We have a new member of the family – canine that is. He is a 7 month old Jack Russell x Spaniel. Here he is!
I had decided that I wanted to get a rescue dog. Lauren and I visited Last Chance whose website displayed several dogs that I thought would be suitable and to whom we could give a good home. We had to fill in a form and one requirement was an area with 5ft fencing to let the dog out into. I explained that we had a farm with about one acre of that post and rail fenced with electric running through it. Oh no! not high enough and the dog might get a shock from the fence. I tried and failed to explain that this was the whole point and they only do it once thereafter treating it with some respect and staying within its boundary. No. They wouldn’t even consider letting us have one of their dogs.
The RSPCA was our next call and they had a lovely Jack Russell who apparently needed 6 ft fencing!
So it seemed that I am not good enough for a rescue dog but I could go and buy any puppy I wanted – something not quite right there! Anyway, thanks to a small advertisement in the local pet shop, I bought Monkey (his name at the time was Booby Boo) from a woman who had several small children in a tiny house and garden (with 5ft fencing!) and couldn’t cope with him. He had already had another home before that but they had decided they couldn’t afford him. So I have effectively rescued a little dog and what a wonderful chap he is!
Making new friends
Monkey has settled down really well. He has long walks with Ritz, rides on the ATV with Richard, has made friends with the cats and appears to listen to the wisdom of the The Mort (who is going very grey these days).
