A disappointing day at the SPA, with no adoptions and two new arrivals, one of whom, a female labrador, was found tied up to the SPA gates. This is a very dangerous way to abandon a dog, by the way. The gate slides open via remote control, and although employees arriving from outside may see the dog before pressing the remote control, the family who access their house via the refuge would have no way of knowing if a dog is tied up before they open the gate.
If you love your dog enough to bring it to the SPA gates, surely you don’t want it to get injured (or worse) at the final step. Far far better to man up and bring the dog in during opening hours.
Perhaps this person saw that the SPA is open on both Saturday and Sunday this weekend and thought their dog would be quickly rehomed. Wrong. As with all dogs who arive without being officially abandoned, any new arrival has to wait 10 days before being put up for adoption. This is to allow their owners enough chance to reclaim their pet. The only way we can know that no one is looking for the dog is for the owner to tell us that the dog is no longer wanted.
We now have two days to improve the week’s statistics. We have only had two adoptions so far this week, which is very disappointing. Why not come and visit us on either Saturday or Sunday afternoon and see if we have the dog of your dreams just waiting for you!