As far as adoptions is concerned, today wasn’t exactly stunning. However lots of dog walking took place and the one adoption, that of the puppy, Sumo, did raise morale. His space was quickly taken by a gorgeous female setter, who was found in a nearby village (how many times have we heard that?!) We have named her Katya, as for some reason there seems to be a bit of a Russian theme going on (Nastasya arrived yesterday, and we have Nureyev, who has been with us for 6 months now)
Sumo has gone to a lovely family, and he will have a great time with them, I am sure. They all came along to choose their new companion, and what a fabulous photo!
In other news, we put out an appeal on Facebook yesterday for bamboo screening. We intend to use this to provide some well-needed shade for the cat house and also some of the dog kennels. If we have enough we would like to make an exercise area for those puppies who are living in the infirmary (ie before they are fully vaccinated). And perhaps even screen off the parks so the dogs can play without exciting all the other dogs in the kennels opposite.
In any case, the first donation of screening arrived today and work will start as soon as possible.
If you have anything similar lying around, it would be wonderful if you could bring it along! It will make such a difference to the cats and dogs.
Sumo leaves with his new family
And some soon-to-be-shade arrives!