I am sure many of you will have seen the article in the newspaper about the physiotherapist who has just donated 400kg of dog food to the SPA. His action was prompted by a mix up with the tax office, whereby he had underpaid (not his fault) to the tune of over €500. To atone for this, not only did the gentleman repay the tax due (which I hasten to add he had not deliberately avoided), he also donated dog food of the same value to the SPA. (http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2015/02/25/2055531-vexe-kine-raille-secu-400-kg-croquettes.html)
British bankers, politicians etc could take a lesson from his book!
What an amazing gesture. Many many thanks to this kind man. We respect your desire for anonymity, but if we ever find out who you are, you can expect a damn good hugging!
As is common after blogs such as yesterday’s, we were flooded with people trying to lift our spirits with photos of their ex- SPA dogs and stories about how happy they are. Thanks to you all. It is true, we get very down in the dumps when dogs come back. In fact I often feel that we are more upset than the former owners. And to those of you who criticize our choice of owner, yes, we do ask the obvious questions, but no, we do not have time to do home-checks. And if we turn down every adoption where we are not 100% sure, then many dogs would never have a chance of a new home.
No system is perfect, but post adoption advice is always available.
Sadly there was no incredible news today to cheer us up. Yesterday’s beauceron arrival was reclaimed, and Alizeé took some wonderful photos of yesterday’s other arrival, the black lab, Ėbène. Isn’t he fabulous?
We had another arrival; a beautiful dog who was found in Limoux over two weeks ago. Okay, he is not identified, but the people who found him did not let the SPA know that they had found the dog. In fact they were planning on keeping him. They have now changed their minds, so they have brought him to the SPA. Who knows, had they contacted us sooner, perhaps we could have found his owners immediately.
I have come to the conclusion that this topic is like neutering and identification of animals. No matter how many times we blog about the importance of informing the authorities when a dog has been found, we may as well be talking to a brick wall.
Look at all this dog food! Thank you, Mr Mystery Man!
Yesterday’s arrival, five year old Ėbène
A brick wall (is this you?)