Welcome to the world little man

MEET OSCAR HE IS ONLY 12 WEEKS OLD 

born 23rd May 2019

Oscar at 12 weeks old

At this moment in time. Oscar is sitting quietly at my feet, tucked slightly under my chair. Its windy outside, and it seems he doesn't like the wind very much or the way the doors rattle when  the windows are open. This reminds me so much of Ben our most beautiful, precious old friend who passed away in April this year after 13 wonderful years with him.  He was our gentle giant, our fun loving beautiful French Berger,  well,  OK,  I have missed out the parts where he often made us say bad words, or the times he pinched things and hid them in the garden but that's another story which can be read by following the link below.

https://adogcalledben.blogspot.com/

Its August 17th 2019 and Oscar has been with us only 3 days, We didn't plan on getting a Cocker Spaniel specifically he just came to us by the power of internet advertising.

We started initially looking for a rescue dog, one that wouldn't be too old, we didn't want to lose a good friend too soon after Ben passed away,  So our new dog needed to be under three years old.

There are so many rescue dogs out there all needing forever homes.
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals  /https://www.rspca.org.uk/  
 Dogs Trust   https://www.dogstrust.org.uk/
Blue Cross Rescue https://www.bluecross.org.uk/
Jerry Green https://www.jerrygreendogs.org.uk/adopt-a-dog

During our search we came across an advert for  a 12 week old Cocker Spaniel, looking to be rehomed.  

We called the advertiser who told us over the phone she had bought the pup just 4 days earlier,  when she got him back and into their house, her 8 year old cats just scattered, left the house and wouldn't come back.  Her daughters were distraught about the cats leaving and after a couple of days they made the decision that 'Enzo' as he was named by them would have to go. They advertised him online.

Events happened so quickly after that telephone conversation. We tried to take a clinical approach to visiting him so, we took along (our daughter) Katherine who has a lot of knowledge and experience of dogs.  Our plan was to check everything out first and then make some contact with the dog and decide if everything was in order. 

Well what happened when we went in the house?   this stunning little brown puppy sauntered over to us, with his huge feet that sounded like he had carpet slippers on when  he walked. His  tail was far to long for him, his Eyes could  melt any heart and he had ears that he could fly with.  We just fell in love with him. He snuggled up beside me on the settee, Katherine, who was to be fairly neutral and clinical about things  said "ah he is just gorgeous" .  I think we had made a decision within seconds of meeting him.

After some chatting and checking over the paperwork it wasn't long before he was in the car and on his way to his new home.

As well as the main rescue centres there are  individual breed organisations such as   

The Cocker and English Springer Spaniel Rescue    https://www.caessr.org.uk/ 

Cairn Terrier Relief Fund https://www.cairn-rescue.co.uk/

So going through this kind of organisation is a safer way, you can get to know about the dog before you make the decision to rehome him.