(Hu)Man’s Best Friend
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fter losing her beloved beagle Pickle, comedian, writer and presenter Sue Perkins penned a beautiful and heartbreaking open letter to her pooch, detailing their life, adventures and love. She wrote: “You were my longest relationship, although I think any decent psychologist would have deemed us irredeemably co-dependent. You were the engine of my life, the metronome of my day… You were the peg on which I hung all the baggage that couldn’t be named. You were the pure, innocent joy of grass and sky and wind and sun. It was a love beyond the limits of patience and sense and commensuration. It was as nonsensical as it was boundless… Thank you for walking alongside me during the hardest, weirdest, most extreme times of my life, and never loving me less for the poor choices I made and the ridiculous roads I took us down. Thank you, little Pickle. I love you.” Sob. The letter was shared widely online, with thousands of people offering condolences to Sue in her time of need. Sue continues to be a huge dog lover, speaking openly about her adoration for her canine companions on Desert Island Discs and subsequently working with Battersea Dogs Home to highlight the need for stronger animal cruelty sentencing.
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Sue Perkins