Well we have managed to sort out most of the Askern dogs, at the minute there are just 2 left on the allotment and a big fawn dog waiting for a space.
Manda from Northern Greyhound Rescue has taken 4 girls and 2 boys, 3 have come up here and 7 have gone into foster homes. Thanks to everyone who has helped so far.
We still need homes for the fawn boy Willy and Hopkirk & Nathan who need off the allotment before it gets too cold.
Sadly I still have my friend’s Rita’s three dogs here and they are going to be here a while yet. They are okay. Two of them were from Tia originally but the old boy she got directly from Ireland and he has been with her for the past six and a half years. He isn’t used to kennel life but he’s getting better. They were in a right state when they got here. The transporter was appalling, they had no bedding or water, it was a hot day and Bandit was in his own faeces and probably had been for a long while. Bandit and Tango were almost in a state of collapse. I have never seen anything like it. It was touch and go whether they went to the vets. Fortunately cooling coats, electrolytes, years of experience and the dogs knowing they were back home evaded a bad outcome.
Another minute on that van and I think it would have been a different matter The driver couldn’t get off the yard quick enough and the owner of the firm just tried to worm his way out of it, lying and blaming everyone else. I have reported him to Defra. So please if you need to use a transporter, don’t use the guy who lives in Silsden.
Deb