Many Tears. By Bessie

On Sunday morning Mummy saw a post on Facebook by Many Tears Animal Rescue - the rescue who saved Carly's life - saying they had 65 dogs dumped on them that morning and they needed all the help they could get.   So her and Tom got in the car and went down to help.   There was loads of people there, the car park was full and there was cars everywhere.  

As soon as they got inside, Sylvia the owner was walking past and she asked if they had come to help.  "We have if you need us," said Mummy.   So Sylvia asked if they could manage three small dogs.   Mummy said she could handle three any size dogs so another lady brought them three dogs, a little tiny yorkie, a pomeranian cross and a little black cross breed.  They didn't have names yet cos they were so new - as well as the 65 dogs from the Irish puppy farm they had 18 other dogs arrive last night.   Mummy and Tom named the dogs Arnold, Noodles and Billy.   Sylvia said to go for a walk and keep turning right,  After three quarters of an hour they would be back at the centre.

Arnold, Noodles and Billy were very good, they didn't pull or do flat basset or have projectile diorrhea everywhere.   But we think they must have got lost cos it took them two hours to walk round the block.  Arnold got tired and had a carry for some of the way.  

When they got back they saw some of the Irish puppy farm dogs being carried into the grooming room.  It was the most awful sight, Mummy and Tom were shocked,   You see these dogs on cruelty programmes with their fur so matted it looks like dreadlocks and they are barely recognisable as living beings, but to actually see them in real life, dozens and dozens of them.  They were covered in lice and fleas  All the dogs had to be shaved and doused in delouser.  Most of them were poodles.

One of the volunteers offered to give Mummy and Tom a tour round the kennels, they saw hundreds of sad little dogs.  If they had been going to choose a dog they would never be able to just pick one.  After they had their tour they sat in the kennels with some of the dogs who need socialising to make them more adoptable.  First they sat with Arnold, Noodles and Billy and then they went and sat in a kennel with six dogs; two cocker spaniels, two shitzus, a westie cross and a teeny tiny little chihuahua who climbed onto Tom's lap and went straight to sleep.

They could have stayed there all day snuggling but they had to go home.  It was very hard to say goodbye to all the beautiful doggies and they gave us extra big snuggles that night.

Oh and by the way Arnold, Noodles and Billy have names now.   They are called Tom (how cool is that?), Sid and Dolly.