Dog Adoption France - PoorPaws

Porcelaine Pup

Alexander — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:25:02 +0000

Porcelaine pup

For those looking for a light coloured puppy with a black nose who will be medium to large ( you know who you are !), bingo ! Approximately two months old.

Gaston

Alexander — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:23:43 +0000

Gaston

Ok how could you get cuter than Gaston ?! A two year old Griffon x, he is fun, affectionate and obedient. Griffons are very popular amongst us Brits, is it the floppy ears or those “please take care of me” eyes ?!

Leonberge Colley

Alexander — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:19:53 +0000

Leonberge colley

For those of you who love big and fluffy, look no further. This ‘little’ girl is a cross between a colley and a leonberger. Just two and a half months old, her brother has been homed and she is feeling rather lonely now.

Brother

Fionna

Alexander — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:16:46 +0000

Fionna

Fionna, a little darling of a girl is just one and a half years old. Found wandering, attempts to find her owners have failed. How could such a cutie just be cast aside ?

She is just desperate to have her own ‘chez moi’.

VERY VERY URGENT !!!

Alexander — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:16:48 +0000

ADOPTED !!

These two old boys (11 years) are in a desperate situation. Their owners have gone belly-up bankrupt and are leaving France at the end of the month to stay with friends. No room for these two old gentlemen. They are described as gentle, affectionate and good with other dogs and children. Anyone got a place at the inn ?

Duffy

Alexander — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:35:07 +0000

Duffy

The other day I was asked if I could possibly take in a two year old female Beagle. Lola had just been adopted so I had a space and agreed. So I went to collect Duffy who turned out to be a six year old Anglo Francais. At least the female part was right !! Apart from the first two ‘mistakes’ everything else I was told about Duffy was correct. She is gorgeous ! Quite a large gangly girl, very affectionate, obedient and timid. She hits the deck if she hears shouting so I think she has known unkindness. Found half starved and covered in ticks she is looking better every day. Duffy is now sterilised, vaccinated and chipped and has never run off whilst out walking, so if you are looking for a largish, loving, softy, Duffy is for you.

Duffy

WARNING !!

Alexander — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:23:30 +0000

WARNING !! I have heard from Ann who adopted the lovely scruffy Mojo from Cahors refuge last year. They had a nasty scare when Mojo started violently trembling and they thought he was fitting. A mad dash to the vet where they found out they he had eaten poison. The vet said that farmers are putting slug pellets down when they fertilise so it is easy for a dog to get the poison on their paws or drink it if the pellet has been rained into a puddle. So, if your dogs shows any symptoms, get him/her to the vet directly, any delay could prove fatal.

ps What could also prove fatal to humans (if I get my hands on them) is taking a dog back to the refuge in this freezing weather after they have known the comfort and warmth of being inside. For heaven’s sake couldn’t you wait just a week until the weather improves ?

Montaigu dog

Alexander — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:19:53 +0000

Owner found and dog reclaimed.

Montaigu dog

Hallo, I’m the handsome brown dog in the picture and I’m looking for a happy permanent home. I’m about one year old and love to play with other dogs – but don’t mind if I am the only one. I am well behaved and very polite. At the moment I am being looked after by some very kind people but they already have a lot of animals and although they love me they cannot keep me. Would you have a place for me ?

Lola

Alexander — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:16:00 +0000

Happy Lola

Lola at the beach

Remember me ? Lola ? Well my life has changed so much I can hardly believe it – just hope I don’t wake up and find it’s all a dream ! From being tied up and muzzled on a balcony, I have been adopted by some lovely, lovely people who adore me – and believe me the feeling is mutual. Here are a couple of photos of my new life. After a wonderful run on the beach and ‘catching’ waves, what’s a girl to do but snuggle up in her new cosy bed. Jealous ? I bet you are !

Febuary 2012

Alexander — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:08:37 +0000

Well thank goodness for that. January is over for another year. Don’t you just hate January ? Well I suppose those of you with birthdays in that month quite like it, but for me it is just a no-money-after-Christmas, bill-laden, long stepping stone to February. I often think that it would be much better to start the year with February, a nice little short month which would get us on our way and prepare us for January after that. Of course this year there is the excitement of having the 29th February and I will propose to Ernst just for the hell of it. Of course he will say no – thank goodness as he is German and I really don’t want to be a ‘Frau’ !!

Ok I’m getting out the soapbox now. We are quite a close few doing what we can to make dogs’ lives not a ‘dog’s life’, if you see what I mean. We work closely together, there is NO competition between associations. We give up free time, a normal home life, put marriages at risk and I dread to think how much money comes out of our pockets to save dogs and make them happy. Obviously, no-one forces us to do this, we choose to do it. So, to those people who go on forums to criticise and sling mud without having all the facts, I say “bog off”. Personally, I think that those who have the time to spend all day ‘chatting’ on these forums, should get out more. (Except you dear Evelyn !!)

If you adopt a dog who is not right for you please do not refuse offers of help. It is certainly true that refuge dogs can develop a slightly different personality when they are in a caring loving home. Would you expect an adopted child who has lived for a long time in an orphanage to automatically know the rules of your household ? For dogs it is the same (and they don’t have the ability to speak to make things easier), so, please give them time and, as I said before, accept advice and help.

Luckily it is very rare that Poorpaws gets ‘returns’ but the dogs here live as a family and I can assess their personalities so know what sort of home they would be happy in.

Ok off the box now !

After saying we get few returned dogs, I have to report that poodle Tiny is back – the second home lasted less time than the first !! He will now join the band of ‘lifers’ here. He is a complex little lad who has a complete aversion to collars and harnesses so much so that he nipped me the other day when I put a collar on another dog !!

Talking about Tiny, I had a lovely day recently going up to north of Angouleme with Doreen and Andrea. Doreen adopted a poodle from us quite a few years ago, the lovely Sean. Sadly Sean developed a tumour last year and had to go for the big sleep. I promised to find another poodle for Doreen and came up with Tiny who was a darling in the refuge. However, when he was out in the big wide world his true colours came out. Poor Doreen, she tried so hard with him but after he bit his way through the vet, the girl at the poodle parlour and got bossy with her, I took him back. So we were then looking for another dog and I came up with Mamouchka who was quite a way up North. Doreen, daughter Andrea and I set out on, what for me, was a VERY BIG ADVENTURE !

We discovered we all love country music so it was Tammy Wynette and yee-hah all the way there and back. Little Mamouchka fitted the bill very well. Or so we thought. A visit to the vet and Doreen emailed me to say that Moumou has a tumour and doesn’t produce tears. (She could have some of mine, I produce them by the gallon at the slightest thing – have you seen the film Hachi, oh good grief, a real giant box of tissues jobby). Obviously this was all very upsetting but dear Doreen has not given up, Mamouchka will be operated on, has drops for her eyes and has Doreen as her guardian angel.

On a happier note……………….adoptions ! Wow, what a month ! Fleche, Tanguy, Primus, Lola and Caline all packed their bags and went off to join the circus. Reports are that they are all sooooo happy, so we are too.

I – unforgivably – forgot last month to thank all the ex-Poorpaws who sent us Christmas cards with pocket money inside to buy biscuits for the less fortunate dogs. Especially Oscar of Brassempouy who, even many years later, never forgets his pals. What a handsome chap he has turned into – can’t believe his name was once ‘Petit’ !!! You are all incredibly kind, even those who have lost dogs and don’t feel ready for another one ………………. yet, got in touch. I’m working on you !!

And to the lovely person who suggested I write a comedy series, thank you – don’t think I’ll give up the day job yet though !!

Much love to you all and who knows, if things go wrong I could be Frau Biefang this time next month !!!

Sue x