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coolbar · 04-30-2009, 02:50 PM

After three months, I was still missing Paddy badly.

I talked my wife into checking out rescue centres.

At the time I also had a flat in Essex 18 miles north of London, so we got in touch with Battersea dogs home, who promptly sent out an officer for an interview and a home check.

The Lady from Battersea was wonderfull, after she heard our story of Paddy we were accepted on the adoption list at Battersea, I considered this an honour, I still have our approval slip.

For our overseas friends, Battersea is probably the best known dogs home in the UK

Battersea

In the meantime while waiting for a call from them we scoured the net and found a site, National Yorkie Rescue Centre and registered with them also.

chickwit · 04-30-2009, 02:54 PM

Loved the story

about little Paddy......he was very lucky to have you in his life and you in his

waiting for the second part

coolbar · 04-30-2009, 03:01 PM

Within a week or so, I was working in Kent about 60 miles from the flat and my wife phoned me around lunchtime saying that the yorkie centre had called.

They had a four year old Yorkie at a house an hour north of where I was living who was booked in to be put down at 3.30 that afternoon, they had asked five other people to take him but they had all refused as he had bitten the owner, we were the last resort to save him.

It was now approx midday, It would take me an hour to get home and another hour to get there, plus traffic and I couldn't leave the job till 3.00 p.m.

After a few phone calls and a lot of juggling, I got home and picked my wife up and we got to the offending house at 5.00p.m.

coolbar · 04-30-2009, 03:05 PM

We arrived at Alfies house

The people were really snooty, I was in dusty clothes as I work as an electrician and I felt they were looking down on me, but as we walked in Alfie rolled on his back for a rub and licked me, I don't know if he knew he was due for the executioner that day but he interviewed well

coolbar · 04-30-2009, 03:15 PM

The Lady owner of Alfie showed me her right arm, It was black and blue and torn to shreds, she explained it was Alfies doing.

She explained that Alfie likes getting on the bed and she had shooed him off and got bitten.

Alfie had a hard plastic mat in the kitchen for a bed (which they graciously gave us) and an enormous leather bone nearly as big as him which he couldn't get his mouth round, let alone carry.

She explained that since they had got two siamese cats which were now allowed on the bed instead of Alfie, that he had turned funny and they had taken him to a dog psychologist and couldn't work out why he had gone nasty.

I think she needed a psychiatrist.

I had seen enough and we took Alfie home with us.

coolbar · 04-30-2009, 03:22 PM

On the way home we treated Alfie to a decent soft bed and some smaller bones and some soft toys.

It was like all his christmasses had come at once.

He settled in pretty easy, although he is a disturbed dog, we have a feeling that the man of the house may have kicked him around as he gets angry when legs move fast torwards him.

And now on to his slow recovery

Difficult times for him and us were to follow.

next episode tommorow folks

chickwit · 04-30-2009, 03:24 PM

Hope tommorrow comes soon

thanx for sharing......see ya tommorrow..have a wonderful night

luvfla · 05-01-2009, 05:28 AM

How long have you had Alfie? I'd bite someone too if I had a crappy bed & toys that I couldn't play with!

NIKI1969UK · 05-01-2009, 07:03 AM

Oh My God, I'm hooked. I can't wait for the next chapter.

yavenay · 05-01-2009, 07:13 AM

Me too......I want to know what happen with Alfie

coolbar · 05-01-2009, 10:39 AM

next episode

oops! Alfie and just jumped on the keyboard and booted me lol

Trouble with lap top he wants to be with you, he was watching screen and got bored

time for a schmacko and a romp around garden

BRB

coolbar · 05-01-2009, 10:44 AM

Luvfla

We have had Alfie for three and a half years now

coolbar · 05-01-2009, 11:18 AM

We put Alfie in our car and started home

On the way home he was going ballistic, barking at everything and foaming at the mouth

At this point we realised that he had never been socialised and had been penned in a small room for four years

Later to find out from his previous vet that he was five years old

June and I were determined to fix him and we were so angry at how he had been treated

He came from a posh house, they thought they had a show dog and he didn't fit the bill

We don't care about all that

We are real people who know dogs

So Alfie had a chance

Without us he was on his way for a lethal injection

coolbar · 05-01-2009, 11:21 AM

On the way home we bought him a decent bed and the start of his large toy collection

He didn't know what was happening

He was so unruly, wouldn't take commands, just generally disobedient

He was his own man

coolbar · 05-01-2009, 11:24 AM

First rule was not on our bed

although I have relented now and he has a blanket on the bottom of the bed, he knows his place, any creeping up and its the lounge.

He hates being alone

04-30-2009, 02:50 PM	#16
coolbar YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: England Posts: 490	After three months, I was still missing Paddy badly. I talked my wife into checking out rescue centres. At the time I also had a flat in Essex 18 miles north of London, so we got in touch with Battersea dogs home, who promptly sent out an officer for an interview and a home check. The Lady from Battersea was wonderfull, after she heard our story of Paddy we were accepted on the adoption list at Battersea, I considered this an honour, I still have our approval slip. For our overseas friends, Battersea is probably the best known dogs home in the UK Battersea In the meantime while waiting for a call from them we scoured the net and found a site, National Yorkie Rescue Centre and registered with them also. Last edited by coolbar; 04-30-2009 at 02:52 PM. Reason: typo

04-30-2009, 02:54 PM	#17
chickwit YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Airdrie,Alberta,Canada Posts: 358	Loved the storyabout little Paddy......he was very lucky to have you in his life and you in hiswaiting for the second part __________________ Linda and Harley Regret makes you old, and bitterness poisons the people around you.

04-30-2009, 03:24 PM	#22
chickwit YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Airdrie,Alberta,Canada Posts: 358	Hope tommorrow comes soonthanx for sharing......see ya tommorrow..have a wonderful night __________________ Linda and Harley Regret makes you old, and bitterness poisons the people around you.

05-01-2009, 07:03 AM	#24
NIKI1969UK Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 178	Oh My God, I'm hooked. I can't wait for the next chapter. __________________ Mika 3.11.08 My

05-01-2009, 11:18 AM	#28
coolbar YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: England Posts: 490	Alfie come home We put Alfie in our car and started home On the way home he was going ballistic, barking at everything and foaming at the mouth At this point we realised that he had never been socialised and had been penned in a small room for four years Later to find out from his previous vet that he was five years old June and I were determined to fix him and we were so angry at how he had been treated He came from a posh house, they thought they had a show dog and he didn't fit the bill We don't care about all that We are real people who know dogs So Alfie had a chance Without us he was on his way for a lethal injection Last edited by coolbar; 05-01-2009 at 11:19 AM.

04-30-2009, 03:01 PM	#18
coolbar YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: England Posts: 490	Within a week or so, I was working in Kent about 60 miles from the flat and my wife phoned me around lunchtime saying that the yorkie centre had called. They had a four year old Yorkie at a house an hour north of where I was living who was booked in to be put down at 3.30 that afternoon, they had asked five other people to take him but they had all refused as he had bitten the owner, we were the last resort to save him. It was now approx midday, It would take me an hour to get home and another hour to get there, plus traffic and I couldn't leave the job till 3.00 p.m. After a few phone calls and a lot of juggling, I got home and picked my wife up and we got to the offending house at 5.00p.m.

04-30-2009, 03:05 PM	#19
coolbar YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: England Posts: 490	We arrived at Alfies house The people were really snooty, I was in dusty clothes as I work as an electrician and I felt they were looking down on me, but as we walked in Alfie rolled on his back for a rub and licked me, I don't know if he knew he was due for the executioner that day but he interviewed well

04-30-2009, 03:15 PM	#20
coolbar YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: England Posts: 490	The Lady owner of Alfie showed me her right arm, It was black and blue and torn to shreds, she explained it was Alfies doing. She explained that Alfie likes getting on the bed and she had shooed him off and got bitten. Alfie had a hard plastic mat in the kitchen for a bed (which they graciously gave us) and an enormous leather bone nearly as big as him which he couldn't get his mouth round, let alone carry. She explained that since they had got two siamese cats which were now allowed on the bed instead of Alfie, that he had turned funny and they had taken him to a dog psychologist and couldn't work out why he had gone nasty. I think she needed a psychiatrist. I had seen enough and we took Alfie home with us.

04-30-2009, 03:22 PM	#21
coolbar YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: England Posts: 490	On the way home we treated Alfie to a decent soft bed and some smaller bones and some soft toys. It was like all his christmasses had come at once. He settled in pretty easy, although he is a disturbed dog, we have a feeling that the man of the house may have kicked him around as he gets angry when legs move fast torwards him. And now on to his slow recovery Difficult times for him and us were to follow. next episode tommorow folks

05-01-2009, 05:28 AM	#23
luvfla YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Satellite Beach, FL Posts: 3,691	How long have you had Alfie? I'd bite someone too if I had a crappy bed & toys that I couldn't play with!

05-01-2009, 07:13 AM	#25
yavenay Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Delaware Posts: 2,663	Me too......I want to know what happen with Alfie

05-01-2009, 10:39 AM	#26
coolbar YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: England Posts: 490	next episode oops! Alfie and just jumped on the keyboard and booted me lol Trouble with lap top he wants to be with you, he was watching screen and got bored time for a schmacko and a romp around garden BRB

05-01-2009, 10:44 AM	#27
coolbar YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: England Posts: 490	Luvfla We have had Alfie for three and a half years now

05-01-2009, 11:21 AM	#29
coolbar YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: England Posts: 490	On the way home we bought him a decent bed and the start of his large toy collection He didn't know what was happening He was so unruly, wouldn't take commands, just generally disobedient He was his own man

05-01-2009, 11:24 AM	#30
coolbar YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: England Posts: 490	First rule was not on our bed although I have relented now and he has a blanket on the bottom of the bed, he knows his place, any creeping up and its the lounge. He hates being alone