Sometimes people re-home their dogs due to a change in personal circumstances. Not all of these changes of ownership go well, clearly, and sometimes the dog arrives at the refuge without the knowledge of the original owner. Such was the case with Bali, who arrived on May 24th. Luckily the change of ownership was never…
Author: Darcey Dyson
This way to the SPA
Today was the first Sunday of the month, so the refuge opened its doors. Volunteers arrived en masse, and we had plenty of potential adopters too. There are 120 dogs at the refuge, and about tow thirds of them were walked today; it was an incredible effort, so thanks very much to everyone who came…
A small departure and a big arrival!
There was only one adoption today; that of Kenzo, who was the black labrador puppy who arrived as Pluto left, and who spent his 10 days of time “in the pound” (during which dogs can be reserved but not adopted in case their owners show up) with a volunteer. Today it was time for him…
Freedom for Junior!
I know a lot of you will be pleased to see that this little chap has been adopted. Junior’s story is not the happiest. He was found already micro-chipped and brought to the SPA in January. His owner was difficult to contact to say the least. So one of the volunteers, not believing that the…
The bad days are here again.
Sometimes when we have lots of adoptions there is a sense of optimism and it is easy to forget the harsh reality that is the refuge. As well as all the recent good news, there has been a fair bit of bad. I am pleased to say that the puppy, Boza or Boris who arrived…
Bye-Bye Beagle
I am a very happy girl tonight. Many of you will know how much I love beagles. In fact I have one of my own, an old lady who came from the SPA, presumably dumped there after her breeding days were over. She is now about 14 and is snoring away happily on the sofa….
Shuto Shuffles Off!
He was not to everyone’s taste; some of us thought he was cute, others thought he was ugly, and some thought he was just odd looking. Luckily we all have different taste in dogs. Shuto, featured on this blog where he was described as being a sharpei-sausage, was adopted today. The family who adopted him…
Magnificent Monday
Maybe the heavy showers on Saturday had put people off visiting the refuge. In any case, today was glorious in more ways than one, with no fewer than four dogs being adopted. One of them, Olympique, was expected, as her new owners were just waiting for her to be sterilised before taking her home. This…
Little Chicken flies the nest; kittens arrive.
The good (actually the wonderful) news of the day was the adoption of little Poulette. She was collected this morning by one of our volunteers and is now on her way to a new life in Marseille, with a lovely lady who has already adopted two of our cats. We will miss little Poulette, but…
Two adoptions and a fab new look for the website!
Two excellent bits of news today regarding dogs. This morning Casper went to his new home, having been delivered to a half-way point by one of our volunteers. A wonderful life awaits, as Casper is due to spend his life travelling between France and the Coltswolds. Bet they will not have seen too many Griffon…