At last Pal finds a home.

Yesterday my friend Barry and I went on the Wirral Coastal walk, a trip of 15 miles.It was a lovely day, good training for the Peru trip and we met some nice people on the way including some from other animal rescues.I only heard about this walk at the last minute but next year I must get some people doing if to raise funds for |Freshfields.
The news of the week has to be the rehoming of Pal our longterm Collie cross (pictured above)who has been with us for over a year.He was living with Sally who was homed a few weeks ago also. I cant believe someone has finally taken to him.He has gone on a 3 week trial so we are all keeping our fingers crossed it will work out.I think the main reason he was here so long is his liveliness - after 10 months of being tied up in his original home,Pal was hyperactive and as he is quite a big dog, he could be hard to handle.His good points were that he was very affectionate, always clean in his kennel and good with the other resident animals. Lets hope!
Mei told me that Chloe one of the old ponies collapsed yesterday, albeit briefly. She got up almost immediately but she is very frail nowadays and each week that goes by I fear that she will not be with us much longer.If this reoccurs it may be that we may have to call in the vet to euthanase.This morning she has gone out happily with the others and seems fine, it is a case of monitoring her closely.
So many calls are coming through about unwanted dogs, in a space of 4 days, 3 dogs were picked up from the bypass.None wearing collars - one was extremely underweight(a collie of course!)He was lucky to find a home quickly, the other two are a terrier cross about a year old and a black and tan medium sized female with a lovely nature.This morning alone I have received 4 calls from people wanting homes for dogs and it so hard in this area to find good homes, if they chase sheep there is no chance at all.
Big Ginge has settled back in as though he has never been away, I do wonder where he has been, Im sure he must have been shut in somewheree as he has lost so much weight.He is eating us out of house and home at the moment.
We are in negotiation to open a charity shop in Llandudno, the shelter needs to bring in more money to keep our heads above water and other than increasing our standing orders this seems the only way to do this.
The horse photo was taken a few days ago of Melba, marigold and Minnie having a rest in their field. Melba(in the front) is the pony we took in 2 winters ago, she had belonged to an elderly couple who had her kept in a tiny stable all over the winter in spite of having a field she could have exerecised in. They didnt want her to get dirty!!! When she arrived she galloped round and round the field, kicking up her legs and thoroughly enjoying herself.She remains a little shy of people but is improving all the time.