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Timmy

Timmy arrived on Friday 2nd September 2011
Went to his new home on Saturday 24th September 2011.

Timmy's arrival and a brief history
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Timmy is a lovely young brindle greyhound.
A little underweight at present, he was found wandering the streets of Antim in Northern Ireland and taken to the local dog pound. Friends via Facebook contacted us regarding his plight because time was running out for him. Having contacted the Antirm Dog Pound they transferred him over to us and we arranged for a professional dog transporter to collect him from the dog pound and bring him here for us to foster him and find him his forever home. When Timmy arrived he had no name so that is the name we chose for him. He only weighed 20.2k, we will be working on this to bring him to the normal weight for his size. He has a nice, friendly, playful nature, loves resting his chin on your shoulder while being stroked and cuddled, travels well in the car and from what we've seen so far is alright with other breeds of dogs.

Timmy's Diary

31st August 2011
It was this evening that we first heard of Timmy's plight, although that wasn't his name because he didn't have one. He was in a dog pound in Northern Ireland having been found wandering the streets. No one had come forward to claim him and unless he was re-homed or taken by a rescue centre he had less than a few days before being destroyed. This we couldn't let happen, so we put word out on Facebook to see if anyone could help us transport him from the pound, across on the ferry to England then from the port to us here at Witherslack. It took some doing because the clock was ticking, and time was running out, but eventually, with the help of my Facebook friends we found a professional dog transporter who agreed, for a fee to pick him up from the pound and bring him over for us to collect.
1st September 2011
We received word this lunch time from the dog pound that our brindle greyhound had been collected and was on his way to us and confirmation of him being transferred to us was received by email.
2nd September 2011
Pauline and her friend Rose awoke very early this morning to meet the transporter at a motorway service station. The van he came in was clean and air conditioned. The gentleman said he'd fed him twice on the journey, and after a short walk where he relieved himself he jumped in the back of Rose's car for the journey back here. He stood for quite a way with his chin on Pauline's shoulder before laying down for the rest of the journey. He arrived here about 8am and stayed in the car until we'd finished doing the bed and breakfast guests their breakfast then brought him into the garden and introduced him to our greyhounds.
3rd September 2011
So we could monitor Timmy's weight gain we decided to weigh him this morning. He weighed 20.2k, and although he stands about 3" taller than Stella he is 0.6k lighter, so we need to get some weight on him.
This evening when our guests arrived Timmy jumped up to the gate between the conservatory and the hall so he could say hello to their German short haired Pointer and gave him a big lick then wanted to play!
4th September 2011
This morning some visitors came to see Lexi with a view to adopting her. Whilst I was getting Peter and Annes address and telephone number because they are fostering her Timmy decided to jump the little gate between the conservatory and hall and go and say hello to their greyhound as they stood by the front door with him. Thankfully Timmy was more interested in saying hello to the greyhound so didn't escape down the drive, and thankfully both sets of gates were shut - we have a jumper!
A trip to the pub went down well where he was the star of the show, and didn't he know it. He wanted to say hello to everyone, got as many cuddles as he could, and his tail never stopped wagging - he was in his element.
24th September 2011
This morning Timmy's new owner drove from Ayrshire to sign the adoption paperwork and take Timmy home with her where he will be living with McCloud, a 10 month old brindle lurcher and 4 cats. He will be going to work with his new owners and McCloud to their martial arts centre where he will meet lots of people and where he is going to live he will have a beach and 64 acres of land to run on.
Timmy has come a long way from the dog pound in Ireland and we wish him a long and happy life with his new family.
1st October 2011
We heard from Timmy's new owner today letting us know that Timmy is settling in extremely well, now has a lovely silky coat and loves playing with McCloud.

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