John and I had been off work on holiday and waiting for a call all week, so you can guess what the reply was, John was like a naughty child asking me all week "when would Ella be at Glenys's?, Had Glenys called?
when would she be here? when could we pick her up?"
When Glenys called ti say she was in transit we were on pin's waiting for her to be collected and in situ at MKF. As soon as Glenys said we could go up we where in the car and traveling, we were both very excited, ( you all know that feeling).
When she came out of the kennel she was in very poor condition, she was thin, her coat was bear in places along her spine, she was badly scared as you all know, and it was obvious she had had puppies recently. Glenys said you don't have to take her if you don't want her. How could we not want her, we had fallen for her already with the picture Glenys had sent us before she was even over here.
This was the first Photo Glenys sent to us of Ella
She came over to us, she had a ball in her mouth and wanted to play, she has the most amazing eyes, through wich you can see her loving soul. She is the most wonderful gentle dog, (unless you know on our door) goodness knows what terrible ordeals she has been through. The way she is with the children is so wonderful, she adores children even our Stan! :spiderman: who is a wirlwind child and if Georgs sits on the floor she will go and lie over his legs. She still would run aways if she was off the lead but we believe its only 'cause she has lived a roaming life at some time, and had to fend for herself and her puppies.
She has many funny habits, she will drag the bean bag across the room to sit on it, if I have put it away in the corner, but she won't push a door open it is as if she is afraid of what lies behind the door. We have put her toys (what left of them) in an unused Shredder Bin, she picks up the bin and carries it around the house
she sometimes trys to shake it as if it is also a toy She carries her teddy around in her mouth even though the poor thing is now nearly fully disembowled. She follows John and myself everywhere, she loves human contact. She has never done any damage to anything in the house, (except her own toys, isn't that what they are for)We look forward to her life with our family. We hope with time the memories of her past will fade and she will become less stressed by strangers. We spoil her, and hug her all the time, we love her millions and she is so precisous to us. John said the other day, "she is the perfect dog."
This is Ella in her favourite hiding place in the garden (Stanley say's Ellla is in the Jungle
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Glenys and gang, we thank you for allowing us to have Ella in our lives and for the fantastic work you do, and for the matching families and dogs together.
People ask how old she is ( possibly about 3 Yrs) we feel she is 1 on the 31st of May as that is the day we collected her from MKF and for us that is when her life started with us and hopfully she feels that is when she really got a life
Happy Gotcha Day Ella, you are our treasure and we love you millions darlin' from Mum & Dad xxx Lick Lick Lick
