Today I almost skipped home. We only had one adoption, but it has made all of us really happy.
We have been “looking after” a dog pending a court case, and the decision had just been taken to create an album for her on Facebook in order to try and find her a home. Why this decision after seven weeks you may ask. Well, because the former owner has been banned from ever owning another animal EVER ! So no more dogs being beaten when he has had too much to drink! At last a sensible judgement that is in favour of animals!
And lovely Nina has gone off to a new life. Better still, she has gone to live with a couple who have adopted from us before. Watching Berlouf playing with Nina was just wonderful; her life will be filled with joy from now on (assuming she is introduced to the cats in the proper manner, that is!)
Despite this photo Nina is not an unhappy dog, but her life until now had not been easy. She will learn to trust properly again very soon, as she is just 18 months old.
In other SPA news, an identified dog arrived today and her owner is coming to collect her tomorrow. The magnificent Newfoundland who arrived yesterday has not been reclaimed, which is odd. The clock is ticking; in nine days she will be up for adoption.
On the subject of which, we often post photos of a dog and say that we are unable to find their owners because the details are not up to date. You may think you are being helpful when you suggest that we try and look up the people via the phone book, internet etc. We do all those things, and more, thanks to our network of helpers, although sometimes it does take time. If it is easy to find the owners, we do it. If it is harder, we still try.
Facebook is an excellent way to find “missing” owners as well as missing dogs, so please share our albums far and wide, and let’s get as many owners and dogs reunited as we can.
Thanks to those of you who braved the icy wind today to walk the dogs. Bracing, wasn’t it?