Haha, I took this one today of Sylvester letting the neighbours know he likes living here, a bit blurry cos he kept wobbling his head

Not been on here for ages but thought I'd check in again. Hi Aceface, we met on here way back when you collected my old coop for your rescues. Now here I am as a fully fledged FSFH rescuer and collection point with lots of ex commercial girls firmly nestled into my heart and home These hens have cha...

I just heard that Milo has been pts this week, due to his aggression and inability to find him a suitable home. I know this is probably the "best" outcome in terms of his distress but I feel really, really sad and am in tears once again. If only he'd been able to settle here.....

It's unbelieable the way some people show such disregard. A while ago I found a little dog, distressed and in quite poor condition...long coated but matted and very dirty and with no ID on his collar. I took him in and called the local dog warden who came and scanned him for a chip. He didn't have o...

You lot are so lovely with your kind words and support I actually had to rehome my 3 cats a few years ago when O/H and I decided to move in together. He's badly asthmatic and cat fur is a real trigger. He never stayed at mine during our "courtship" as a few minutes in my house was all it t...

I agree that pts is on the cards. If she can't find a quiet home, maybe with a single person and no other pets would work, I don't see much choice. Having seen how he's been while here, he'd never cope in a rescue centre surrounded by other dogs. Poor little chap, the product of his upbringing and t...

I've taken him back. His owner rang me when she saw the missed call, voice full of hope that it was going well. She fully understood when I explained, and was very grateful that I'd given him a chance. Dobbo now has his mum and his home back to normal and is very relieved to say the least! I don't f...

My decision is made. I'd settled on letting Milo lie on his blanket on the floor with his lead firmly attached to the leg of our very heavy dining table, just in case. He seemed less distressed there than in the crate. He's had another really bad go at Dobbo and actually moved the dining table in hi...

Oh, Annie. I do appreciate all the advice and that plan sounds great in principle. I'd love to be able to work with the good bits that I've seen and that I believe he's capable of. However, there's around a 45 minute drive from our house to Milo's owner and roughly the same from my work to our house...

I have 10 minutes peace....Milo's finally conked out after non stop noise since we got in from the walk. He really has abandonment issues. His barking and crying had slowed a little bit til I went to the loo, but as soon as I was out of sight it started on full throttle again. I'm going from thinkin...

Thanks agiain both of you. Annie, I work full time, as does Milo's owner. I agreed just for the weekend as I didn't want to leave them home alone all day too soon. I'm off work easter week so planned that if it went OK this weekend, he could come then when I'm around all week. I walked them for an h...

Thanks, Wendy. I really wanted to give him the best possible chance but we've had an horrendous night. I finally got him into the crate by trickery...placing treats in until he went in after them!He went ballistic for ages, but I patiently sat and talked to him through his barking. At 3am when I cou...

Oh dear, from bad to worse! I got the crate out of loft but couldn't get Milo in it, he got really upset again and I thought he'd snap at me. Dobbo remains on our bed and after a long while Milo got to the point of almost falling asleep with me stroking and talking to him gently. Then Dobbo scratche...

Thanks to you both! Annie, I'd never met his owner til I picked him up tonight, only spoken on the phone to arrange this trial weekend. She's a friend of a friend. She did acknowledge that he's not well socialised and a bit spoiled. She's been single for many years so he was her companion. She's ver...

Indeed, Wendy, I have all three! I hoped it might work as I know Dobbo's temperment. I think he would let it work if only Milo would too. The only way I can separate them for now is Milo in the utility room, as I have done. That has a glass door to the kitchen so they can see other when Dobbo goes i...