Today saw the adoption of Choco, aka Kaiseki. He, you may remember, was one of the sushi litter and he was brought back to the refuge at the start of February following a change in family circumstances. This was terrible, as he had been the cutest pup of the litter, the only chocolate one, and we could have homed him ten times over when he was a puppy. Instead he was just dumped when he was no longer wanted.
Luckily before things “went wrong”, Choco had been well looked after, and had even been to puppy school. So we were hopeful that he would find a home before too long. Three weeks is all it took. He went home today with his new family and news is awaited eagerly. I am sure this dog will be a star, though.
And he was not the only lucky dog today. Little Balzac had been with us only just slightly longer than Choco, and he too found his new home today. In fact fate played a hand here; a family had reserved him but failed to show up as agreed. So another couple who had seen Balzac on Saturday and were disappointed to find out that he was “spoken for”, had a surprise phone call today! They were very happy, as I am sure will be little Balzac!
We had one arrival today, a beautiful border collie called Chabal. We are sure his owners are looking after him. Everything is up to date on the database and the phone number is ringing as it should. Your boy is safe and well at the SPA!
Without wishing to bore you all to death about TRACES, last night’s blog should act as a word of warning to anyone trying to take any dogs other than their own (regardless of how recently adopted) to the UK. Our great friends Phil and Anita (who have 3 dogs from the SPA Carcassonne, plus one more) wrote to say that they were stopped yesterday at the Eurotunnel for the first time ever. After Passport Control all the dog passports were double checked and their details recorded. This also happened to another friend of the SPA’s, this time in Hull as she came off the ferry from Zeebrugge. Of course they were all allowed through fine. But don’t think you can just sneak dogs in, regardless or not of whether you are on the side of righteousness!
Balzac – ADOPTED
Chabal – Please come and get me!