The Pound Dog's Prayer

I want to be free,
like all you big folks seem to be.
I want to run under blues skies,
and hear the wind as it sighs.
I want to be free,
just have someone to love me.
Someone to have me by their side
to care for me and be my guide.
I'll always be your friend,
until our story's end.
You can watch me run,
see me having fun,
until our story's end.
We'll do all sorts of things,
see what our future brings.
But first I must be free,
so please, please choose me!
I want to be free!

(© George Turnbull, March. 2011)

We Are Four Paws: A Re-post

We are Four Paws,

and we need your backing,

to give stray dogs,

the care they are lacking.

Please read on,

and see if you can assist,

with some of the things,

below in this list.

Could you spare some pennies,

or maybe a pound?

to help us save,

some desperate hound.

Could you foster a dog,

so he'll no longer roam?

could you give it hope,

until we find him a home?

Could you help us to run

a collection or stall,

at your village fete,

or community hall?

Could you open your heart,

to a dog in need,

and give him a home,

as your good deed?

However you help,

whether it be simple or grand,

you'll be lending some pups,

a much needed hand!

(© George Turnbull, Aug. 2010)

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Lily’s Story

The lovely Lilly

Lily did her seven days in the dog pound, but no panic stricken or loving owner came looking for her.

Thankfully she was rescued by Four Paws Animal Rescue. She wasn’t fortunate enough to be fostered, so there she sat in the kennels, waiting patiently for me to find her.

I’d been searching the rescue centres on the Internet, looking for a Border terrier, but when I saw her sad, worried looking little face, I knew she was my girl. 

A few days later, after being home checked, we went to Wales to collect her.

We arrived at the kennels with a blanket neatly on the back seat for her.  Well, you can imagine what happened, after spending weeks in kennels she went whizzing round the car like a tornado.

We thought 'oh no! What have we done?' but, by the time we were out onto the road she had flaked out, and slept for the three hour journey home.

Having come from the pound, we knew nothing of her past, but the Vet who spayed her said she had had multiple litters, and her womb was infected. It would seem that someone had been using her to churn out terrier crosses.

Having Lily is the best thing that ever happened to us, she gives us so much love and makes us laugh every day.

We will never know her past… but her future is pretty certain.

Val Lewis (lilypop)

How would you feel to be locked in a cage?

Would you feel angry? Would you feel rage?

How would you feel to be tied to a post?

Abandoned by those you thought loved you most.

What would it be like to be kicked by the feet,

Of people who won't give you enough food to eat?

Would you like it if you were dumped in the pound,

Or left wandering the streets with no chance of being found.

So tell me now, what would you do?

If any of this had happened to you?

To thousands of pets it happens each week,

And for many their future is horribly bleak.

There is so much work that we need to do,

And to help us with this we desperately need you.

Your donation could help change many a dog's fate,

And help a dog find a home before it's too late.

(© George Turnbull, 2010)

We are Four Paws

We are Four Paws,

and we need your backing,

to give stray dogs,

the care they are lacking.

Please read on,

and see if you can assist,

with some of the things,

below in this list.

Could you spare some pennies,

or maybe a pound?

to help us save,

some desperate hound.

Could you foster a dog,

so he'll no longer roam?

could you give it hope,

until we find him a home?

Could you help us to run

a collection or stall,

at your village fete,

or community hall?

Could you open your heart,

to a dog in need,

and give him a home,

as your good deed?

However you help,

whether it be simple or grand,

you'll be lending some pups,

a much needed hand!

(© George Turnbull, Aug. 2010)