Sorry, couldn't think of anything to put as a heading, but it's raining and pouring so that's the first thing that came into my head. To be honest rescue is almost at crisis point, there are now 40 dogs in the system which is the most we've ever had since I took over 8 years ago. As we do our best to work our way through them, sort the homechecks and make sure the home we've picked is the right one, today one of the owners decided that now he had the details of the new family for his dog it was a good time to tell us he'd rehomed him themselves! It's not even as if we don't keep the families informed of the progress as they get a letter to tell them we have selected a home and are just waiting on a homecheck but I guess people can't wait, with this many dogs in the system we're bound to be much much slower than we would like to be as fitting it all around a day job can prove to be frustrating at times. But we'll keep plodding along and over the course of the next few days I need to find space for 3 (maybe 4) new arrivals when all the kennels are full!
Tonight is going to be particularly difficult as we have been called out to collect a dog from an old lady who's due to move into a home on Friday. The poor lady is now senile and doesn't fully understand why we need to come and take her dog away, with the help of her family we've left it as late in the day as we can get away with and tomorrow the house will be packed up ready for her to move on Friday morning, let hope she copes ok with what is going to be a very upsetting time for her.
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how sad for the family that thought they was offering their new bulldog a forever home! people should think about whats best for their dog and the families involved in the long, hard process! it only would of taken a quick phonecall to state their change of circumstances!
ReplyDeleteand bless the eledery lady who can no longer keep her pet, thats so sad but at least the bulldog will now be provided with a loving home.
it must be stressful now with so many dogs to find homes for, but you can rest assured that their is plenty of us willing to provide loving homes for them!
i am sat here with my fingers and toes crossed waiting to hear on Bosley :-)
keep up the good work, because without you, your husband and the team of volunters, these lovely dogs would not be getting a second chance of happiness! your doing a fantastic job so you should keep that in mind when times get hard!
Emma Dakin xxx
Does this mean another kennel block going up?
ReplyDeleteRuth