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Updated 28/07/10 |
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Dog News
For some reason, we have not been as busy with dogs lately, as we have with cats; The
very good news is that Kray, our Staffie, has at last found a home. In March we were contacted by Dave
who had seen Kray on our website. Dave came to the kennels several times to walk Kray and to get to
know him, and on a couple of occasions, took him to visit his home where he lived with his Mother, Gwen.
Everything went well on these visits, and so in April, Kray went to live with Dave and his Mother permanently
and is now very happily settled, proving what we have always said at Otterspool, that the right
home is always worth waiting for.
When we were asked to take two Golden Retrievers due to a marriage
break-up, we thought we would have no problem re-homing them. When the owner arrived at the kennels,
she had already managed to re-home the bitch which just left the six-year old male, Leo. It was not until
Leo was signed over to us that we were handed his medication for epileptic fits. Our vets obtained Leo's
medical history from the vet who he had been registered with prior to coming to us, and it appeared that
his fits had been a big problem over the years, and he had in fact been referred to a specialist in this field,
and undergone a scan. We were very fortunate therefore
when Chris came along - who had owned
Golden Retrievers over a number of years - and offered
Leo a home. Leo is on three lots of medication
daily, and on pricing it, we found that it cost well over
£100 per month to buy. As he also needs regular
blood tests, we felt it would not be fair to expect
someone to take on a dog with so much expense
involved. Consequently, Otterspool have agreed to
meet these costs in the belief that even if Leo was still in kennels, these costs would still have to be met.
We are just so pleased that we have been lucky enough to find him a good home.
Soon after Leo left
Rizla packed his suitcase and went off to join his new family, after being at Otterspool for seven months.
Rizla is now the only dog in the family and is happily lapping up being the centre of attention. He is such a
lovely boy and we knew that it was just a matter of time before the right home could be found for him. Who
knows, maybe this year, it will be the turn of Winston and Sunny to find that perfect home. You never
know what the future holds. We had no trouble re-homing a young puppy called Molly, who was only with
us for half an hour before going to live with Pat, who had been eagerly awaiting a puppy bitch.
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