Happy Tails from NCAR past residents

Why not send us your pets happy tail, telling us about their new life.
Please send your story and pictures to animalrescue@btconnect.com
This will be updated monthly - so keep an eye out for your pets story.

This is me, Boba, with my friend Jango. We were called Jerry and Cat when we were with you. We were rescued in Feb 2007. I settled in straight away but Jango wasn't too sure, he was older than me (about 12) so maybe he didn't like change. It took him about 2 weeks to come out from under the bed, he didn't make himself too popular as he did his business under there as well - oh dear. Once he settled in though he was a lovely old boy. We loved each other very much as you can see from this picture and were always cuddled up together. He was very camera shy and there aren't any better pictures of him. I don't have that problem as you can see!

Sadly Jango got poorly not long after he was rescued. He had to go to the vets a lot and had some tests done. They didn't really know what was wrong with him but they gave him some medicines. He struggled on for a few months but in June 2007 our new owners could see that enough was enough and he went to the vets and didn't come back. I was very sad and missed him dreadfully, I didn't know where he'd gone and would sit outside looking for him but he never came.

But that's all in the past now and I am still enjoying life with my new owners. Saturdays are my favourite days as I get tuna then! Yum! Although there is a big black cat from next door who sometimes comes in and eats it all :-( I'm very good at catching mice, shrews and even the odd bat or two - I don't understand about protected species.

Thank you NCAR for looking after me and Jango and I know that one day my new owners will visit you again to try and find a new friend for me.

Love Boba

It's nearly a year now since I left you to start a new life in Llandudno, since I last saw you I've been to the North Yorkshire Moors twice on walking holidays and I'm going again in May.I walk every day down to the beach at Deganwy and walk to Llandudno and back, this week my owners daughters' dog Murphy is with us as his mum & dad have gone to Andora Snowboarding. Luckily this year I've kept fit and well and only been to the vet once as I was a little sick, better now.

Love Barney

We have had a great deal of fun since these two lively charcaters came in to our lives.  Oscar the lab loves to go swimming in the lake by us and Roxy loves chasing squirrels through the woods luckily they are to quick and se never catches them.  They sleep upstairs on an old duvet which they love and when we go out they curl up on their plastic bed in the kitchen.  They settle down of an evening on the settee with us and their is often a race for the best seat. Roxy loves to watch pet rescue programs but we have to keep hold of her otherwise she tries to get into the TV. Oscar is fond of his ball and seems to think we would like it in our mouths he is very comical as his whole body waggles when he is wagging his tail.  Roxy has has to have an operation as she ruptured her cruciate ligament but sheseems to be recovering well she only seems to limp when she wants a cuddle.

Thanks for all your help when choosing these dogs and we proudly display your sticker in our car. 

Regard Chris & Paula

 Hello everyone at North Clwyd,

Daisy is a delight. I can’t believe she is 10 years old and has been with me now for over a year. I am so glad I found such a sweet older dog. She loves the car, is so clean, so quiet, and does a sort of sneeze instead of a bark. She has only barked twice. She looked so shocked, as if to say “Where did that come from?” You will remember how nervous she was initially and she used to shake all over. It took time and patience to gain her trust and it was worth every minute. I feel such happiness when she looks so confident. Instead of her tail hanging down and quivering between her legs it is up like an antennae, above her wiggley bum and hips. She is chasing round the garden now like a 6 month old puppy.

She started to resemble a pink rubber glove due to a skin complaint, so is on a diet of cooked fresh fish, with sweet potato, carrot or swede and she loves it and isn’t pink anymore ! She is much more mentally alert and physically active on her fish and veg diet. I am giving her a supplement called Mobile Bones which I found on the internet and also small pieces of Pedigree Jointcare + as treats as I noticed her back legs were tending to give way a bit. Don’t know which is doing the trick or whether it’s the combination, but the difference is noticeable.

She makes me laugh out loud every day, demands cuddles and that I chase her round the garden when she gets bored. She has shown no interest in toys. However I recently bought her a rubber Kong. Hilarious ! What she lacks in brain power she makes up for in enthusiasm and she will spend hours rolling it around trying to get at whatever delicacy is stuck inside, often a prawn or a bit of salmon which she loves. She gets talked to all the time, even when she's sleeping and seems to be having a bad dream, I talk to her and stoke her until she comes out of it. She loves her food and comfort and is very easy to spoil as she is as cute as a button ! I even blew up a paddling pool for her.

I adore her.  Thanks again for entrusting her to me and giving us both a new lease of life. I often say she rescued me, not the other way round !

Love from Angela and Daisy the Dog