Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Winter Warmer, 1 by propmaker

propmaker wrote:
This dog belonged to a neighbour. She was chained up outside his house in a tiny 'shed', for a better word. The owner came somedays to feed her, others not. She cried and howled for 2 years. About 8 months ago he started to let her off the chain occasionally, probably becuse the noise was driving him crazy, and she quickly found her way down to my house. I didnt feed her at first ( well, not much ) as I didnt want problems with the neighbour, however, she then took up roost on my sofa, and I fed her, de flead her, shampood her and fed her up. I spoke with my neighbor after she had been here 3 months, that I would like to keep her, and he promptly tied her up again. These are hunting dogs, descendants of Egyptian Pharo Dogs, and are pedigrees but often treated appallingly here. They are chipped, by law, so I had no hold on her. This routine went on for months...she would be tied up, loose weight and howl, she would then be let free, come straight back down here, get fed, cleaned, de flead and given affection. She was at the vets with me to get vaccinations, worm tratment and the rest. This dog is SUPER affectionate.
I warned the neighbour it was dangerous to let the dog free. Rat poison in the fields, she was chasing cars all the time, but to no avail.
About 4 weeks ago she crawled into my house with all her back end covered in blood. As predicted she had been hit by a car. I took her straight to the vets......they knew the story by now of course, and she was treated, stiched up in 5 places, and I was told to keep her warm and clean. I then kept the dog for another 3 weeks whilst she recovered, but, when the vet said she was free to go out, I had to let her go.....and , like all forgiving dogs, she decided to visit her 'owner', who promptly tied her up.
All the times she had been here, he had know she was here, but had never enquired, nor even looked for her.
Now I was angry. I went to see him again, told im what had happened, took the remaining painkillers with me for him to hopefully give her, and offered to buy the dog. It must have been guilt. Having seen all the scabs and the stitches, he had realizesd what had happened and that I had taken things into my own hands. He would have left her outside to live or die.
He said I could take her as a gift.
He agreed to change the chip ownership, I built sufficient fencing around the back of my house so she could be out and free inbetween walks ( that was €2000 I habnt thought about :)) ) otherwise it would have been a chain again as I didnt have sufficient walls to retain her, but she's worth the cost.
So....I might not have many Hoyas blooming, but the dog is....:))
She's 2, Ive never actually owned my own dog before, and had always said, I wouldnt look for one, but if one found me, it would be a different story, and thats what happened.......and she gets on great with my 3 cats, which is perfect




I present Lima