Hello Again

Hello Again

by | Apr 8, 2016 |

I’m back! I have been on holiday to Costa Rica for two and a half weeks and I know there will be some people who will immediately  want to know how I can afford it when the shelter is struggling for money.Of course I am not obliged to divulge my personal circumstances...

Last blog for a few weeks

by | Apr 8, 2016 |

Monday: We spend a lot of our time trying to match up animals to the right homes and sometimes we get it wrong but thankfully most of the time we get it right. We can also make the right choice but sometimes  the personal circumstances  change of the people we choose...
Our track and yard becomes impassable.

Our track and yard becomes impassable.

by | Apr 8, 2016 |

Some successful appeals have been made this week on the Freshfields  Facebook  page. One appeal for foster homes for two little dogs in urgent need of help did not actually find us foster homes,but it did result in  a permanent home offered  for middle aged Jack...
I wish the Telephone would stop ringing.

I wish the Telephone would stop ringing.

by | Apr 8, 2016 |

I am feeling totally overwhelmed by the daily requests I am receiving to take animals .Today I just want to sit and cry. Included in this mornings plea for help  – A young pony whose selfish and irresponsible owner has simply moved out of the family home leaving...
New cats bring back memories.

New cats bring back memories.

by | Apr 8, 2016 |

Every day I look at the empty pens in the cattery and I wonder if we will ever be in a financial position to forge ahead with our new cattery plans. Some of the  pens are out of use because they leak too badly  for us to be able to use them for animal quarters and so...
Axel has a problem

Axel has a problem

by | Apr 8, 2016 |

Axel our Dartmoor pony has had an abscess in his foot for almost three weeks, the Vet has been out to him twice and has put him on antibiotics  and the staff are doing all they can to alleviate the pony’s discomfort.He has his foot soaked in salt water, he has...