i walked her today and while she was a bit reluctant to come out of her kennel she was great when out. She wanted to greet every dog she met and she stopped to be cuddled ,she is in good shape and a really beautiful creature her coat feels. like velvet

New to board today! Met this dal for the first time on Sat and went up to walk her today. We already have a rescue dal from Ashton for the past few years and believe it or not, they end up in places like there all too frequently. We are mad keen to adopt her – I’ve had dals all my life (all rescue, except one!). It concerns me greatly that these dogs are rehomed to people without any knowledge, much less experience of the breed. Whilst they are adorable companions, if people were aware of the full facts associated with this breed, dals like Calista would not end up in Ashton. This breed is complex and often misunderstood. The movie has done the breed such a disservice as these dogs are purchased like commodities for mammy’s little darlings and soon discarded when they begin to grow up and show their boundless energy.
We would love this girl to have a forever home with us, we have registered our interest (filled form out today) and although there are others interested, we are all keeping our fingers and paws crossed that she can join our family! Our ex Ashton dal has thrived with us – from a shivering skeletal wreck, to the fun filled happy lass she is today, and we would just love to give this girl the same opportunity. Sorry for long post!

so hope you get to take this beauty home with you..saw you yesterday with her and how smitten you were..what a gentle beauty this girl is..had cuddles for everyone and was not at all greedy for the treats but patiently waited her turn..best of luck now!

Over the moon – we got the phonecall we were so hoping for this morning! (We heard the howling of our other two doggies, who always alert us to the phone ringing by their customary howls!). We picked her up from Ashton this evening. We lifted her into the doggy crate in the back of the car (she’s light as a feather compared to our other dal) and took her on her very first shopping spree to Petstop. Picked up some essentials, though we had her bed and blankets all ready and waiting for her by the radiator in the spare bedroom at home. From there we headed to our vet. Shes been checked over and other than a bad dose of ear mites and several missing teeth from poor diet, poor pet, she seems to be in good enough health. She got a thorough going over and she’s been chipped and insured. Holding off on her vax’s until she’s stronger in case she’s incubating anything and keeping her apart (as per vets advice) for at least 5 days, from our other doggies in case either one of them pick up anything from the other. I admit I had a good cry tonight, and softie hubbie likewise, when we realised just how bad a start in life she’s had. Once she settles with you, she’s calm and such a gentle girl but she jumps at everything, even terrified of her food bowl. I sat on the floor with her for a couple of hours tonight, beside her bed, and made a trail of rice, chicken and nuts going from my hand to her food bowl. It took over haf hr to coax her from the bed and follow the trail of food. We left her to enjoy her meal and came back to a clean bowl! Apols for taking up so much board space (Im new!) but just wanted to let you all know how she is. Will keep them really short in future as well as updating with reg tidbits and pics.

A HUGE thankyou to all you doggie people for your advice and help, especially nice lady with short dark hair whose car was parked next to ours on the way out of Ashton on Sat – you advised us to post on the board! Hope you are all well and hope to meet you again sometime soon! Next big step will be the phased intro of all 3 doggies on neutral turf – hopefully Roxy will be a little more relaxed by then. She loves other dogs and made a beeline for a huge wolfhound in Petstop this evening so I’d say she will love our other pair………

I have been following Calista’s progress and I am delighted she has found such a loving home. She is a beauty.

super news…so happy she has found such a wonderful home..she is a real beauty! best of luck calista!!

brilliant news. congrats & best of luck!! she’s a gorgeous dog and can’t wait to hear updates