video you posted the other day.
Sleep tight, Sweet Gari. Fiona - thinking of you and OH. xx