We had one arrival and one departure at the refuge today and lots and lots of walks. The sun was shining and the volunteers, mostly British, it being a Thursday, were out in force. In fact I had to laugh; a gentleman phoned up and asked if it would be possible to do a two week work placement at the SPA. He has just finished an English language course and had heard that the SPA is a great place to practice speaking English!
It is true, we do have a lot of British volunteers, and adopters too. But today’s adopter was Italian. He had visited the refuge yesterday and fallen in love with one of the beautiful setters, Barbour. To be honest, had I been asked to place a bet, I would have expected Hunter to leave first. But as I have said on numerous occasions, it is a good thing we do not all have the same taste in dogs!
So Barbour left the refuge, leaving his brother behind. You may recall that the owner of these two boys came to collect them, but refused to agree to have them identified. It only took six weeks for the first of them to find a new home. Let’s hope Hunter leaves soon, too.
The new arrival is a lovely girl, whom we have named Joanna. She has an ulcer in her eye, for which we are treating her. She is a young dog, born in Jan 2013 according to the vet’s estimate (should we call this a Vestimate?). And guess what? She is not identified. Let’s hope her owner comes to collect her, but if not, someone else will, as she is a gentle affectionate girl.
So numbers stay the same, but good news for Barbour!
His brother Hunter is still waiting
And Joanna arrives