Poppy had no name before she arrived here and was Meisha's sister and Tina's offspring. Poppy had never raced and as the sequence of events unfolded we discovered much about Poppy that we knew nothing about before she arrived. in view of what happened we now realise Poppy had never left the kennels, had little human contact other than her previous owner, had never been in a vehicle and knew nothing of the big outside world. What happened to Poppy traumatised the volunteers who knew her and we vowed we would learn from her death so as not to let it happen to another.

Sadly, because Stuart was away working at the time of Poppy's arrival we didn't get any photos of her, which is upsetting to me to this day. Since her death Shepherd has arrived and when he came here he reminded me so much of Poppy with the exception that Poppy had a slightly larger white blaze on her chest. So by looking at Shepherd we see a little of Poppy.

1st February 2012

2nd February 2012
I went to bed last night with Poppy on the dog bed by my side of the bed. To stop her wandering I pushed the bedding box at the end of the bed across the gap, making in effect a little kennel for her. This enclosed space with me asleep on my bed next to her settled her and once I worked out how to do this she slept all night.
In the morning she went to the vets where she had a check up and her 1st inoculation because she arrived here with no paperwork. She was as good as gold in the vets, very quiet and didn't make a sound. She's a lovely little angel and her being shy and nervous makes you want to cuddle her all the more.

3rd February 2012

4th February 2012