deb_l222
Well-Known Member
He's been here nearly six weeks so it's probably time I got him introduced 
As you may remember, I lost Rufus and Button is quick succession at the end of last year and the beginning of this year, leaving Willow an only pooch. It's fair to say, she was depressed (for want of a better word) for a while. Or maybe the better word was 'lost' because she didn't really know what to do with herself.
I suppose I had been looking for another since before Button died but there were definitely no springers about at that time so I eventually turned to a different source. My friend from school regularly shares posts of Facebook from a pointer rescue called Apollo's Angels, who rescue pointers (and other breeds) from Cyprus. Rescuing from abroad was something I had never considered before and, to be perfectly honest, I had in the past been quite critical of some of these overseas rescues.
However, I did my research into this one and the set-up is excellent, the backup is first rate, should you need it. All the dogs are health checked, blood tested, hip x-rayed (if over 12 months), passported, neutered, wormed, vaccinated etc etc before they allow them to travel. A lot of the dogs are ex hunting dogs that have been discarded but potential owners are thoroughly warned they will have a high prey drive.
The first dog (Loki) I applied for was adopted immediately so I missed out on him but then rescue suggested Chester, who is a hound x pointer and the rest, as they say, is history. I had to wait a few weeks while my home visit and his flight were organised but it wasn't that long and he arrived on Sunday 22nd August 2021. Him and Willow hit it off from the second they clapped eyes on each other and spend most of the day playing and messing, then sleeping, then playing and faffing about some more. She's four and he's just 18 months, so if he gets a bit too much she just tells him off and he backs down but that rarely happens - she adores him!!
I have however had to get used to the drama that comes with a hound!! Oh my days, he is such a wimp and he doesn't care how loud he yelps/yodels if he thinks he's hard done by. Yesterday he every so slightly caught his paw on a bit of sticky out blackberry bush as we were walking past. Good lord, you would think someone had amputated his whole leg...........such drama
Anyways, enough rattling, here are some piccies of the chap. Sorry the piccies are HUGE, I can never work out how to shrink them down.
He worships the sun
They adore each other
He hates the rain
And just because he's cute
As you may remember, I lost Rufus and Button is quick succession at the end of last year and the beginning of this year, leaving Willow an only pooch. It's fair to say, she was depressed (for want of a better word) for a while. Or maybe the better word was 'lost' because she didn't really know what to do with herself.
I suppose I had been looking for another since before Button died but there were definitely no springers about at that time so I eventually turned to a different source. My friend from school regularly shares posts of Facebook from a pointer rescue called Apollo's Angels, who rescue pointers (and other breeds) from Cyprus. Rescuing from abroad was something I had never considered before and, to be perfectly honest, I had in the past been quite critical of some of these overseas rescues.
However, I did my research into this one and the set-up is excellent, the backup is first rate, should you need it. All the dogs are health checked, blood tested, hip x-rayed (if over 12 months), passported, neutered, wormed, vaccinated etc etc before they allow them to travel. A lot of the dogs are ex hunting dogs that have been discarded but potential owners are thoroughly warned they will have a high prey drive.
The first dog (Loki) I applied for was adopted immediately so I missed out on him but then rescue suggested Chester, who is a hound x pointer and the rest, as they say, is history. I had to wait a few weeks while my home visit and his flight were organised but it wasn't that long and he arrived on Sunday 22nd August 2021. Him and Willow hit it off from the second they clapped eyes on each other and spend most of the day playing and messing, then sleeping, then playing and faffing about some more. She's four and he's just 18 months, so if he gets a bit too much she just tells him off and he backs down but that rarely happens - she adores him!!
I have however had to get used to the drama that comes with a hound!! Oh my days, he is such a wimp and he doesn't care how loud he yelps/yodels if he thinks he's hard done by. Yesterday he every so slightly caught his paw on a bit of sticky out blackberry bush as we were walking past. Good lord, you would think someone had amputated his whole leg...........such drama
Anyways, enough rattling, here are some piccies of the chap. Sorry the piccies are HUGE, I can never work out how to shrink them down.
He worships the sun
They adore each other
He hates the rain
And just because he's cute
