Here we have a few patients that have particularly touched our hearts 

Summer is one of two dogs who came into rescue in 2008. they had lived all their lives shut in a filthy dark shed where they had been used as breeding machines. their coats were just a mass of urine soaked knots. suzie was the youngest of the two and was suspected was breed their and has never had any life beyond the shed, never seen out side, just one person who go in to feed them. 

 Summer was took in to a new home, sadly she has been traumatised by this experence and suffers from agroaphobia, if she is walked she either refuses to move  or pulls like a train to get back inside. she is terrified of the car and caravans, along with other dogs. she also suffers from some sort of panic attack and when she dose she neither sees or hears you and some times wets her self and unfortantly they desided to re-home summer again. Even with these problems Mr and Mrs Sellens re-homed summer now called Suzie and she is settleing in well, they tell me what a wounderfull dog she is and how she is getting on with their other dogs.

mrs Sellens says

"Susie has been with us now for eight weeks and what a delight she is proving to be! In the house, Susie very quickly felt at home. Her previous owners clearly gave her lots of love and affection which she is now sharing with us and our existing cats and dogs. The transformation that we have seen in her confidence though has been magical.



She travelled home well in the crate, with Holly, whom she initially snapped at, probably through fear and uncertainty. Holly turned her back on her to show that aggression wasn't needed and Susie now looks to Holly as her guardian. Susie enjoys the company of our other three Springers. They give her confidence on walks, which we are now building up to between half an hour and one hour daily, in addition to playtime in the fields. She has had a few short spells off lead and seems drawn to water and mud. The Springer in her is coming out!

 She also instigates play with Merry and Max, which shows how happy and confident she has become. We regularly spend time on basic obedience training, in the house, and have started to introduce the same activities outside, to distract her from her fears. We are thoroughly enjoying our new member of the family and hope to continue to build her happiness and confidence.

 


 

 

In the News (Oldham chronicle)

TLC the perfect remedy for dumped kittens

Date published: 29 April 2011

TISSUES at the ready: staff at Manchester Street Vets were shocked to discover eight abandoned cats — all of them suffering from flu.

Seven Siamese cats and one Oriental — three of them tiny kittens — were dumped outside the practice on Saturday. The females will now be nursed back to full health by staff before they are eventually rehomed.

 

                                                                  


   

Update on the kittens

3_1307720085-R.jpgTheo (pictured left with Mrs Randles) has joined the Randles household with their other cat Ginny and he is enjoying lots of cuddle and is settling in well.

Lynda and Kevin are the proud owners of Teo (pictured bottom left). They say he as settled in to his new home brilliantly and that he is a really loving, beautiful boy.

Pippa (who is pictured bottom left) was one of the first adult cats to be re-homed. Mrs Smith took her home and she has settled in well, although strangely for a cat is not a fan of fish of any kind. Her favourite game is 'fetch' with her pink cloth ball and she gets walked around the garden on a lead. 

Ma-li (pictured centre) was the last of the 8 to be re-homed. When Mrs Dawson got her home she was calling very loudly for a mate, for over a week, which gave them many sleepless nights. She tried repeatedly, but unsuccessfully, to seduce Tara their large black three year old male cat. She is tiny in comparison yet still follows him around, walking under him and jumping over him to get his attention. She also sleeps beside him each night. "She often covers herself with cushions, but is gradually beginning to trust the family and relax a little. Having lost two of our older cats in the past three months her arrival was very fortuitous."

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Poppy and Tinker (pictured below) have both been rehomed with Mr and Mrs Bell. They have settled in fantastically and love having so much space to explore.
They are now both fit and active and have Carole and Neal Bell much pleasure, laughing at their antics.
"They chase each other over the entire house and spend hours 'hunting' the cloth mouse. When they're not curled up on someone's lap, they sleep together on a cushion, by the radiator - bliss!"
 

 

poppy and tinker

 

 
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