Oh I am so sad this month. While everyone else is running around excited, and happy, getting ready for Christmas, others are kicking their dogs out.
This beautiful, sad face belongs to Hope.  Mum said she was found wandering the streets in Wishaw.  A very kind person took her in and phoned Mum, so she arranged for her to come to Boxer Welfare Scotland to get looked after.  Mum and Auntie Karen worked so hard for her, they made sure she got to the vets and that she was being looked after as best as possible.  They arranged a foster home for her, so she could get better, all nice and warm like I did, when I was that poorly.   The really sad thing is, that poor Hope was so poorly that we just couldn’t save her, and the vet had to let her go.  Mum and Auntie Karen cried all day and I know they are both still very sad about her.  They want to find her owners, so they can get peace for Hope, so if you can help, please call them and give them any information you have.  The BBC also helped with Hope’s story and you can read it here, it is just such a sad story.

Hope’s story got me thinking (I do get serious sometimes you know!) Mum said that lots of people buy puppies at this time of year for Christmas presents? Why anyone would want to give something as life changing as a puppy for Christmas is confusing for me, but I just hope they know what they are doing.  Hope was a puppy once, she was probably loved and played with, maybe she was brought home for a surprise for the children at Christmas, as were all the other boxers that Mum and Auntie Karen have brought in the past few weeks.  So, next time you are thinking about getting a puppy ….. STOP.  Sit down and think.  This puppy will grow up and might not be as cute any more, it might chew your favourite shoes, your lawnmower or even your carpet: it might mess in the house when you leave it alone all day: it might bark at your neighbour’s dog, or chase other dogs in the park, it might get sick and it will, most definitely, grow old.  Will you still love it when all these things happen, will you care for it when its old and pay the vet bills when it gets sick, or will you just dispose of it like last year’s Christmas presents when it gets too much like hard work?  Please save a boxer from going through the stress and trauma of being rehomed, just because you didn’t think things through beforehand.

Wow, now that was serious!!  Ok, I think I should stop now before people think I have got all grown up and sensible!  I really hope that all poor boxers Mum says are in kennels find their forever homes very soon.  Keep warm, stay safe and HAVE FUN!!  Happy Christmas everyone from me, George, Mum and everyone at Boxer Welfare Scotland.

Lots of licks

Lucy xxx

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