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 dog had been deliberately lost, went to see her. She confirmed that she didn’t want Junior any more, so he was duly put up for adoption. It didn’t take long for him to find a new home, after all, who could resist this little poodle cross? Unfortunately, and by complete coincidence, his new owners lived in the same street as his old owners. And the garden was not properly fenced, so Junior kept leaving to go and see his old owners.
His new owner, despite letting Junior sleep on her bed at night, was not prepared to fence the garden (which would have taken no more than a couple of planks of wood), and decided to abandon the dog instead. What’s more, she came brandishing the telephone number of Junior’s previous owners, assuring us that they would be collecting him the next day as they wanted him back. All nonsense of course, but people will say almost anything to ease their conscience when they are abandoning a dog.
Junior then spent another two months behind bars, barking desperately to attract attention. Sometimes a dog makes no impression in his kennel, not even attracting enough interest for people to request that we take them out for a closer look. Junior was a firm favourite with the volunteers, though, and it was while he was being walked that a young family saw him and fell in love.
We made sure that they live nowhere near his previous home and explained his history. This time, and at the age of five, we are confident that Junior will be happy.