THE PET SAMARITANS

Happy New Year and sorry it's a day or two late but...... you can guess what I've been doing and that life, once again, has gone in a blur of dogs.   Our volunteers are great but they have their lives to live and like to celebrate so it puts more pressure on the rest of us.  We have had some happy endings, thanks folks to everyone who's adopted one of our lovely sanctuary 'soulmates'.   It's a time consuming process though - which dog?   Fetching other members of the family back to help decide, bringing their own dog to see if they're going to get on, vet checks and home checks - it's not a quick process.

It's been great to see some of our old pals who've come back to see us over the holidays - Fritz (a rescued husky) you lucky old thing - opening all those prezzies!   And Kendal (a stray Patterdale) - you look rounded and fluffy and wonderful - and I like your new name - from a Kendal mint cake to a Jaffa cake - and Jaffa suits you.

But what about the poor things that we've rescued.  Yesterday it was a rottwieler - yes, I know they have had such bad publicity recently but there are lots of really nice and well behaved rottis out there - and this guy is one of them.  We're having him put to sleep next week though.   Yes, it's very sad, but he is in appalling condition - emaciated and with a huge tumour - very painful.  So how did he get to be a stray in this state?   We've got him on painkillers and are feeding him up, he's licking our hands and smiling at us.  But he won't get better and putting him out of his suffering is the kindest thing.   We'd do it right away if we could but have to wait seven days first - it's a legal thing and not up to us and never mind the dog.

We're just about to go to pick up a dog who's savaged someone very badly.   We don't know all the circumstances except that the injuries are bad and this is a big chap and still in his hot blood and growling at everyone.   He's behind bars in the dog pound..... what are the cirumstances.... we don't know.    Hopefully, he'll trust us and be glad to get out of there.   Or he'll be too angry and upset to trust anyone.  Or he might have a brain tumour and be off his head.    Or he might just be one bolshie individual .... or he might just have had such a bad life he hates all humans.  I'm guessing he'll be hungry so I've got some chopped chicken, a bit of bacon, a real nice doggy dinner and I'm just setting off..... watch this space.

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