A Love of Water December 27, 2008
Posted by Jonathan Mitchell in : Stories , add a commentDear All,
Attached are a few pictures of Ripley, now aged 9 and a half months. We adopted her as a two month old puppy, then named Missy, back in April and have been loving her ever since!
It turns out she loves walking, adores the water and likes nothing more than a good play with other dogs. She's sweet, friendly, bright and mischievous!
The whole family have been blessed by her. She now acts as a big sister to a relative's puppy (you can see him in one of the photographs) and the two are now firm friends.
God Bless you all this Christmas
Best Friends! September 4, 2008
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We can see the wonderful friendship between a boy and his dog from this picture; however, not all boys would be willing to save their pocket money and donate it to the Animal Sanctuary. Also, not all parents would be willing to see the money raised, and double it from their own pockets. This, we’re honoured to say, is exactly what the Davidsons have done, making the Sanctuary £309.00 better of!
We were so touched by this act of kindness we asked for a photograph of Alex with Pippin, in order to tell the story of his generosity. Below is the beautiful letter we received in reply.
Please find attached a photo of our son, Alex and our Kerry-Blue Terrier, who we renamed Pippin (known as Kerry whilst staying with you). You have our permission to use this photo for your next edition of the newsletter and on the website.
With Pippin being dark and quite hairy (although she had a haircut a few weeks ago), it’s difficult to capture her expressions, however, I hope this photo reflects her as being a much loved and spoilt little princess! As a family we still can’t believe our luck that we found such a good natured dog, bearing in mind that Kerry Blues are supposed to be quite aggressive. Since we re-homed her in November 2006 we have never regretted it, she immediately became an integral part of our family. It doesn’t bear thinking about that if it was not for the Sanctuary she would have been put to sleep at Lisburn Pound. It is for this reason that we continue to support all the work you do there. Aside from making donations we also foster Amy the Staffie and only for the fact that Pippin is a bit jealous and Amy doesn’t like other dogs, we would dearly have loved to have re-homed her.
Keep up the good work. Give our best to Margaret and Shane. We’ll see you all soon.
Best Wishes,
Bobby, Sandra, Alex and Pippin Davidson
Josie November 9, 2006
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Here's nice letter we received today from someone who adopted a dog from us. If you have a story about an animal you have adopted or fostered from Mid-Antrim Animal Sanctuary, why not about it?
This is 'Josie', we got her from the Mid-Antrim Animal Sanctuary at the end of December, 8 years ago. She was then an 8 week old pup that had been born in the home. She is a very loveable dog, great with children and other animals. She also goes to obedience classes where she is very good, but I don't have the nerve to do competitions: we just enjoy the work, and she has her silver badge for the 'Good Citizen Well Behaved Dog'. She has worked for 7 years as a 'Pets as Therapy Dog', going into old people's homes and hospitals. She has also visited a Barnardos Day nursery but, most of all, she's a very well loved pet.
Daisy McKeown
