North Road, Eastertown, Lympsham,

Nr Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. BS24 0HS

 Tel: + 44 (0) 1934 750352   Fax: + 44 (0) 1934 751348

 E-mail: enquiries@p-e-t-s.co.uk

SUCCESS TAILS.

PENNY

One day in May 2009 the dog warden came in with a dog which was one of the saddest sights we have seen; a beautiful black and white Springer Spaniel (called Penny) who had spent nearly all her life in a crate.

It looked to us like she hadn’t even been allowed out of her crate to go to the toilet.
She was covered in urine and excrement and it took 3 baths for her to even start looking clean.

Even her ears were filthy.

She couldn’t stand properly as she didn’t have any muscle on her back legs as she hadn’t had any exercise.

Slowly but surely she started to improve. We all fell in love with her instantly; we fed her by hand, gradually took her for walks and gave her lots and lots of kisses!
By chance (or fate!) a lady (Mrs W) came in to the kennels looking for a rescue dog to adopt and particularly liked Springer Spaniels.

Although Penny was not quite ready to leave us the lady came back again and again to see her and gradually Penny was ready to leave us and go and live with Mrs W.

Well, although Penny had been checked over by our vet, it turned out she was pregnant!

When she first came in her pregnancy was so early there was no way of knowing. Mrs W was wonderful she said she didn’t mind she loved her and she would ensure she had all the care needed.
A few weeks later she looked like she was coming into labour so she came back to our maternity ward (Chris and Jerry’s front room!) and gave birth to four beautiful healthy puppies.

Mrs W took them all home with her and Penny turned out to be a fantastic mother. We were told that sometimes when all the puppies were asleep Penny would creep into the living room and jump on either Mr or Mrs W’s lap for a cuddle but as soon as a puppy ‘squeaked’ she would be straight back there with them!

We are now pleased to report that all four puppies were re-homed and Penny has now been spayed and is doing remarkably well.

She pops in to see us sometimes with her new Mum and she looks the picture of health.

So a very big THANK YOU to Mr and Mrs W for giving Penny a life she could have only dreamed about!
Thanks xx

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D.J.
D.J. was off to the vets to be put to sleep but one of our staff got to hear about it and went and took him off the owners. D.J. was only 18 months old but had spent his entire life in a small house with 4 children under 4.

He had never been on a lead or been out of the house apart from to the back yard for a wee! When he came into us he was very badly knotted and his little paws the first week were sore where he was going out to play.

We didn’t know how he would be around children after suffering being pulled around so he came home for a couple of weeks. He fell in love with our youngest Gerard and the Brio train track!

Through a contact in export we came across a family who were looking for a family dog and on 28 December he hitched a ride with Jerry up to London to his new home.

Just thought I would give you an update on we are getting on.

I believe Digger has settled in very quickly and all the family have fallen in love with him (let alone friends and extended family)”.
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DAISY

Daisy came into us at only 6 months old and had not seen much or done much and in boredom was systematically chewing all the woodwork in the flat where she was living!

She was frightened of everything initially and has hip dysplasia.

The weekend she came we were fully booked in the kennels so she snook home before Jerry returned home!

That is where she has been ever since!

She is the most adorable dog and inseparable from her play buddy Gerard.

When you come in you may catch sight of her in the office or outside with Gerard playing pretend cafes!
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