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2001 PDWRA All rights Reserved
A
Registered Charity No. 276067
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An
unfortunte young pug who
came to the attention of
Welfare and Rescue. One
of our sad cases, we were
unable to save the sight
of this young pug
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| Theodore Cooper |
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For the first week or so we
thought he - and we! - would never sleep, as he tried to tear
down the door of whatever room he was in, but now he sleeps
peacefully in his basket beside our resident 10 and a half
year old black pug, Merlin. Of course his very favourite place
to sleep is our bed, where he likes to lie on his back with
his feet in the air, snoring loudly while one of us rubs his
tummy. He's got a great sense of humour, loves to play, an
orange which fell out of the fridge one day gave him huge
amusement as he batted and growled it round the house. And
he's a music lover - sits under the piano in rapt devotion
while Paul plays.
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One of my greatest initial
concerns was for Merlin, our much loved 10 and a half year
old who'd had us all to himself all his life, is devoted to
me and follows me everywhere, and it seemed unfair to suddenly
introduce an intruder. For the first week or so Merlin did
look sad and as though he was saying 'when's that interloper
going home?' Now he's accepted Theo's part of the Cooper household
- Merlin's problem is that he knows not that he's either a
dog or even a pug so no wonder he was confused for a bit by
Theo, who's definitely both! And either from tact or inclination,
Theo has attached himself to Paul as firmly as Merlin's always
been attached to me - so we now have his and hers pugs following
us about.
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We've been delighted and impressed
with the work of the PDWRA. They've kept in touch to make
sure that we and Theo are both coping all right, have given
assurances that we can give him back at any time if we can't
cope - an unthinkable suggestion - and obviously do a great
job for these really special dogs. When I rang my contact
the other day her brood had grown from seven to NINE.. I do
think 9 might strain us, but we're just loving having two.
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Rosemary Cooper April 1997
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