Today saw the adoption of Toby, aka Moby. This dog had been brought to the SPA on 13th November by a woman who had seen him alone and starving in a field close to her home. She did everything she could to find his owners, but as he was unidentified, there was very little to go…
Author: Darcey Dyson
B is for BORDER
The main news today was that the litter of border collies who arrived at the SPA in early October is finally available for adoption. These puppies were born at the end of August, but were brought to the SPA before they were really old enough to leave their mum. Since their arrival they have been together in…
Meanwhile, behind the scenes…..
We all know that Sunday is a day of rest. Not for everyone and not always. Today the volunteers were busy as usual. First of all this morning Carole (who is both employee and volunteer), uploaded an urgent appeal looking for a home for gorgeous six year old Nude, who has leishmaniosis and who cannot…
Two adoptions as the weather takes a turn for the worse.
To say that there has been a change in the weather would be a bit of an understatement. In Carcassonne we have gone from blazing blue skies and t-shirts to stormy winds and icy rain in the space of 24 hours. Bearing in mind that the SPA is located on the side of an exposed…
No peanut butter for our canine friends.
Like most people I have a steady stream of so-called stories of interest that assail me each morning when I log onto the internet. This morning’s concerned a new danger to dogs, namely the risk posed by peanut butter. Many of us use Kongs filled with this tasty spread to amuse our dogs when we…
An adoption and some detective work.
Over the past couple of days we have had some success in finding owners of two recent and elderly arrivals. It was pure coincidence that we had the arrival of two elderly ladies, Bogart, a 14 year old border collie and Plume, a 16 year old tiny cross breed, who was deaf and blind. Both…
Dog delivery complete!
As Moira mentioned in the blog, I have just returned, 24 hours late, from helping to deliver 30 dogs from Portugal, Spain and France to their new homes. Starting on the day of the horrendous terrorist attacks in Paris was not a good thing, but it was of course unforeseeable. And the time constraints imposed…
A messy subject
The subject of tonight’s blog is dog poo, and more specifically why we pick it up! Its timing has been prompted by the wonderful photo we received tonight of Athos (ex Scapin), who continues to flourish in his home in southern Germany. The leaves are not falling in anywhere the same numbers here in the…
Thinking ahead…..
Despite another day of incredible weather, which would be more normal in Spring than in November, the scary fact is that Christmas is approaching. A visit to the shops is proof of that, with festive items on display wherever you look. One thing is as sure as night follows day; some people will think that…
News of adoptions and fosters!
We have had several really nice adoptions over the last day or so. Yesterday we said goodbye to little Forest, a pinsher who arrived four weeks ago, and also to Tipex, who had been with us since the beginning of September. The third lucky girl was Florine, and she really WAS lucky, as instead of…