Jim ( a.k.a Slim Jim the Easter Dog )

progress update: 9th July

Hi! Helen
I thought it was high time that I gave you a Jim update!!
He is still wonderful, and kind, and gentle, and generous and just the
best dog in the world! (well we think so!)
He is simple the best – as Tina Turner would say!!
We all know we are very lucky to have Jim, and none of it would have
been possible without you – so from a dog in a million, and a very happy
family Thank you.
Hope you and your dogs are well.
Keep up the excellent work.
Kind regards
Jim Sandra and Family

” He really is a very special dog, who is loved very much by us all.

He feels like he has always lived here, we couldn’t and wouldn’t have it any other way.

We love JIM :-D

My son Matthew took great delight in telling everyone,
‘I didn’t get an Easter Rabbit, I got an Easter Dog!!'”

Sandra

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My most Dastardly Deed yet

I’d better relate why I’m in such disgrace that I think I’ve lost all hope of ever getting a Special Collar.

I must tell everyone that I’m normally a very clean dog.

But …

I forgot what I was doing and pee’d on Helen’s shoe

And her foot

And a lot of her leg

At first she was so surprised and shocked that I had time to hide behind Harley before she realised.

Everyone was shocked, even the new pups.

I was shocked too, once what I’d done had time to sink in.

Helen didn’t want what I’d done to have time to sink in, so she had to go and wash straight away.

Now everyone knows it was me who got us all into The Trouble Over The Wellies.

I bet I’ll be sent to the top of the rehoming list now.

I’ll have no chance of getting a Special Collar ever.

I’ll have no chance of getting any bonios for a while either.

I hope Helen sees the funny side of it soon

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”

In the forest

Today I was very brave,

I sat in the front of the car with Mark on the way to the forest.

He’s my New Friend.

He knows where the Bonios are kept.

Mark was most impressed with how good I was and said Good Things to me.

Lizzie and Mutley came too, and so we had a great time

Mutley was creating destruction and mayhem, so I took notice so that I might learn from him.

He had found a branch so long that he could hit both Helen and Mark with it at the same time.

He did it several times and then when Mark tried to take it off him he ran off with it and chewed it up into tiny pieces.

Although I want a Biting Mask like Mutley’s, I also want a Special Collar like Mutley’s too

Mark says I have to try to get the collar first.

He says if I get the mask first I’ll lose any chance of ever getting the collar, and that is An Important Thing To Remember.

I know Mark is trying to help me to get a Special Collar so I licked his arm until he mentioned my collar to Helen.

Helen laughed.

I ran off and played with Lizzie instead.

Signed framed portrait of famous dog for sale

Rocco’s been in the local paper.

I’ve been concentrating on other things instead.

It doesn’t bother me at all.

Not even the slightest bit.

I’ve not given it a single thought.

I’ve far more important things to think about, and I’m sure everyone else has too.

I’m ignoring it completely.

I don’t think it’s such a big deal anyway.

Even if he did get a big full page spread with colour photos.

I’m not jealous in the slightest.

I’m not going to think about it even for one second.

I’d not have given them such a cheesy grin.

I didn’t ask him to sign my copy, he just accidentally must have stepped on it leaving his pawprint behind.

I’m certainly not going to frame it.

I’m so pleased that I now know someone Famous