Lost / missing / stolen

Subject: Missing Dog – Robbie – tri-coloured mongrel from Highwood, nr Ringwood

Robbie is a 9 year old big black, tan and white castrated male dog who has only been in the country for 7 weeks, originating from Greece where he lived in a Sanctuary all his life. He has a collar and tag on and is microchipped. His owner tells me he is slightly larger than a Labrador and smaller than a standard Poodle. He has a white chest and feet, black on his back and down the top side of his tail and the rest of him is tan – similar markings to a German Shepherd. He went missing on the 30th October from his home in Highwood, just north of Ringwood. For the first couple of days there were several sightings, but nothing recently. Robbie is very timid and unlikely to approach a stranger – the thinking is that he is tucked up somewhere too frightened to show himself.

His owner is trying to organise a proper seach for him from the Moyles Court area and if you have time perhaps you would like to join him. His owner is Nigel Lawrence, telephone 01425 472248 mobile 07789 748975 and I know he would be enormously grateful for any help.

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Bizzie and Lizzie

progress update: 10th Oct

Bizzie has now found a home !!

progress update from Claire: 29th Sep

We have had some nice walks in the sunshine. She loves to cool down with a dip in the sea or river. We took her to Highcliffe beach on Saturday. As soon as she hit the surf she was ready for us to throw the ball. She seemed quite particular about how far and in which direction she wanted us to throw it. Some of my girly throws didn’t even register for the chasability factor, so I had to get it myself! Thankfully the waves were a bit better at bringing the ball back than she was. She did tear off up the beach a couple of times but my jumping around and calling enthusiastically must have been more appealing than the Jack Russell she had spotted digging in the distance because she did come back!
Sunday at the river was similar. Bizzie was barking at me to throw the ball that she hadn’t yet retrieved from the previous throw. Thankfully two boys were paddling nearby and waded over to recover the ball before it bobbed off down the river.
She has been good in the house and in the car. She seems very calm for a young Collie.
We’ve been playing with the toys in the garden she’s already got her favourites and gets a bit impatient if I don’t throw them quickly enough.

My neighbours have been telling her what a lovely girl she is but we weren’t in any doubt about that, were we!

progress update: 22nd Sep

Lizzie’s family are very kindly fostering Bizzie so that the sisters are back together again

while Bizzie awaits a new home !!

Update 16th Sep

Oops!! Due to a bit of confusion over the names of the sister pups

yesterday we listed Lizzie as being back at the Rescue.

We wish to apologise to Lizzie’s ( somewhat worried ! )

family and re-assure everyone that Lizzie has a very good home and is being well looked after.

It is in fact little BIZZIE who is back with us at the moment !!!

This is through no fault of her own and so we are now looking for a new home for her, and her alone

[ not Lizzie as well !! ]

Anyone who may be able to help,

please contact Helen for more details !

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Bizzie’s progress update: 26th July

Bizzie is a lovely girl and has been no bother at all apart from chewing a few shoes but hey i

obviously had too many!

We have had some lovely walks and Bizzie loves playing with the kids at the beach,

she is a fantastic swimmer.

We did get told off for trampling someones picnic but as i pointed out there are plenty of beaches where dogs can’t go.

We are off to Yorkshire next week and Bizzie is coming too so I’ll keep you updated.

She might come home with a northern accent!

Mel

Lizzie’s progress update: 1st July

Just to let you know how I am getting on in my new home.
I sleep very well at night and get rudely woken at 06.00 when Andy goes to work,
I`ll let him off as he does give me my breakfast before he goes.
I haven`t left any parcels or puddles in the house,
as its so much fun getting lots of cuddles and kisses when I go in the garden.
I then go back to sleep for a couple of hours until Tracey gets up and takes me for a walk.
I love my walks and talk all the way round because everything is sooo exciting.
I met some very big horses yesterday and barked at them as I was a little scared.
Tracey picked me up to say hi to one of them,
but he was still very big and I thought if I turned around he wouldn`t see me!!
I can`t believe how many different animals there are to chase or get chased by, really fun.
I love my new friend Shadow, she is a bit old and doesn`t run around as much as me but she lets me share her blanket so we can sleep together.
We play with lots of toys in the garden together and I chase the birds and squirrels out of the garden.
On Saturday it rained a little, I thought I was back at Jan`s house with Bizzie playing with the hose and thought I would jump in the air to try and catch the water from the sky, I can jump really high.
I will write again with more pictures to let you know how I am getting on.
Lots of love
Lizzie (woof woof) xx

progress update: 28th June

Lizzie has now found a home which has 10 acres for her to explore and play in,

and the same day Bizzie has also found a home where she too will receive lots of love and attention!

progress update : 21st June

Jan was watering her garden but Bizzie and Lizzie thought it more fun to bite the water!

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Lizzie in the forest

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Lizzie in the garden.

After the shock of popping the football, she found it much easier to play with in it’s deflated state.

See how pleased she looks!

Bizzie and Lizzie are 5 month old collies.

They already know how to sit and are

socialised with other dogs.

They are also good with cats and children.

They will need further training and have lots of energy

so would probably be very suited to agility training.

Abby

progress update: 8th Nov

Abby has now been rehomed !!

This is Abby
Six month old West Highland Terrier cross Yorkshire terrier,
she is more like a Westie in size and build.
Loves dogs, people and I’m sure will be able to get along with cats as she is young enough to train.
She is just a pup so will need training,
she was with a retired couple who found her youthful enthusiasm for life to much for them.
She is a friendly and enthusiastic dog!


Prince

progress update: 8th Nov

Prince has now been rehomed !!

I am 9 years old and have spent all my life on a chain in a back garden.
The people who had me said I was no use as a guard dog, it took them 9 years to realise this.

So, they were going to get another dog and thought they would shoot me.

I’m not sure what this means but I’ve been told I had a lucky escape.
Having spent most of my life on my own I’ve not had much company and I love the company of humans,

I like dogs also but can’t get enough of the fuss and stroking that I have had recently.
Helen says I’m a good old mix of many breeds with a bit of terrier thrown in for good measure.

I’m also good with cats  well any company will do when you have spent your whole life on your own with no telly!

Prince is a 9 year old terrier mix.

He was kept all his life on a chain in a garden.

Apparently, his owners recently decided that he wasn’t a good enough guard dog and that they would get a puppy to replace him.

At first they were going to shoot him themselves, then asked a neighbour to shoot him for them.

He is very shy, and has been hit as he will sometimes shy away from sudden movements

As is often the case with dogs which have spent most of their time alone

he bonds with people very quickly.


Dooley's Bragging and Gloating

This entry has been written by Rocco who has become exasperated

enough with Dooley to try and tell the internet about how he really is !

Dooley is just impossible ever since I was in the Echo he has taken the mick out of me.
Now he is to be in the Echo he talks about it endlessly, Yak, Yak and more Yak.
It is so boring to hear him bragging and preening himself.
Anyone would think that he is the first dog to be in the Echo which of course he isn’t.
I was there when the photographer came to take photos of him at
the Rec and I remember her laughing at his long tongue hanging from
his mouth as he chased the ball.

At least I had the sense to keep my tongue in my mouth when my photo was taken.
He sits and holds court with all the new dogs that arrive and has them
enthralled with his long and tedious and repetitive stories about The
Day The Echo Took My Photo, I yawn and go to sleep.
Mind you after a couple of days they too yawn and go to sleep once he starts.
I expect he will save up his Bonio money to buy extra copies to sign and give out.
Thank goodness I am going to Claire’s this weekend and won’t have
to listen to him for a couple of days.

Dooley Drives the Volvo

Today I thought I would surprise Helen.
We went for a bit of ball throwing which I love.
I particularly love to catch the ball before Rocco and then run off with it.
This infuriates him and is worth every extra minute of me running
really fast with Rocco in hot pursuit.
I have been watching the flyball on TV and have taken a keen interest in this sport, not in the way
that men become ridiculous over football and completely obsessed by this pointless game, I know that I could be really very good at fly ball.
The ball interests me so much that I have completely forgotten that I used to like to chase cyclists and runners.
I drop to the ground, wait for the ball and off I go at super fast pace.
Sometimes Helen tries to trick me by pretending to throw it one way and then another,
I’m getting wise to this trick.
Helen says that now I have the job of chasing the ball I have given up some of my other less popular jobs.
I’m much better when meeting other dogs and people out now and pay them no attention at all unless of course it is a pretty lady and then I fluff up my tail and run really fast so she can see how fit I am.
No dates as of yet but I live in hope.

Anyway back to me driving the Volvo.
After our walk we went for a drive in the car and just to show how good I am I lay down in the foot well and had a snooze.
We then went to meet Tom at Companion Care who has kindly offered to help the rescue with the neutering scheme and Helen took us in with her and I sat quietly in the waiting room.
This is also an improvement for me, I even licked Tom’s hand and when a noise
startled me instead of reverting back to my old habit of nipping someone
I looked at Helen who told me to be still and I was!!
Which is a BIG step forward for me.
After our visit we went back to the car and I had another snooze.
On the way home we stopped at the Rec again and had more ball throwing,
then we were bundled back into the car and went to the shops.
Helen had to pop into a shop to pick up some dog food and
I could see from her face that she was quite worried about leaving me
in charge of the car.
In the past I would run from back to front and eat it but today much to Helen’s delight when she came back to the car I was sitting in the driving seat in a calm and grown up manner.
I’ve seen children doing this when their parents leave them in charge of
the car but instead of hooting the horn and turning the steering wheel
from side to side I went one better and sat there like a responsible
driver and ignored all distractions.
I am thinking of taking my driving test next so wish me luck!

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Poppy ( a.k.a Dillions' sister )


progress update: 15th Nov

Poppy will be going to her new home tomorrow.

She is going to live with a colleague of Debbie who has rehomed Dillion,

so the siblings will be able to see each other and go for walks together !!

Me and my brother Dillion spent a long time tied up in a dark, dark shed.
Dillion was taken away a few weeks ago and I haven’t seen him since.
Dooley and Rocco told me that he arrived here and went off to live with a kind lady called Debbie.
At least I know he is ok I was very worried about him.
I’m very scared and Helen has made me a comfy bed up in the kitchen,
I haven’t dared move from in front of the radiator yet and anyway it’s very warm here.
Helen says that I will come out of my shell soon as Dillion did and a good home will be found for me.
At the moment I am too scared to lift my head up.
The rope on my neck was very tight and since it has been cut off I feel much better.
I heard Helen on the phone to Mark and he suggested asking Debbie to bring Dillion back for a visit so that we can see each other again.
I am so relieved to hear he is safe.
Helen said it is typical of Mark to think how we may have been worried about each other and she will try to arrange it.
I’ve had a bath because I smelt so bad, I hadn’t noticed this but everyone else had.
I was very scared and Helen said that like Dillion I don’t have a nasty bone in my body and was no trouble.
I am going to stay with Jan across the road tomorrow until a home can be found for me and Helen said her and Louise are very good with dogs and will love me loads.
I’m not sure what love is I guess I’ll find out!

Thanks to Tessa, Sonia, Eileen, Moira, Brigid and Jan !!

Tessa and Sonia after a long journey which started in Ireland in the early hours on Saturday morning and ended in England at 8.00 pm Saturday night.
Tessa and Sonia frequently make these trips to England to bring dogs to our rescue where they can be homed.
There are many good people in Ireland who put their hearts and souls into saving dogs from an unhappy end to previously unhappy lives.
They collect the dogs, find rescues to take them too, have relay systems of volunteer drivers to meet up along the route to hand over dogs and eventually board a ferry to bring them to England.
All of this is paid for very often out of their own pockets or from money raised at car boots etc let alone the time and effort put into these exhausting journeys.
Behind the scenes of this rescue was also Eileen, Moira and Brigid who gathered the dogs together and met Tessa and Sonia to hand them over.
Jan fostered Flint for many weeks before this trip could be made.

After a bite to eat and a couple of Barcardi Breezers to relax you can see from the photos Tessa and Sonia having a good laugh over a Fred cartoon book!
Tessa and Sonia have a wicked sense of humour and when they stay with Helen overnight before driving back to Wales the following morning to catch the ferry back to Ireland, they have Helen in stitches with their stories.
Very often the people that do this sort of work are never noticed or heard about as they quietly get on with the job of saving these dogs and they are not the sort of people to seek recognition for it.
They have seen and heard of the evil deeds commited by man on defenceless creatures that only ask to be treated kindly and yet where some people couldn’t cope with this they keep going.
We have been taking dogs from the Irish rescues for the last seven years and Helen who for many years collected dogs from the Welsh pounds knows how difficult it can be to place dogs with rescues, transport them all over the country and has also seen how the spirit of these dogs is broken.
So we know how hard their job is and would like to thank them a thousand times for what they do and so would the dogs because without them these dogs would be dead.

Tessa and Sonia in stitches laughing at Fred cartoons!!

Morgan

progress update: 23rd Oct

Dear Helen

Morgan is nearly two years old now and has grown into a very beautiful dog, He is almost impeccably well behaved! With just the occasional lapses. When he first arrived he wouldn’t let us touch him – he snarled and went for us – especially me. He wouldn’t eat his food out of a bowl, but if I threw it out onto the lawn, he would gobble it .

He is a joy to take out for his walks, is ball mad and ignores all other distractions, other dogs and people most of the time. He does stop to say ‘hello’ but then gets back to the important business of chasing after his ball. He is eating well, has two walks every day – in Windsor Great Park where he is free to run and play and chase after his ball. There are lots of other dogs to socialise with too. Now, he is a loving and gentle dog, will come for a cuddle and apart from having the top of his head touched, which I understand is fairly general with a lot of dogs, he is happy to be handled.

Brian and I recently went to North Somerset and stayed in a delightful part of the country, very dog friendly. The attached photographs show Morgan having fun on the beach – then having a shampoo!

Our cat Dangermouse has finally become resigned that this noisy beast has come to stay! He often goes across the road for some peace and quiet but when he thinks no one is looking, they play together, and can sometimes be found sleeping together on Brian’s bed. After having had three Border Collies we thought we knew the breed. Morgan has shown us a new side – neither of our ‘girls’ played ball – Morgan is ball mad. We took him to flyball classes for a while, and he loved it, but he wouldn’t go and get the ball from a stranger – so we had to abandon that.

I hope all goes well with you and DAWGS and that you are going from strength to strength.
With very best wishes

Alysia, Brian and Morgan Hunt`

progress update: 30th March

“The change in Morgan over the last year has been dramatic. When we got him he would not let us handle him, he did not like to be touched or petted, he snarled and bit – but gradually, with lots of handling and cuddles he has transformed into such a beautiful happy dog.
One other quirky habit he had, was that he would not eat his dinner out of a bowl. He barked and squeaked, and sat there guarding it tenaciously, but would not eat it. If I finally threw it out down the garden ‘for Mr Fox’ – he would happily rush out and gobble it all up. He is quite the star of Windsor Great Park and everyone knows Morgan- so many people have come up to Brian, who gets taken for a two hour walk every morning, to say what a beautiful dog he is.
With very best wishes to you and many grateful thanks from all the dogs you have re-homed and saved – and from a pair of old fogies whose lives have been transformed by the coming of the lovely Morgan.
Love and best wishes
Alysia, Brian and Morgan.”

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“Here’s the latest on Morgan, the Irish Diddycoy we got from you a while ago. He is in to garden designing, thinks he is Dairmuid Gavin, he rearranges the flower pots and sticks and plants and makes a messy camp on the lawn – what a mess! If I did it, there would have been a divorce many years ago, but he gets away with it ….

As you can see he has grown into a beautiful fellow.

Our Burmese cat Dangermouse was very upset when we brought home a Hearing Dog last summer and we did have grave doubts about bringing home Morgan. But there has not been a problem. We have always had Border Collies and DM got on very well with them, and this time when he saw the puppy, he decided he could train it, like he has trained us, and now they get on very well. The cat comes in and invites Morgan to play. This means I hide and when you find me, I can swipe your nose if it gets too close! It took some months before DM came back to being a family cat, he used to sit on a high shelf looking miserable, out of reach of the leaping, barking, full of energy beast we called our puppy. These days, Morgan has quietened down a bit, and DM has got used to him, knows that he won’t be attacked, only thwarted in the usual Border Collie way from going where he wants to go, but he is used to that and has his own way of dealing with it. He runs in one direction and when Morgan goes after him to head him back, he changes tack and heads off in another direction and usually gets away. Then he comes back for more.
He is such a mischief and full of life and love. He has just completed his 10 weeks of training, and as was once said by a teacher “ He is cheerfully indifferent to discipline”. He will sit – because he thinks it means a titbit, but he won’t ‘stay’ – no way. He has recently been castrated.
Brian had a heart attack and bypass late last year, and having Morgan to focus on and take for exercise has made the world of difference to him. Morgan has been the best thing since sliced bread as far as Brian is concerned! He takes him to training classes, (I’m not allowed to go) and also takes him for a long walk in the Great Park every morning. At first Morgan wouldn’t get into the car. He was fine one inside, but it has taken a long time to gain his confidence and get him to go voluntarily into the car. He would rush to his bed and lie on his back as if to say ‘ Oh, please NO, don’t make me go…’ Now, when he sees Brian putting on his jacket he is all bounce and ready for the off.

So that’s the story of Morgan Hunt, growing up nicely and doing very well.”