I drive poor Hélène, our translator, crazy with my attempted puns, so tonight there will be no more of that nonsense, I promise!
Today at the SPA was very mixed. We had some excellent news, some good news and some bad.
Firstly the good news: Yesterday’s Italian dog was reclaimed. Her owner was looking for her, and had already contacted the Facebook before the SPA had opened. So it was a very brief stay with us for lovely Keyla. Two other dogs who were identified arrived and left again.
Now for the bad news. We had three arrivals. One is a fabulous long haired shepherd cross, who smells of horses (the man who found and brought him in has a stable, so this is not surprising). We have named him Black Beauty, in honour of everyone’s favourite childhood TV programme (that is me showing my age here)!
Arrival number two is a beagle who is still at the vet’s as he needs an operation on his ear. No photos of him for now.
And number three arrived just as I was leaving. He looks like a teckel with a staffie’s head. Is it wrong to call him Sausage?
So that was a bit glum. But the day was brightened considerably by two adoptions. First to go was Snoop, who had been with us for just two weeks. He had been adopted from us as a puppy and abandoned, but we all knew that despite his size, this was one special dog. He is going to be very happy in his new home.
And finally the adoption of the day…….After two years and a couple of weeks, today we said goodbye to Cactus! Yes, Cactus! Not everyone’s cup of tea in the looks department, or even in the character department, but a dog who was the coup de coeur for a visitor today! Let’s all cross our fingers and hope that this adoption works out. Cactus certainly deserves it.
Despite the new arrivals, the adoptions and reclaimed dogs have made the day a happy one! Especially as the volunteers were out in force, as was the sunshine!
New arrival – Black Beauty
New arrival – Sausage (probably due to be renamed)
Snoop (ex Athos) – ADOPTED
And Cactus – ADOPTED after two long years!