Boris's story

We picked Boris up from Animal Welfare League in December 1998. He was the most perfect dog and a real character from Day 1. We took him home in the back of the car - and he was nervous and scared, as to be expected. When he got inside the house, he hid in the corner and it would take him a while to pluck up the courage to come out!
 
Fast forward to a few weeks later - and it was a different story! He decided that he quite liked the area - and though he had requested harbour views, he was satisfied with views of the bush! He ran the household and we organised everything around Boris - needless to say, he was in his element...
 
Boris was one of the friendliest and gentlest dogs we had ever known. He loved kids, could bark at strangers (who thought that there was a Rottweiler behind the door!) - and never growled during the 12 years that we had him. He was a great 'talker' and loved to have conversations with his human mates.
 
A few days after he first arrived we were celebrating an occasion, and my girlfriend popped a bottle of champagne. He immediately ran for cover - and for years afterwards, would run upstairs if Lauren walked through the door. He had a long memory!
 
He loved walking in the bush and had this trick of running up to a certain boulder, wait for us to catch up and fling himself off - ready for us to catch him! Trouble was, as he got older - he thought he could still do this - and we had to make sure that he started to act appropriately for his age....
 
Boris brought a lot of joy and when we lost him in late January this year, it was a loss of something very precious in our lives. We think of him every day - and he is still very much part of us.
 
As I wrote on his plaque (he is buried at the bottom of our garden)

"Boris - You Gave Us Unconditional Love and Precious Moments. We will Never Forget You"
 
Jackie and Mike

Meet Boof

We adopted Boof, a german shepherd/kelpie cross at about 4 years of age, but much younger in outlook! Boof has been well trained and has settled in really well.

Boof loves riding in the car and bringing in the newspaper in the morning!

Linden and family

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