Success Stories

Dear Danielle

Just to let you know that Crystal settled very quickly into her new home. She loves playing in the grass outdoors and climbing the trees. She's gorgeous and we all love her.

Crystal was adopted on 3/3/07 after 1 month in foster care.

Hi Judy Tiska and Flip (my big baby cattle dog cross) get along pretty well

can't say it's a match made in heaven, but there are no fights or major disagreements and they play almost every night or rather morning

at 3am!!! Tiska's the boss, Flip follows after her when I let them off the leash in the park

Tiska is a most affectionate dog and I can see that she is a loyal companion who will be there when I need her (unlike Flip who'll run!)

she'll put her paw on me when she wants a little affection (and attention!) and is always prepared to give me pimples by licking my nose. I've made it a point to try to decrease her sensitivity to those problem areas by patting her around the sensitive areas. Tiska still loves making noise. she barks at everything from birds and fruit bats to people in the park, but that's her way of having a good time

she's my early-warning system for visitors

and Flip will tell me when they're literally at the door.

Tiska is very happy here, with her daily (sometimes twice-daily) long walks to the shops and the park. She is relaxed and has adjusted well to life in a small terrace in Balmain and she says hello, and thanks for the good care you took of me!. And Flip says, thanks for giving me a sister! All best Steven

Tiska was adopted on 2/10/06 after three months in foster care.

G'day

The leaders of my new pack are helping me type this message to you because I wanted to let you know how I'm getting on. I can do lots of clever things as you know, but without thumbs typing is a bit hard....

Firstly, I wanted to thank you for looking after me and finding a new pack for me live with - there are two upright walkers and two of those annoying cat things in the pack. I love the upright walkers and they love me. The cat things don't seem to like me very much though, so I just ignore them - it's much more fun playing and roaming about anyhow!

I'm settled in to my new home now and am enjoying tasting things and testing the durability of everything! (Turns out the fancy bed mattress from the pet shop isn't very durable.......) There are a couple of acres here so I also have lots of room to run around and things to do.

The leaders of my pack like the water - which is great because you remember how much I like the water!! We live near a big river so most afternoons we go for a walk down there and I have a great time splashing about, chasing sticks and trying to catch waves! On the weekends we sometimes go out on the boat - so many things to see and smell. Sometimes these slimy silver things end up in the boat too - it's very exciting!! I also have a good friend which we go and visit sometimes, she's a Chocolate Labrador - but likes to run and swim like me - we have a great time together!

Anyhow, I hope you don't miss me too much, but I'm safe and happy. I've attached a couple of photos for you. Gotta go and test the durability of my new squeak toy - I want to see if it lasts longer than my Frisbee!

Love Melba

Melba was adopted on 09/1/07 after a month and a half in foster care.

Hi Megan

As promised here are the photos of Pepe and Sacha in Dec and Feb. Both are doing really well and are great fun to have around.

adopted on 23/12/06 after 1 week in foster care.

Hi Judy

We adopted Mindi Moo (now Milly) on Saturday and I just wanted to email you a picture of her new best friend at her forever home. Words just can not explain how thrilled we all are to have Milly with us and she really is the most delightful puppy. She has settled in well and her new nickname is wiggly worm, as she wiggles and squirms when she is excited and you pick her up J

She loves playing with Mishca and they act like best friends racing around the house and yard together. Mishca loves to clean Milly's face and is always preening her like she is a baby!

We are so glad to have found Milly and thank you for the wonderful work you all do in saving these precious babies from situations their sweet little souls should never be put in! Thank you so much, and I'll keep in touch with Milly's progress. Please pass our thanks onto Lauren for taking the time to spend with us on Saturday she is a lovely women with a big heart!

Warm regards, Mindy Moo was adopted on 18/03/07 after 1 month in foster care.

Hi

We adopted George via Ann in February We have attached a picture to show how happy George is (a direct result of the good work done by DCH)

regards

George was adopted on 02/02/07 after 2 months in foster care.

Hi Melanie

Not sure if you remember me but I was going through some of my computer files and came across our original communication. I wondered if you would like a couple of updated shots of our Nellie, a very happy and healthy dog!! She has settled down (finally!), after costing us a fortune in plants, and is the most beautiful, kind and affectionate dog. She loves us and we love her, she's very spoilt, has two pug friends who mind her when we go away and has even been on holidays with them when they go camping at dog friendly beaches. We cannot keep her out of water!! Any way Melanie, all of us-including Nellie-thank you for introducing us!!!

Regards

Nellie was adopted on 03/10/05 after 1 month in foster care.

Hi

A quick update on Jovey. He's wonderful, and settling in really well. Had a great holiday up at the sunshine coast, and was a trouper on the plane. We all stressed on the way up, but the way back was easy

he knew we'd be waiting at the other end with cuddles, so was quite relaxed. Of course he had Big Ted with him (the one you gave him). He really is a good lad.

He loves the beach, but is quite a scaredy cat

which isn't a bad thing. We take him swimming down at the harbour at rozelle quite often, and he loves to wade, but isn't keen to take the leap to swimming. Someone suggested to us that he might be german short haired pointer cross (instead of cattle dog) but judging by his timidness with the water we don't think so! He's put on at least a kilo, and is a fine-looking boy. Neighbours comment he's growing, but we can't see it ourselves

hard to tell when we spend 16 hours a day with him!

All the best

JOey was adopted on 14/11/06 after 3 months in foster care.

Just thought you may be intersted to see all the puppies from the litter that Sunshine (now Jessie) was part of. We all meet up in a off lease dog park. I think it will be a yearly event. We are all very pleased with our dogs thanks to you and all at DCH.

In fact recently one of the new dogs in the street also comes from DCH. Lexi who was with Gail for some time. She is half German Shepherd, Border collie I think. Jessie and her often meet on the Golf course each morning at 6.30 am.

Cheers

I thought that I would send you some photos of Nanuk and Kavik, that were adopted off you. They are both doing very well, and see each other regularly. Haydn loves taking Nanuk for walks, and it is often a fight to see who can sit on the floor first to sit with the dog, but I think that there is enough of him to go around. At last weigh, Nanuk was up to 35 kilos, but that was about two months ago, and he has done some growing since then. He is still a very cuddly dog, and would still like to be able to climb up on our laps. The photo with the small boy laying on Nanuk is our 4yo godson. We often come in and find them laying together like this. Nanuk is just so quiet and good with kids. Kavik, who was adopted by my sister in law, is probably even more spolied than Nanuk, and the mother in law talks to her friends about her three grandsons, Haydn (our 12 yo son), Nanuk and Kavik. Thanks again for the opportunity to have these dogs, they have become loved members of our family.

Laura and I have been around the house a lot lately so she has been getting lots of attention. She is quite playful too. When she is in her frisky moods we usually dangle toys over the top of her scratching pole, tempting her to run up the pole to bat at the toy. She has developed a fair bit of muscle around her shoulders and hind legs because of this. We did get her some catnip spray as extra encouragement to use her scratching pole and mat for her own leisure, but she did not seem particularly interested in it. However, the toys she has which have catnip in them seem to interest her much more than those without, so maybe we will try getting some catnip leaves and seeing how she reacts.

Charlotte has bonded to us very quickly, and is affectionate with both Laura and I. Mostly she sleeps on the bed I made for her (out of old towels and a mango tray) but lately she has discovered her latest favourite spot

sitting on top of the subwoofer of my computer. The vibrations seem to relax her. Her favourite music seems to be slower acoustic, especially female singers

As far as her day to day habits she tends to sleep most of the day. She is most active early in the mornings and later at night. The cat from downstairs came in for a visit once Charlotte was settled in. Him being a dominant cat he tried to bully her, but Charlotte being equally dominant hissed at him till he ran out of the apartment and has left us alone since. Charlotte has brought a lot to the lives of Laura and I. We fell in love with her very quickly and is the queen of our house.

Thank you again for holding her for us. She is the perfect pet!

Hermione was adopted on 20/11/06 after 3 months in foster care.

Hi Francine

I just wanted to share a few pictures of Scamp and give you an update. He is great and we all love him heaps.

He had a good Christmas and Santa was kind to him and left lots of yummy things in his stocking. We also had a fun day at the beach just after Christmas which was very exciting for Scamp who spent the whole day attacking waves as they came into shore. Unfortunately I did not take my camera to the beach so no pictures of that day. He has really taken to swimming in the dam at home, some days he swims 4 or 5 times and just swims around and around. He goes for so long I sometimes get worried and call him out but he gets straight back in

I hope you enjoy the pictures.

Bye for now

Scamp was adopted on 12/11/06 after 2 months in foster care.