6th April

             
                                     We are at Pets At Home Godalming 
                Easter Monday 9th April 10am/4pm


          We hope SOS Dog Rescue will be joining us, this will be our biggest day of the charity drive.             We hope to see lots of you there and have a real carnival atmosphere.

                          We will also do Friday 13th April and Sunday 15th April

Luci enjoying her walks

Waking up this morning I was expecting a hard frost as predicted by the weather forecaster's. It was sunny with small tell tale signs that a frost had occurred. I was glad that it was sunny with blue skies and on Good Friday. What more could one ask for? 
Today Luci was going to her new family, everything bode well, especially as during the week it seemed as though her adoption would have to be delayed. 
Luci had diarrhoea with blood last weekend and it continued, although she was still full of beans and healthy in herself. I was worried that she may have picked up Campylobacter from Nugget. Not that Nugget had diarrhoea in any form but she could be a carrier, having previously had a stay in Battersea Dogs & Cats Home.
Alison and I decided that a stool specimen should be taken to the vets for analysis, whilst following the rule of starving Luci for 24hrs then on a bland diet of chicken/fish and rice for a few days. All to good effect, getting the all clear on Thursday from our vet saying she could be re homed.

Play time with Nugget and Oscar  

We allowed Luci to sleep on our bed last night as her farewell treat, which believe me is no easy task when we already have three on the bed and Nugget now wakes up at 5.30am walks around to my side of the bed puts her front paws on the bed and whines for her early morning cuddle! So five dogs and two not so thin people in a double bed is one sight to behold!!!!
Due to Luci's history of separation anxiety we decided it was best if we took Luci to her new home. On leaving our house we realised that the rubbish collection was going ahead, it was to late for us to put it out, ahhhh, well that is a must to do next      week!
 There were two excited young girls awaiting the arrival of Luci. Forgetting it was the start of the holiday traffic,  the journey took us two and a half hours for what normally takes us just over and hour. Luci sat on my lap all the way dozing and enjoying the one to one cuddles. 
Pulling up at the house we saw two eagerly waiting girls peering out of the window and their dad Mike briskly walking up to greet us. Luci was happy and excited and pulled with her normal enthusiasm to go in. She ran up the garden, without a second glance enjoying the company of the girls, ecstatic to have all this attention to herself.

Best Friends Luci and Nugget

 I realised at this point how far Luci had come from the scared, hunched up little 20 week old puppy who would not go out into the garden and would cling to you like glue,  she had blossomed into a confident, happy 10 month old no longer scared but able to enjoy life. 
We stayed for about an hour handing over information on Luci including Oscar's duvet for a familiar smell hoping that the transition would be as easy as possible for her
 Whilst Luci now Molly was playing in the garden we quietly slipped away leaving her with her own family and headed back home.
I toiled with mixed emotions on the way home. I was happy but sad. Sad that I hadn't said goodbye to Molly, telling her to be good, that we loved her and everything would be alright. Happy because it is a good home where Mike, Jo, Martha and Nancy will work with any problems they encounter with Molly, knowing her history and she is not a perfect example of the breed but paramount Molly was happy. What more could you ask? 
We had done as much as we could for Molly. Molly needed a home and family of her own. To be the only dog where she did not feel that she had to vie for attention. When a home can give more than you are able to give it is time to re home them.  It was time for Luci to go to a new home and become Molly.

Left to right Oscar, Honey, Nugget, Luci and Daisy

Daisy and Honey are subdued tonight, Oscar is not sure what is wrong and Nugget is looking for her new found playmate. The house is quiet and there is a peculiar atmosphere, I guess we are all a little lost.




 Author:-  Valerie