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Peanut (M) - R'back/Shep X A/18mth Tan/blk muzzle
Abandoned by previous owners, Peanut is never sure if he's in trouble or not. He was at the Shelter over 100 days before being rescued to The Kelston Safe Haven. He's gentle and now very lanky and needs a home that can give him consistent attention and love. Peanut would like to be the only dog in a family's life (and to have lots of chew toys please). Hold the press - Peanuts rehoming story! Saturdays' weather for a dog walker was pretty average at The Haven - the last few troops were walking & TLC being duly administered - I could taste the caffeine & then off 'she' went! 'She' being our trusty link to the outside world, the al capone ( note this is 0425 319 588 ). A noise to wake the dead as it pierces the tranquility one experiences at High Range. Young couple on their way from Bargo, keen to cast their eyes over the troops, especially like the look of Cool Man Peanut. 'Can we wait?' - is the pope Catholic? They're on their way - quick chat amongst the walkers & a review of the Good Luck Scale - not much juice left here - Kaplam, Calamity and, hear this, big boy Aco all gone last week - will be the icing on the cake Jonti & CP to stay permanently with fosterer (remember story of gentleman in nursing home - fretting about his dogs?) Girls apply makeup, Dennis cleans office, Dogman paces! Couple duly arrive, to be bombarded with he (Peanut), who is very social, loves Humans, Dogs - he sits, shakes paws (which he eagerly does) & shows great warmth. Are we overcooking things here? Please take him for a walk - take your time. Why are we all getting wet peeping from behind this tree? Be good Peanut! Violins please Maestro 'Yes we'll take him!' 'No you won't!' says Kelston owner Dennis - 'not before I hydro-bath him' & away he went - after the photoshoot (pics next week). High fives all round & the sort of joy that warms the cockles of your heart. Yeah I know it would be easy to be cynical - 'its just a mutt', you may well say - maybe you just needed to be there. Remember that no. 0425 319 588. Come & visit or better still, allow Peanuts' buddies, still at FOS/Kelston Safe Haven to experience that 'GOING HOME' FEELING! (More to come re his owners comments) |
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RUSTY (M) - in foster (rehomed) Kelpie X GSD - Tan/blk muzzle Approx. 7- 8mth
Dear Kerry- thought I would do this tonight while I am thinking about it. Rusty is a very affectionate dog who gets on exceptionally well with our own female golden retreiver. He settled into our house and yard very quickly and appears quite relaxed. He walks reasonably well on a lead (pulls a little
bit) and is very eager to walk as much as possible!! Rusty responds to "sit", "wait" and "drop" - especially when food is available! He is able to be handled all over and displays no aggressive tendencies at all. Rusty loves to play and is keen on balls and bones. In my estimation he would settle in well wherever he was as long as people were able to give him the attention he deserves. In my estimation he would settle in well where ever he was as long as people were able to give him the attention he deserves. Good news is that Rusty now resides permanently with foster carer Susan Stubenrauch - this can happen! |
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Sweetie (F) - Cattle X Approx 8yrs
Sweetie is a real Golden Oldie, and as her name suggests, very sweet and gentle - but still with a twinkle in the eye liking to be in charge! This girl has got stamina. Wonderful cattle dog trait of being independent but so giving. Posssibly not suited to a household with another younger dog (would depend on its nature) yet Sweetie would be an absolute ray of light for an older person who could use some company, has pats to offer, and doesn't want a dog who will tear everything to shreads, bark all day, jump up or trip them over! Jusy waiting for that special someone! New owners story re Sweetie - just shows how hard it is to tell where a dog will fit doesn't it? Thank you for your letter asking about Sweetie in the big smoke. She has settled in very well. She has two girl friends now, a 12 month old Kelpie X and our cat. She loves going for walks & playing ball. She is great in the house, someone has trained her. Very affectionate & curious. Loves burying & eating bones. If you need to contact us you can via ours e-mail please do so. Thank you, Jeff & Debbie Patterson |
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Daphne's new home
Hi to Kelly, Emma and Kerry, Daphne is the most delightful dog, it's only been a few days and she is such a good girl. I am thinking I may have to call her 'Shadow', 'cause she is never more than a few inches away and if I sit to watch TV or go to bed she is as close as she can be, usually with her head on my foot. Quite a girl and she is giving the word "Companion Dog" a whole new meaning. She loves my home cooking and I gave her a shank bone (raw) yesterday afternoon and she ate it all in half an hour, not even any left for the ants.... so she is eating really well and seems happy. Can't thank you all enough for all your help, and will stay in touch with little things I find out about her. Whatever her past, she has been very well trained, and is a quick learner with the doggie door which is bit hard for her just yet, but she knows how it works. Mostly she seems to just want to sleep, probably to do with her operation, but in a few days I will take her for a walk around the block so she knows where she lives etc. By for Now Marie
ps: will send photos when she gains a bit more weight, and the way she is eating it won't be long.
Daphne: It's really fun surprising my new owner with all the things I don't do like, I don't jump on the furniture, I don't jump on her, I don't chew shoes, I don't tear things up! I don't even chew on the thing she seems to want me to! Like a rope toy thing and a Kong thing, but I might surprise her by learning to have fun, I will think about that. |
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Jack - Rotti Lab X
We first noticed Jacks smiley face in the flyers that come to our office every week which we display in our window at Century 21 Bowral. Unfortunately at that stage we had not long been in our house which did not have adequate fencing and were busy getting our business established. We continuously kept our eye on the flyers each week thinking that we would always end up getting a Ridgeback as they are great family dogs from the research we had done in the past. 6 months later, to our surprise, Jack the Rotti Cross Labrador was still on the website with his smiley face and friendly eyes. We quickly made a call to find out a little about his history. Jack was with an elderly family, sadly one of the owners passed away the other decided to move back overseas, this elderly couple only spoke Macedonian I believe to Jack so when he arrived he did not understand English. Jack was fretting badly so went into foster care with Kerry & Penny. We were able to meet him that day. After meeting Jack we fell in love with him he was just as friendly as his picture looked. He knew straight away that we would be the right family for him as he wanted to leave with us then & there. Being 6 years old suited us perfectly as we are often at work, we did not have the time to train a puppy and to be honest did not want to go through the clothes being ripped off the line and holes being dug that usually go with training a puppy. Due to the wonderful care Kerry and Penny gave to Jack he was also now trained in English and well socialised with their two dogs plus another foster dog, Darcey. We adopted Jack a few days later. He adjusted perfectly with us it was as if we had owned him all his life. We have now had Jack for over 18 months. We cannot tell you how much joy he has brought to our lives & our neighbours lives also. He is a social butterfly, visits our retired Neighbours on a regular basis - they bring him out when they do their gardening. He has a regular play date up the street when we are at work and then plays often with other dogs we meet when we go for our walks. I don't think I have ever met a dog with so much character. (Not that I am biased). He is the biggest sook. He loves to cuddle, go for walks, swimming especially at the beach, he is also very talkative, and does not bark unless there is a stranger or strange car in our street. He is fantastic with children, which is great as we are expecting our first baby in May. We have had such a great experience with dealing with the Shelter - they do wonderful work and we are lucky to have an establishment like that to help find homes for unfortunate dogs and cats that were not well looked after before. We are very lucky to have Jack as a family member. We hope that other people who already have adopted, or are looking to adopt a dog, are as lucky as we have been, after our wonderful experience with Jack we would definitely adopt again in this way. Nathan & Melissa Buckley. |
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TRIXIE (F) Red Kelpie AFTER 255 DAYS
When Samantha Huer first set eyes on Trixie, a placid Red Kelpie and our longest resident (255 days from Xmas 2003) she couldn't understand why no one had claimed her before. The Huer family decided to 'liberate' the instantly loveable 12 month old dog, ( a dead ringer for a dearly beloved dog they had just recently lost to old age), even though they had gone in to find a puppy, because the previous 'abandoned' dog they had adopted had been such a success. Volunteers were naturally over the moon when their old time favourite had finally found a good home after all that time 'on the inside'.
And as for Trixie, she has fitted right in with the busy Huer lifestyle, which involves three young boys and two other dogs on 5 acres of freedom. For her to go from a cage to five acres; she has been so excited. 'For the first two days she just sat by the back door because she didn't know she could go and run around. She's just lovely' said Samantha. 'And thank you to the lady from Friends of The Shelter who, when I rang to ask if there were any other Kelpies, suggested we go back and look as we missed her the first time. She said Trixie was easily missed because she didn't push herself forward, but that she would be ideal with a family!' A perfect match! |
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PERCY (M) SMALL TOT FINDS A HOME
Moss Vale residents need no introduction to local identity Neale Shipley & FOS volunteers will recognise his new companion Daisy, formerly a 'rescued' dog. So often stories such as Neale's and Daisy's are both sweet & bitter, for Neale the bitter aspect was losing his former companion, Monty, to a stroke. Speaking to a FOS volunteer the other day, Neale said "Like many people, I decided another pet was something I didn't need, and the thought of eventually losing it was too much, or so I thought. Depression is not normally an issue for me" - just ask around Mossie about smiling 'Neale on Wheels' - "but my friends at Anglicare noticed the change & suggested I find another companion. Daisy was spotted in the FOS poster and it was love at first meeting. I am just thrilled, we are inseperable."Whilst Neale sees his disability as anything but a disability, he has allowed us to use the 'D' word hoping other people such as himself, or more senior folk will recognise the importance "PETS as THERAPY" has. "I can't express strongly enough the role Daisy plays in my life. Whilst it may be WIN-WIN, I know who the real winner & grinner is. Daisy was not inclined to tell us her life's story as she reclined in Neale's lap. but did remind us that her previous 'home' has numerous residents ideally suited to be "PETS as THERAPY". |
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