For the past couple of months, my boyfriend has been going on and on about wanting to get a dog. Both of us have had dogs in the past, but I have been reluctant for us to get one together. But last weekend, he suggested that we go to our local dog rescue centre...just to have a look.
Roden is about a 15 min. drive from where we live, and specialises in re homing dogs from all sorts of backgrounds. On arrival, I was surprised at how busy the place was, there were already 3 or 4 families in reception waiting to see the dogs.
We went around the site, I was still a bit guarded as we saw several beautiful pooches, of all types and breeds. The fist one we stopped at was a tiny little terrier, and his information panel stated that he was most comfortable with women...I get from that he has a problem with men, and my theory was proven when David knelt down to greet him and was responded to with bared teeth and frantic barking.
We saw a Dalmatian who appeared distraught to be there, and cried constantly. She was a gorgeous looking dog, but much too big for what we were able to cope with (see, my guard is dropping already!).
On the other side of the site, we met a golden retriever named Dutchess. She cam immediately to the front of the cage when we passed, greeting us with a graceful wag of her tail. We stopped for a few moments to admire her and her King Charles companion, Mo.
On the way back to the reception, David asked if we could go back to the first set of pens, something had caught his eye...we walked up and down again, and stopped in front of an unmarked cage holding a female Staffie cross. All the dogs around her were barking, but not she. She at there calmly regarding us and we had to know more about her.
We went back to reception and found out that she was a new addition there, her name was Lea. We also asked about Dutchess, and discovered that she had a problem with her sight, and would need some extra care, for she was likely to go blind within the next year or so.
David and I discussed these options, and decided that we would like to meet Lea. We greeted her, and then were able to take her for a walk. She was as good as gold! Needless to say, she is coming to live with us next weekend. It took less than 10 minutes to fall in love with her. So, I will be kept busy, and no doubt will be posting news of her progress here shortly!
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