Sadies Dog Rescue

🛁 SpongeBob’s Spa Day! ✂️💙

Who knew there was such a handsome chap hiding underneath all that fluff? 😍

Our wonderful SpongeBob has been for a well-deserved groom with the lovely Alexandra before he sets off on his biggest adventure yet… finding out what it’s like to be someone’s beloved best friend. 🐾

Abandoned, tied to a tree in the forest and left behind, he could so easily have lost his trust in people. Instead, he chose to keep believing in kindness.

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And just look at him now. ❤️

Gone is the untidy coat that had seen him through his previous life, replaced with a smart new trim that’s shows off his cheeky smile even more!

A huge thank you to Karen Dinan, whose kind donation paid for SpongeBob’s pamper session, and to the lovely Alexandra for making him look and feel so incredibly handsome before he starts his new life.

From being tied to a tree in the forest… to getting ready to walk through the door of his forever home. Look out for the his happy bus post soon … 🏡🐾

Wherever I go, I pray for there not to be abandoned souls.
Today I went to the forest.
A place where dogs are thrown away.
A place where they hide from people because people are the reason they're there in the first place.
I go there to leave food and water because although you don't often see them, they're there... watching from a distance, surviving, existing rather than living and right now it’s so damn hot.

Today, as I looked around, I saw her.
A little girl.
At first I thought she was simply frightened. Who could blame her? But then I realised it was more than fear.
She was in pain.
She struggled to lift herself. One of her back legs wouldn't take her weight. Every movement looked difficult.

She was crawling with fleas, painfully thin, exhausted... another life that had been discarded and forgotten.
I wasn’t going to leave her there.

But I was alone, deep in the forest with no phone signal. My crate was in the car and she was in the this sort of hut, all I could think was, "Please don't leave."
I went to get it, hoping she wouldn’t panic and run.
She didn’t.
She hadn't moved.

For around half an hour I was with her, talking to her, gently encouraging and reassuring her.
I didn't want to rush her. She's already been through enough. I didn't want another human to be another frightening memory.

Slowly, something changed.
She looked at me... and she surrendered.
As if she knew she didn't have the strength to keep fighting anymore.
I got her into the crate, and together we left the forest.

The plan was simple: get her to the vets as quickly as possible. But just two minutes further along the road, more souls appeared who desperately needed help too... I'll share their story separately because they deserve to be seen as well.

Finally, we reached the clinic.
Our little girl has what appears to be a fractured pelvis and a dislocated hip. We are waiting for the orthopaedic specialist to assess, but one thing is certain...
She is going to need surgery.

Another life hanging in the balance. Another life depending entirely on the kindness of strangers.
Today her life has changed.. let's show her she has found something much better than she ever believed possible.

❤️ Would somebody like to become this girls sponsor and give her a beautiful name with a one-off donation of £30 please?

**Update** Kindly sponsored by Julie Bigwood and named Betsy 🌸

** Betsy Update 18/07 ❤️‍🩹**
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If you feel you are able to help towards the cost of her upcoming surgery that she will need, then we would be ever so grateful. Every donation, no matter how small, will make a difference.

Please mark you kind donation “Snow White as I temporarily nicknamed her or by using her name once she’s sponsored and it’s chosen” **Update** Now named Betsy
Thank you in advance ❤️

🏧 Sadies Stray Dog Rescue
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Account number: 38622058

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Together, we will make sure that today becomes the day her life truly began ❤️

A little video to make us all smile today ❤️
From fighting just to survive… to discovering the simple joy of toys 🧸 🦴 from the comfort of her foam padded mat.
For the first time in her life, Hope gets to just be a dog.
Every little moment with her feels like a miracle 💫

Thank you Indy Janssen for the toys 🫶

It’s been another long day, I’m driving home and I was sure that I saw a puppy close to the road..
The traffic was too fast to stop.
What’s 5 minutes more to go back and check..

Sure enough there was, a happy, innocent little boy.

Dumped under the bridge, his worldly possessions, an old coat and some bread 😢

I’m a little worried, I don’t like the smell that comes from him, a metallic smell, almost like blood/ iron. I pray it’s not parvo.
For now he has a huge appetite and normal temperature.. tomorrow we’ll take him to the vets for tests.

You’ve guessed it, he is in need of an identity please. Is there someone kind enough to sponsor him and give him his name for a one off donation of £30 🙏🏼

**Update** Kindly sponsored by Susan Grice and named Mickey 💙

Safe now little man 💙🙏🏼