Today was busy at the refuge. Very busy, even. But the end result, despite all the comings and goings, was just one extra dog on the books. And even he might leave as he is identified in the name of the breeder, who will give us the new owner’s name tomorrow. Fingers crossed that the…
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Catch up on news…..
After all the excitement of yesterday, I thought I would let you know what else has been going on at the refuge. The old beagle who arrived on was reclaimed. This is excellent news. We had not given up hope of finding her owners, as we have a wonderful network of helpers who were about…
Five More Leave For The UK!
Last week Darcey mentioned in her blog that I was on my way back to France and that I was visiting rescue organisations enroute. I have to say that I loved every minute of these visits and was very, very impressed with both the welcome I received and the rescues themselves. Rescues can be very…
Black dogs, gold hearts
Yesterday’s blog got many reactions, as you can imagine, mostly from people just expressing their approval on Facebook, with a “like”. My favourite comment came from our stalwart supporter, Michele, adopter of scruffy mutt, Pitchou. She wrote to say that yesterday’s adoptions were the work of Chaussette, who was looking down on us in our…
Bumper day for Black dogs!
With everyone still reeling from the shock of Chaussette’s death yesterday, today would have to be pretty good to raise anything even approaching a smile from most of us. Fortunately it was, and far better than we could have ever expected! We had not one, not two, not three, but , FOUR adoptions. And three…
Chaussette crosses the Rainbow Bridge
Well there was no happy ending for Chaussette. Melanie and I held him as he left to join the others over the Rainbow Bridge. No animal leaves alone; we hold them till the end, so they know they are loved However the injustice of Chaussette’s final six months is plain to see. Chaussette arrived identified,…
Old friends and a very poorly old man.
Another bank holiday in France, so the refuge was shut. After some more heroic planting yesterday by Mme Aalders, we have run out of plants and places to put them (although once we have done some more tidying up we will be looking for more). And the volunteers did yet more painting, too, a big…
A new arrival and an upcoming event
A quiet afternoon at the refuge, but that does not mean there is no news. We always dread the arrival of so called “dangerous dogs”, and this will be the subject of a future blog. Briefly, though, the owners of any dogs who are either pure bred or crossed rottweilers or staffs have to jump…
The cat, the dog and the dragonfly!
Now here is something that doesn’t happen very often! Just over a week ago we had a visit from Miranda, a British girl who adopted Fleur from us over two years ago, since which time the two have become inseparable. She and her partner thought it was now time to add a cat to the…
Pet Insurance, A Luxury or Necessity?
A few weeks ago we received an email from someone who adopted one of our dogs about a year ago. The dog had just had an operation which cost 800 euros , luckily they had pet insurance and asked us to blog about the subject. This is certainly a very controversial subject; some of us…