Well, three bits of good news today, despite the weather!
Firstly two dogs found their owners. Both Scampi and Sonic, who had been with us since last week were reclaimed. In fact they turned out to be father and son, and were happy to leave and to do so together! Sometimes we forget that not everyone in the world has Facebook, and that photos of our new arrivals on our page will not necessarily be seen by everyone. Admittedly word of mouth is a wonderful thing, and quite often people recognise their neighbour’s dog on our page and let them know. But sometimes it takes another website entirely to reach the right audience.
Scampi and Sonic (whose real name is in fact Cubi) were found thanks to a site called chien-perdu (www.chien-perdu.org) to which there is a link on this site. This is a wonderful and free resource, where you can search by department, lost or found (yes, it does both) as well as breed and sex. Anyone can put an announcement here, and many people consult this site if they find a dog. That way they can return a dog to its owner without coming via the SPA.
Of course it takes time and effort for a refuge to put all the new entries onto chien-perdu, but it can really pay off (thanks Carole!) And yes, there is also a chat-perdu which also helps reunite owners with their cats!
The other piece of good news was actually known yesterday, but I didn’t want to distract attention from the wonderful news from Puivert.
Thanks to Association Orfee, our lovely Cadbury has found a permanent home. Of course we knew that once Orfee had taken him, his life would change. But we are all delighted that his foster family has fallen in love with him, and decided to keep him. Employees and volunteers alike all loved this great lump of a hound, who was just growing into his legs and would bound around like a baby giraffe and make bizarre howling noises to show his joy when on walks. Such an affectionate dog, but with little chance of being adopted from a refuge, where people just saw a chasse dog.
I am so so happy for Cadbury but also for his family who have a lovely dog. And thanks again to Isabelle and all at Orfee. We look forward to more news. The dogs leave us, but we don’t forget them!
Along with his son, Scampi
Cadbury curls up with his new owner!