Tess, Sam, Megan & Mollie

Tess, our Golden Retriever, often features in Healey HE Consultants presentations. As many colleagues ask after her we thought she ought to have her own page. In February 2015 Sam, her great niece, joined the Healey family. Then Megan joined us in August 2017. She is a cousin of Sam and a great niece of Tess. Sadly Tess passed away in September 2020. Mollie, a half-sister of Sam, joined us in December 2020.

From back to front: Megan, Tess and Sam 2018

From back to front: Tess, Sam and Megan 2017

From back to front: Megan, Tess and Sam 2017

Meg and Mollie at Pro-Palestinian Peace Demo 2023

Tess (2006-20)

We are celebrating her life and all the pleasure she has given us, and those she met. She is internationally known, as she has appeared in all Mick’s presentations for the last 14 years.. We have many happy memories. She will be sorely missed by us and her great nieces, Sam and Meg. (5th September 2020).

We had not quite realised what an international celebrity she had become over the last 14 years. Among the comments we’ve received on Twitter are: ‘Tess was a star in the SoTL world’; ‘Tess was a fine companion and a SoLT legend’; and ‘She brightened many a presentation’.

Enjoy the video below. It was made by Ruth in 2011.

Thoughts of Tess

When I was young
A great toy was a blue plant pot.
I really liked it quite a lot.
It creaked and scraped and made a noise
It really was the best of toys.

Where I once lived there was a gate
With bars to rest my chin and wait.
I liked to watch the world go by,
Meet my friends and track the sky.

There was a field near my old home
Where once I liked to run and roam.
And there I crashed into a tree
That came from nowhere, stunning me.

There was a time I remember well
My Chrissie human flew and fell.
She tightly held on my long lead
When I took off and ran at speed.

I really lived up to my name
When playing the retrieving game.
To run through grass to chase a toy
Brought many hours of untold joy.

And because my humans liked to play
I caught and fetched the whole long day.
I didn't want to make them frown
By giving up and lying down.

I loved to walk along the beach
(which often took a while to reach)
To feel the sand between my toes
And seaside smells inside my nose.

When my Michael was away
Chrissie and I would spend the day.
We'd talk and cuddle, paw in hand
And travel up and down the land.

And when my Michael was away
He'd show my photograph each day.
I'd make his work a better thing
By making it more interesting.

And then they brought into my life
Puppies and babies to cause me strife
But I showed my integrity
With love, patience and generosity.

These fun things I bring to mind
With other times of similar kind
Treasured memories to keep
As now I close my eyes to sleep,

One last time.

Tess Healey (18 July 2006 – 5 September 2020)