Under the Microscope by Dave Spikey

Author:Dave Spikey
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-84317-562-9
Publisher: Michael O' Mara Books

It’s Raining Dogs

KAY HAD A dog, a cocker spaniel called Lacey, and two Siamese cats when I first moved in. I’d always wanted a dog and we agreed that I could get one from Bolton Destitute Animal Centre; it would be great for us to rescue a dog and it would be company for Lacey.

We decided that we would let fate decree which dog we rescued by offering a home to the next dog due to be put down at the centre (they don’t put healthy dogs down now, but they did then). I was on call at the hospital on the Saturday night and I said I’d pop into the centre on my way in. I nipped in and asked if I could home the next dog to be ‘destroyed’ – what an awful description. They told me that they had an Alsatian cross due to be euthanized on the Monday and I said I’d have her. They asked if I wanted to see her and I said no, I was late for work, I’d pop in first thing Monday.

We picked up ‘Cagney’ (obviously) on the Monday and she was a wonderful dog. I cannot believe or understand how anyone could have allowed her to be killed. We had Cagney for about fourteen years and she was just about the best dog that you could ever wish for. Loyal and trusting, loving and always playful, with the most perfect temperament with people and other dogs.

When they saw Cagney, Kay’s mum and dad decided that they’d quite like a dog from the shelter too, so we took them down not long after and they chose ‘Kim’, a ‘Cagney’ lookalike, but not as dark and with floppy ears. While we were down at the shelter, I spotted a beautiful Rottweiler-cross puppy and Kay saw a small, black, timid spaniel-cross, which a bloke who worked there called the ‘Iffy’ spaniel because she had attacked him! We mentioned the puppy to Jenny, who immediately wanted her, so we went back to collect her … but came away with two dogs because Kay couldn’t leave the ‘Iffy’ spaniel cowering and shaking in the cage. The Rotty puppy was named ‘Bo’; the spaniel was ‘Lucy’, and she was probably Kay’s favourite and most loved dog of the twenty-odd we re-homed over the next twenty years.

I don’t really have time or space to tell you about all the wonderful dogs we’ve re-homed over the years. They were all great characters and many had come through terrible experiences at the hands of their human owners with immense courage and resilience. They all were quickly accepted by the resident ‘pack’, who seemed to sense their history of abuse and neglect and welcomed them into the house and the gang. The most we had at one time was nine and they all lived in perfect harmony, which always amazed me considering their individual histories and experiences.

One of our dogs was Rosie, a cairn terrier-cross who was full of fun. She was probably the friendliest, most gregarious dog we had.

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