Dog Rescue Carcassonne received some sad news last night. Our good friend and great supporter, Evelyn of Dog Links fame, lost her beloved border collie Tania at the grand old age of 17. Tania was special for a number of reasons. She was the first dog that Evelyn adopted from the SPA Carcassonne (I think she has had seven of ours in total and has helped us home many, many more), and despite the hundreds of hours spent on the phone, this was the only time I have met Evelyn in person!
But the main reason Tania was so special was the relationship she had with her “mum”. As an older dog, she was extremely grateful to have a new home (she was adopted from us when she was 12, which is already a good age for a border collie), and followed Evelyn everywhere.
As this picture, taken last month, shows, Tania had grown old gracefully, and although Evelyn had known for some time that the end could not be far away, her loss will be felt keenly.
For any of you hesitating about adopting an oldie, both Tania and the newly rejuvenated Lagoon are a great advertisement. Tania lived for five happy years after leaving the SPA, and as you can see, Lagoon is already enjoying life.
We are hoping that some other SPA dogs find such loving homes soon. Four new dogs arrived today, but two were identified and left immediately. This leaves two new girls, both of whom appear to be hunt types, though of course not necessarily hunters!
Finally, it has been some time since we have had to remind people to please to not use the SPA Facebook page as a way of “advertising” their own dogs, whom they wish to give away or (even worse) sell. We have spent years gathering our almost 10,000 “likes”, and we did so to help the dogs and cats at the SPA. If you are having trouble with an animal, feel free to contact us by private message or email (as many of you do). We will try to help you if possible. Please do NOT use the Facebook page as a kind of leboncoin or Gumtree. It is unfair to us, unfair to the animals we are trying to home, and just plain discourteous. Thank you for respecting this rule.
RIP Lovely Tania. 17 years is an incredible age.
Lagoon discovers the joy of freedom
One of today’s arrivals, Jigota
And the second, a lovely fauve. Third one in 2 days!