Update from our foster girl Lilly !

By Fatima |

Monday, July 11, 2011

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Lucy, Lilly and Phoebe with their Mum Jane

A while ago, I have written about our very special foster girl Lilly, who is a displaced Christchurch greyhound (link is here).
Lilly has in the meantime found a lovely new home, with Jane and Ian in Carterton. I just got a lovely email and pictures from her Mum Jane:

Well, we have had Lilly now for three weeks and she has settled in brilliantly (although it did take a few days, as was to be expected as she had quite a few moves and changes to adjust to in the last few months). She gets on really well with our other greyhound, 8 year old  Phoebe, and our little Maltese/Jack Russell cross terrier Lucy who we have had from a puppy and is now 5 years old.
Even though Lilly is 9 years old she is very young at heart and loves nothing more than playing with her cuddly fluffy squeaky ball in the house, of which we have two, and there is always a race between Lilly and Lucy to see who can get to it first!! As I work from home Lilly likes to spend most of her day on her bed in the office, she is a great companion.

Lilly and Phoebe

We have seven acres so she has plenty of space to run around and she is surprisingly energetic for her age. She is just a lovely dog and is a perfect addition to the family. We are just so pleased we were able to offer her a forever home after the very sad circumstances of losing her home and being separated from her owners which must have been heartbreaking for them. I hope it will be some consolation to them that she has found a new and loving home with us here in the Wairarapa.

Our brave foster greyhound: Lilly's story

By Fatima |

Monday, May 30, 2011

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Lilly The Little Tiger :)

We are currently fostering a very special greyhound: lovely 9yr old Lilly. 
Lilly is a refugee from Christchurch -her parents, an elderly couple, lost their home and everything they owned in the earthquake, and had to move to Auckland to stay with relatives. They were unable to take Lilly with them -so she was uplifted to Wellington, to a boarding kennel which offered temporary accomodation for earthquake-affected pets.
It is quite heartbreaking as Lilly was with her parents for years - they adopted her when she was 2-3 years old.

The owner of the temporary boarding kennel was trying to find a forever home for Lilly - so Claire ( Indie's and Romy's Mum) and myself decided to foster Lilly, while she waits for her entry to GAP. :)

Lilly stayed with Claire for a while, and then she came here to Feilding, to join our other foster greyhound Hugo, and of course Louie and Lucy :)

Lilly and Louie

For a doggie that has been through so much - Lilly is the bravest and so wise. In her eyes, you can see she does not want to be any trouble, and is so grateful for everything. We teared up a few times watching Lilly being so wonderful with Louie, Lucy and Hugo.
She is well settled with our pack now -she has been here a few weeks. She loves all other dogs, people, kids, everyone. She is an absolute sweetie:  lovely on the lead, beautifully housetrained, never had an accident inside, never put a foot wrong - absolutely wonderful dog :)

Despite being 9, she is in perfect health, even her teeth are absolutely perfect. Her parents took great care of her :) Her coloring is lovely, she looks like a tiger and has the softest coat :)
We hope Lilly will find wonderful forever home -she so deserves it!  Some more pictures of beautiful Lilly below:

With Louie

Beautiful girl :)
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Hugo and Lilly :)

Drinkies with Hugo

With the pack :)

Getting cuddles from Aunty Sue :)