Oscar the Spaniel is adopted

Oscar the young Springer Spaniel has been adopted.  He went out to his new home yesterday where he has another liver & white Springer to play with and annoy.

Oscar is so lively and full of life that we were determined to find him somewhere where he would have opportunities to wear off his energy and find the stimulation that a young, working bred dog needs to remain happy and healthy.

Lilly returns to her original owner

Lilly the Staffy cross was reunited with her original owner after he lost touch with her, through no fault of his own after a relationship breakdown, then found her on our website by chance and contacted us with a view to having her back. A tearful reunion and another happy ending.


We have Lola, a 5 month old Deerhound cross coming into kennels unless we can find her a good home first.  The daughter of the family she's currently living with has developed an allergic reaction to the dog so they need to be kept apart...not fair to either Lola or the daughter.

Cassie the Rhodesian Ridgeback/Saluki cross should be going to her new home tomorrow, and we think we've found a home for Oscar the Springer Spaniel.

All good news.

March Adoptions

Zeke the Kelpie cross is hopefully going out to his new home this week with a family who are experienced with pulling dogs and loved Zeke to bits when they came to see him.  Skye the Siberian Husky should be going this week as well to a family who walk their Husky and Dalmation through the forestry and up the mountains, and already work their Husky on a harness with a scooter, so now they'll have a pulling pair.


Molly the Jack Russell Terrier is going for her home check this week as well, and all being well she will have found her new home.  Nan the little Border Collie who wouldn't work with the sheep was very nervous when she first came to us, but she won the heart of the man who came to see her, so she should be going to her new home on Thursday.  Also, a family came to look at Willow the Staffy cross today, and we think that they're going to choose her.

So, after a quiet couple of weeks on the rehoming front, it looks like we're going to have a good week for adopting our dogs out.  This is good news for the dogs who have found homes, and good news for the dogs who are urgently awaiting a place with us, so the kennels will fill back up as quickly as we empty them.


This is what we're all about though...matching the right people with the right dogs.  Some of our dogs, such as Ollie the Lab/GSD and Milo the Staffy have been with us for far too long, and sometimes we think we're never going to rehome them, but then one day somebody turns up and falls in love with them.  This happened with Bez the little black terrier and Sam & Sophie the Staffy crosses.
Alan.

Monty the Border Terrier

Monty the Border Terrier is on his third day here now, and is demonstrating a remarkable response to his rehabilitation, although we haven't done much with him except for allow him to chill out, adapt to his new environment, and ensure that he has three walks each day.  The walks weren't as straightforward as it sounds.  He was well behaved but withdrawn once he was out, however getting him on a lead was, to say the least, fun!  A couple of days later, when I enter his kennel he's putting his head on my knee and the collar and lead are going on and off with ease, as well as running around with a wagging tail on his walk instead of the nervous and fearful body language.

For the first couple of days he was frightened of cats, or so I thought, but he'd fooled me.  This morning he was stalking a Bengal.  This is why it takes a while to assess dogs properly...how they behave when you first see them or when they first enter the kennels isn't necessarily how they're going to behave once they feel safer,  more secure and more familiar with their environment and the people handling them.

Alan.