28th September.

Yesterday, Thursday,  was taken up with an urgent situation where we were asked if we could help with the removal of  a Staffie bitch and seven five week old pups plus the father, another dog, cats and rabbits  from a lady's home as they had been left by a relative. As well as the call from the owner of the house, we were also contacted by a rescue we know who were closer and also involved.
We could not help directly and the whole thing was not straightforward but it seemed to take hours of phone calls and the usual mental/emotional gymnastics that always seem to accompany these things, we reached a solution this morning after I finally managed to speak to the other rescue.
All the animals are now in a safe environment.

Chloe playing!

Today started with a text from Dave to say he had heard on the travel news that Cranleigh High St was closed due to vehicle hitting a building.
As my son is at school in Cranleigh with an increasingly unreliable bus service, I offered to give him and his friend a lift.
It was not the High St but the road to the school. It was indeed closed with police tape and a large police presence, a huge green digger was across the road with a large hole in a building.
When Sam came home he filled us in on the details. The thieves had stolen the huge green digger and rammed the Lloyds Bank Cash Point inflicting little damage they had then reversed (possibly to get a better run) but had hit the building behind creating a huge hole. At this point the police had arrived and the failed robbers made off!
 The school children had taken photos on their phones and Sam was most amused  to note, when he passed after school, that the cash machine was still working, flashing its lights, inviting you to use it, whilst the innocent building behind was annihilated!

Shake them big ears!

In the evening Jessie (daughter) and I gave Chloe and Angel a last walk along the bridleway, the ponies were eating their hay across the field. As we came back Chloe ran into the sand school and then into the field focusing on the ponies. We called but to no avail and she ran closer to them. Jessie went into the field to call her (trying to make herself more interesting to Chloe than anything else) it didn't work and to our horror Chloe ran up to Basil, trying to play,then dashing off again. We thought she was going to come back to us but she ran in a second time and then as we watched helplessly, went right up to his hind hoof and sniffed. Basil lifted his foot and kicked, there was a sickening thud, Chloe flew through the air making a horrible noise, something between a yelp and a growl, she landed and twisted then lay still. I shouted to Jessie to pick her up as I thought she had had a blow to the head and may have stopped breathing, I thought if we were quick we could revive her. I asked Jessie if she was dead, but thankfully she was breathing and conscious. I rang the vet as Jessie carried her to the car, a short journey up the road. She had a nosebleed which stopped quickly and by the time we reached the vets she had recovered considerably, they came out to meet us, but seeing her conscious and alert we were downgraded from an immediate emergency and waited our turn to see the vet.
The vet (not lovely Jane as she is away) gave her a thorough examination and concluded she had had a lucky escape.
We took her home where she seemed fine, eating her dinner and giving lovely cuddles to everyone.
She has continued to look well today, I can hardly believe it when I replay that ghastly moment. We have delayed treatment for her Demodex, which should have been yesterday, just to make sure.
 She now weighs 5.30kg so could have the treatment anytime from now.