The Dog I Didn't Want

Companion Animal Law is my mission to use an appalling experience to help empower, arm and protect other pets and their owners.

At around 6pm on Sunday, 2 November 2014, I was driving home from Fitzpatrick Referrals in a storm with my two Siberian Huskies, Cairo and Samsara, when 'Super Vet' Noel Fitzpatrick called me and told me he was going to euthanise Calon.

Until I wrote this, I hadn't realised so much time had passed, because the pain doesn't go away and neither does my guilt. I trusted people I should not have trusted. But since Calon's death, I faced his primary care vets in court and won. I completed the Graduate Diploma in Law, gained an LLB (Hons), and last July 2025, I was admitted to the Bar of England and Wales after gaining a Distinction average across my Bar Training Course. I am currently finishing a Master of Law part time. And all because of a dog I didn't want, but I will love forever - Calon.