12th August

Well done Monty!  Winning our Olympic Gold not just for showing supreme intelligence but also for gaining first prize in a dog show, our Guildford Stafford Champion.
Pictures please Gareth.

Saffy is featured as 'Old Dog of the Week' on the Oldies website. They have done another wonderful write up (as they did for Tara) sadly for Tara we did not have any interest, though they are a really great website and couldn't have done more, lets hope Saffy catches someones eye this week.http://www.oldies.org.uk/?p=70734

As for Tara ... well just see for yourselves, I think we can say she has settled with Val and Stuart, with not just her feet firmly under the table but her body under the covers! As to where Val and Stuart sleep? Your guess is as good as mine.

Still the calls. I came in to two messages the other day one from Gavin and the other from Tracey. All want/need their dog re-homed, we cannot help. Their situations usually involve housing issues, with relationship breakdowns and babies arriving a close second though lately there have been lots of bereavements though often details of just who has died are sketchy.
Some of these are probably genuine and always there is a dog involved but if we cannot help it makes no difference, I tell them all the same thing, that we are full, that our most recent dog has been with us nine months and our longest stay over two years and there are just no homes out there for them.
Most back off then, certainly  if they are not genuine that should put them off.

However yesterday I was surprised when returning  a call it was answered by the 'Ex-servicemen Supported Housing Group,' the lad himself had rung up  but the girl I was speaking to now explained he only needed somewhere temporarily for his dog as they were trying to find him accomodation that would take the dog as well. Until then he was sleeping on the streets rather than give his dog up.
They had secured funding through the British Legion to pay for kenneling but needed Kennel Cough vaccine before he could go in. To speed things up, I offered to pay for the vaccine so that it gets done tomorrow.