Today the refuge is shut, so we are happy to share yet another tale from our section devoted to Life after the Refuge. Tonight’s guest blogger is Kim, who, with husband Arthur, adopted Gino a week or so ago. All is going well, as you can see below. Well, where do I begin. My name…
Category: Life After The Refuge
Once upon a time..
Once upon a time, there were two little Border Terriers, Gimli and Hector , who moved from their home in London to their new home in SW France. They were so happy when they arrived to find that their humans had bought them a lovely little farm, with lots of lands to run around, explore…
Jazz…
It’s been 22 months now since that gorgeous sunny day in February 2016, when we made the 4-hour drive down to Carcassonne with our 11 year-old Border Collie, to meet our newest family member for the first time. Just 2 months old, Jazz (Tania) melted all our hearts and we were back again shortly afterwards…
Faro….
We have had Faro since 24th July 2016 after seeing him on the Griffon rescue site and falling in love. At first, he was very nervous about everything even other dogs. Gradually at his own pace, he has come out of his shell, some would say too far out, he is quite vocal about letting you know what he…
Paddington, Texas and Gino…
After travelling around Europe for a few years in our motorhome with our Husky ‘Beau’ we settled on a place in the forest about 7km from Quillan. We are off grid and surrounded by beauty and open space. Unfortunately our dog Beau was killed by a vehicle in May this year. We were devastated by…
Martha..( ex Joyce)
We rehomed “Joyce” who had been in the pound for quite some time and had been put in there with her sister due to their fighting. Her sister had been rehomed quite soon after being in the pound but Joyce had been waiting some months to be rehomed. “Joyce” arrived after a very stressful…
Six Months On – Caillou
Hi everyone, Darcey here! Today is six months to the day since I adopted Caillou so I thought I would write a bit about my experience for the section “Life After the Refuge”, as half a year seems to be a noteworthy landmark. Very few dogs arrive at the SPA after spending their lives in…