Dog News

To date, following our last newsletter, no re-homings have taken place, however we have taken in three more dogs. Warbie is a thirteen-year old Lancashire Heeler, who has lived a very spoilt life with his owner, who unfortunately has now gone into care. He only has one eye and the sight in the other eye is not very good. Whilst Warbie is settled at the kennels, he would obviously be better in a home. Since we have had him he has been re-homed twice but on each occasion he has been returned as he suffers from mega separation anxiety. It was not for the want of trying that he was returned. If you feel that you could work with Warbie and offer him a home, we would be more than happy to pay for our behaviourist, Barbara Bennett to work with you. This would also be a long-term foster arrangement and Otterspool would be willing to pay any vets bills which may occur. If you feel you can help please contact us.

Next to join us was Summer who is roughly speaking, a German Shepherd cross. Summer was a street dog in Turkey and was brought into this country at great expense by someone who had befriended her. She has a lovely temperament but very little training under her belt. We have found what we think is a more than suitable home for her; watch this space! Lynx is a six-month old Lurcher who, through family circumstances, had to be given up for re-homing. Due to his not being fully vaccinated as yet and lack of kennel space, he is presently living with Phil and Deborah and all their ‘clan’’. He gets on very well with their cats and dogs and we feel that here is a dog who won’t be with us for too long. What did I just say — he won’t be with us for long and how true that was as we are delighted to say that a home check has been carried out for a family that fell for him as soon as they saw him, and so on Sunday 30th October, Lynx went off to his new home.

Sir Winston Of Woodford
In August, Winston went into the vets for what turned out to be some major dental extractions. Whilst we cannot say that he is ‘gummy’, we do feel that the cyclists and joggers around Woodford and other areas he likes to visit, are a lot safer! When he returned from the vets he was a little down in the mouth and feeling very sorry for himself. However, after a few days of chicken and rice, painkillers and antibiotics, he is back with a real spring in his step. Can we just say, so much so, that he has agreed to put in a personal appearance and draw the raffle for us at our Christmas Fair. Don’t miss his sparkling remaining teeth! Oh and don’t forget to bow your head in salutation if you meet his lordship.