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Dave


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Lots of people ask me why I spend all my free time volunteering for GAL, well various reasons I guess but one of them is seeing all the dogs going of to their new homes, what makes that even better is when it's been a dog we've fostered.

Back in August last year an 8 week old Greyhound pup was handed into a vet in Edinburgh to be PTS, he'd gotten a badly broken leg in his kennels and the trainer wanted nothing more to do with him. His luck was in as a GAL volunteer is a vet nurse at that vet, needless to say she managed to persuade the trainer to sign the pup over to GAL. He was treated at the vet and got his leg all fixed up, after spending a couple of days with the vet nurse he came to stay with me and Glenda where we had an 'exciting' 4 weeks trying to confine an 8 week old pup to an indoor kennel whilst his leg healed.


JJ went to his new home at the end of September and he dropped by this morning for a reunion, it was great to see him again and I couldn't resist posting his piccies on the forum...


JJ (in a quiet moment) aged 12 weeks, leg all fixed and ready to go to his new home -



JJ now aged 8 months, what a handsome boy! -




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Christine Young


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Hi Dave


To think this handsome boy would have been PTS and denied the chance of a loving home makes my blood boil. It was a stroke of good luck that a GAL volunteer was on hand to save the day! JJ looks absolutely wonderful - and a credit to both your efforts and his new family. 


I think all GAL volunteers do a marvellous and worthwhile job and you deserve a HUGE pat on the back. Organising the big events themselves is an enormous amount of work! In the 18 months or so that I have been a member, Vegas has become a very welcome and loved member of our family and I feel that I've gained many friends through GAL.


I know that what you do takes up loads of time and effort, but it must be so rewarding to see happy dogs go off to their new homes and to meet them again from time to time. I hope you reach your target of rehoming 200 dogs this year - it looks as if you've got a good start to it!


Christine 



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skinnydugs


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hi dave , what an absolute beaut. Makes it all worthwhile.


 


Esther



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