Tuesday 16 February 2010

What made me mad about dogs!

I became mad about dogs when i was 5years old, i was always looking at books of dogs and asking my parents if i could have one, and was always met with the answer no, until i was 17 when the whols family decided at last we could get one....which in the end turned out to be two!

We went to the canine defence league and picked a small jack russell x spaniel puppy who was 12 weeks old, he was white white black and tan patches so cute ! he was named Marcus but we weren't keen on the name and changed it to merlin, as he was a little mystery. He came from Bridgend and was left on a rubbish tip when he was tiny....how people can do this to animals i do not know. He came home with us a week later after having checks done on us to make sure our home was suitable for him.

A few weeks later we decided Merlin needed some company, so we decided to get another puppy who was free to a good home because his mum couldnt feed him anymore, he was a 12 week old tri colour collie x Jack Russell apptly named Jack. He was very mischeivious and naughty but was so loving and friendly, I remember him being so small i had to bath him in the sink!

It took a lot of getting used to having to dogs but we took them to puppy classes things like that dad would see to them when we were at college etc and i would come home to such happy tail wagging and licking.

The dogs soon became very attached to us all as did we to them, i brought me a sense of responsiblity nd taught me how to look after something that is so dependant on your for things.