Author: mark

Flash

progress update: 3rd July

Flash is now happily settling into his new home!

progress update: 2nd July

Flash may have found a home, he is going to see it tomorrow!

progress update : 28th June

Flash on his first walk off the lead.

Flash feels it rude not to greet all the people and dogs that he meets out on his walks.

He is good off the lead but sometimes needs a little extra coaxing to leave new friends he meets when out!

Flash has been out for walks off the lead today and is very good,

he is such a nice dog friendly with kids, dogs etc.

Whoever has him will be very lucky!

However today it was discovered that he is scared of cats!


Petra

progress update : 23rd June

Petra has gone to her new home today !!

Petra is 4 1/2 year-old greyhound

who is timid but has a lovely nature.

She has come from a loving owner in Ireland

who rescued her several years ago,

but unfortunately can no longer look after her

and has recently become very concerned about her future safety.

She is wary of men and afraid of raised voices.

Petra has been microchipped.

afterwards

Thanks very much to Tricia for sending us this beautiful poem for those who have lost a friend

Last Night
I stood by your bed last night; I came to have a peep.
I could see that you were crying you found it hard to sleep.
I whined to you softly as you brushed away a tear,
“It’s me, I haven’t left you, I’m well, I’m fine, I’m here.”
I was close to you at breakfast, I watched you pour the tea,
You were thinking of the many times your hands reached down to me.
I was with you at the shops today; your arms were getting sore.
I longed to take your parcels, I wish I could do more.
I was with you at my grave today; you tend it with such care.
I want to reassure you, that I’m not lying there.
I walked with you towards the house, as you fumbled for your key.
I gently put my paw on you; I smiled and said, “It’s me.”
You looked so very tired, and sank into a chair.
I tried so hard to let you know, that I was standing there.
It’s possible for me to be near you every day.
To say to you with certainty, “I never went away.”
You sat there very quietly, then smiled, I think you knew…
In the stillness of that evening, I was very close to you.
The day is over…I smile and watch you yawning
And say, “Goodnight, God bless, I’ll see you in the morning.”
And when the time is right for you to cross the brief divide,
I’ll rush across to greet you and we’ll stand, side by side.
I have so many things to show you, there is so much for you to see.
Be patient, live your journey out…then come home to be with me.
“Thank you for loving me enough to set me free”

Bruce

Bruce came to us from Ireland where he had been living with a family
who didn’t have the time for his needs.
He had spent a lot of time tied up in the garden and as a result of this was not sociable with
other dogs.
He loved adults and children and his ball.
He fostered with Jane, one of our dedicated foster mums for three months.
Lots of people went to see him but as he was very strong they felt they wouldn’t be
able to cope with him.
Eventually he went to live with a couple who 12 years earlier had adopted a dog called Ben from us who had sadly died.
Bruce settled in the minute he went there as if he had lived with them all his life and has helped to get them ovet the loss of Ben.
He is very much loved.

Bumble

Bumble was found in a supermarket car park when he was 12 weeks old,
Bumble and a young kitten were found together in a box.

Bumble was homed and for two years lived with a lady locally.

Unfortunately he was returned to us with a weak excuse about his lack of training,
Mmmm,who’s fault was this we ask ourselves?

Bumble is a gentle giant and very sociable with dogs and humans alike.
He was good off the lead and walked beautifully to heel,
he was clean in the house and didn’t chew.
We found him a home with a lovely lady who first fostered him to see how he would get on with her other dog.
They all loved him from the first minute he walked into their home and he loved them.

The Business Over Helen's Wellies

We’re all in trouble over this Business Over Helen’s Wellies

( see Anonymous Dastardly Dog )

I’m not saying I know who did it
I’m not saying it was me

But I’m Being On My Best Behaviour just in case Helen suspects it was me

I think that she does suspect it was me, but the great thing about living in a rescue is that there are always enough other dogs about that Helen is never certain , unless she actually catches the culprit in action.

Being caught in action is definitely Something To Be Avoided At All Costs.

Some great other news though, my constant barking in the car has had an unexpected consequence – I now get to ride in the front!

This is great as the passenger footwell feels like A Safe Place, and I get lots of fuss, which takes my mind off most of the Things To Bark At.

Being in the front does give me a better view of more Things To Bark At, but Helen’s admonishing finger soon reminds me I’ll get Barked At if I’m not On My Best Behaviour

Yesterday I was so tired from Doing Exciting Things, that I fell asleep on Jan’s legs

I dreamed that there were Lots of Things To Bark At

Barney and the 19 eccles cakes

A few years ago my mum baked a big batch of home-made eccles cakes.

They were very hot straight from the oven and so she put them on top of the worktop to cool.

There were two trays of them, 19 big cakes in all.

And then there were none.

A full investigation after the Dastardly Deed concluded that the maximum possible time that Barney could have been unaccompanied in the kitchen was two minutes.

So well-executed was this Dastardly Deed that the number of eccles cakes misappropriated on that fateful day was carefully recorded, in order that it may serve as an inspiration to would-be Dastardly Dogs for years to come!