Two more dogs left the refuge today, so the sun is still shining on us!
Remember little Dylan? Arrived at the refuge complete with ringworm with his brother and sister, Dougal and Florence who all went to live with Lisa and Andrew as The Magic Roundabout Litter. Dougal and Florence were adopted successfully but Dylan was brought back after a week, as his puppyish behaviour was disturbing the family’s very timid dog. I will never forget the contract of abandon, which ended with the words “WE WERE TOLD HE WAS HOUSE-TRAINED. HE IS NOT” . No you weren’t told that, he is a puppy and accidents will happen. Sorry, I am still a bit angry with these selfish, thoughtless people.
In any case, Dylan went back to live with Lisa and Andrew, but they left at the weekend for a Christmas break, and so little Dylan changed home yet again. He went to live with volunteer Estelle. She was coerced into taking home a training cage (she is one of the people who believed caging a dog is cruel), so we were surprised to receive a photo of one of Estelle’s own dogs (whom she normally has to separate from any other males, as he is not known for his tolerance), in Dylan’s cage having a nap with his new baby brother!
In any case, Dylan came along to the open day, and on Sunday he found his family at last. He left today and this time, fingers crossed, it is for good. He has understandably started to suffer from hyper-attachment, but his new family have lots of love and patience and the wife is at home all day to reassure this young lad who has had such a disrupted life up till now.
The other adoption was one of our three musketeers, Athos. He arrived with his brother and sister at the age of just six weeks and has been living in the infirmary with them ever since, until we were sure they were strong enough to leave. All three of them were reserved very quickly but Athos is the first to be adopted.
So two more dogs in the warm. I am running out of wood to touch; we are having a good patch!
Virus, who hates other dogs, having a nap with Dylan, who loves his cage. Please note, the door is OPEN! No cruelty was used in the taking of this photo!
Athos – adopted