Thank you xxx

To our lovely Mystery Friend, thank you once again - your card arrived safe and sound.  :-)   And to be completely honest, it was a total blessing earlier this week as we have been very quiet for homings so things were getting a little tight.   You made us cry with relief.   Thank you from us both and all the dogs xxxx

A rescue dog will make you a better person

Shared from elsewhere.
Something I have been trying to put down in words myself for a while.

Note to potential adopters: 

Lassie, Cleo, Rin Tin Tin and Toto don't show up in rescue. We don't get the elegantly coiffed, classically beautiful, completely trained, perfectly behaved dog. We get the leftovers. Dogs that other people have incompetently bred, inadequately socialized, ineffectively "trained," and badly treated. Most Rescue dogs have had it. They've been pushed from one lousy situation to another. They've never had proper veterinary care, kind and consistent training, or sufficient company. They've lived outside, in a crate, or in the shed. They're scared, depressed and anxious. Some are angry. Some are sick. Some have given up. But we are Rescue and we don't give up. We never give up on a dog. We know that a dog is a living being, with a spirit and a heart and feelings. Our dogs are not commodities, things, or garbage. They are individuals with their own personalities and they deserve as much love and care and respect as the next Crufts champion. So please, please don't come to rescue in the hopes of getting a "bargain," or indeed of "getting" anything. Come to Rescue to give, to love, to save a life -- and to mend your own spirit. For Rescue will reward you in ways you never thought possible. I can promise you this -- a rescue dog will make you a better person.