Rosie

Rosie came into welfare over the May Bank Holiday 7 weeks pregnant and absolutely terrified. If anyone came in the room she would run to the corner and shake in fear. I spent a lot of time just getting her to sit up on the sofa with me and managed to win her trust before her babies were born. On the 9th June she gave us 9 healthy puppies there were 10 but one little girl was still born (We had her cremated and scattered her ashes in the park with our own dogs) Rosie had by now put her complete trust in me and I was in the whelping box delivering all of her puppies, the poor girl took 11 hours to have them and I was amazed at her stamina and how gentle and good she was with her babies. Rosie was a fantastic mum and her puppies thrived well, they were all really friendly boisterous little monsters but Rosie was still afraid of new people and the outside world. It took a lot of time and patience but once the puppies had been homed Rosie really started to come out of herself, she started to trust strangers and was enjoying her walks, especially if there was a small furry to chase, she was still a bit nervous of any dogs that came toward her and would still shake at some but ignored others, she soon became a very cheeky girl, and this little bullie who I thought was to broken to fix was becoming more and more confident and more and more cheeky by the day. When it was time for her to go to her forever home I asked for someone very special for her and I had boxes I needed ticking. We were lucky to find that special person who actually ticked every box and we took Rosie to meet her new mum, we were convinced we would bring her home with us as we expected her to be stressed and nervous and I couldn’t have left her in a pickle and let her go through what she had been through when she first came here, but how wrong could I be, Rosie had a look around her new home, checked out the roof garden (which she loves) frogged across the bed with her new toy and then decided to bully run from sofa to sofa, mmm this seems to be one happy girl who had given her approval of her new home. We got up to leave and Rosie ignored us leaving (can you believe that cheeky moo) and as we went out of the door she came and stood by her new mummy’s legs and didn’t attempt to follow us out. I was so happy for her I cried.

I have had several conversations with Rosie’s mum and she has settled in very very well, she is extremely happy, confident and very much adored. And with her new mum continuing her training Rosie is now enjoying playing with other dogs, I think she likes the idea that she goes home without them and has all her mummy’s attention to herself J 

This has been a huge success story for a little bullie girl who was in need of so much care, Rosie has left paw prints on my heart forever.

All of Rosie’s puppies were homed through the Trust are also doing very well and all are very much loved pets, and all in touch with me. We are hoping a good few of them will be attending the Christmas Party in December 2007.