Although it has been several weeks since she left the SPA, today was the day when Renee (known as Ilda at the SPA) finally arrived in Scotland. Since leaving the SPA some six weeks ago she has been in foster with Elinor and her husband Dave (proud parents of Maddie, aka Malaga). Needless to say…
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Congratulations all round!
Sundays are quite strange days from a blogging point of view, as with the exception of the first Sunday of the month, the SPA is closed. So what we tend to do is to catch up on some of our old friends, or write about a topic of general interest to dog lovers. Today we…
Two adoptions and one dog is reclaimed.
Good news to start the day: the safe arrival of Lola chez Tania. She has already fallen in love with her new girl, who had slept well and been for a little walk. Thanks so much to Lorenza for driving her and to everyone else involved in this rehoming. The SPA is still reeling from…
Three steps forward, six steps back
Like many of the people who are involved with the SPA, volunteer Susie loves what the French call “Molosses”. That is a term applied to dogs who have a certain mouth to head ratio and includes staffies, rottweilers and even French bulldogs. Initially she was scared of Hardy, who does look a bit fierce in…
Three adoptions!
Today was a great day for a special girl and for a lovely family who is awaiting her arrival in the UK. This summer a family came to the SPA to visit with perhaps a view to adopting a dog. Dad and the three daughters had been working on mum for ages, and she finally…
Seven more arrivals, and how YOU can help!
Usually at this time of year things start looking up at the SPA. Holiday season has finished, kids are back at school, and usually the adoptions re-start after a typically busy summer. This year there appears to be no let up and the dogs just keep on arriving. We have no idea why. But we…
Three new arrivals and pictures of a happy Sam!
Today it was time to take photos of the new arrivals in an attempt to let as many people as possible know that they are with us in case their owners are looking for them. So first we have Balou. Now we know that his owners are not looking for him as he was found…
More great news from Belgium, plus some special visitors!
There was an adoption yesterday, that of puppy Sakura. Great news, although it was overshadowed by yet more good news from Animal Trust. Carlo has been adopted! He had been at the SPA for over 2 and a half years, without anyone showing the slightest interest in him (apart from the employees and volunteers, of…
Adoption of Calie in Belgium!!!
The first news of today actually arrived shortly after I blogged yesterday, so although it is now 24 hours old, it is still newsworthy. Again we have Animal Trust to thank and incredibly this time it was Calie who was adopted. As many of you know, in France Rottweilers are “categorised” dogs, which means they…
Four dog Friday!
There was a time when we could expect great things from the start of the weekend, with blogs entitled “Five dog Friday” and so on. Nowadays just having one adoption seems miraculous. So I personally would have been reasonably happy with today’s first miracle; the adoption of Cola! This is a fabulous dog, who much…