RIP Lola x
Posted on Monday, 30 December 2013
This is my lovely friend Rachel. In last year, her family took in two rescue dogs. Kea and then Lola. They were never meant to get Lola (the lovely Labrador) but their dog trainer told them of a poorly treated and unwanted dog he was training and they offered to take him from the family. The family happily gave her up. She was insecure and extremely needy. She also was rather nervy. This was after having being abandoned and neglected by her previous family.
Rachel's family took her in and looked after her. They had just got used to have one BIG dog in the house and now they had to make room for two. Kea, the mix breed doggy sitting up, took Lola in under her wing too and they became firm friends. Lola was often more naughty than Kea but she became so good natured. She would literally jump up and sit on people's laps and she became more independent and confident. She was a lovely dog.
Yesterday, whilst playing in a field she got hit by a car. She had only spent six months of her life with Rachel and her family and i know those six months were the best. I am so glad she got to experience such a happy life before she passed away :(.
I never usually comment on or announce deaths, not on facebook or twitter or anything, but I felt I should mention this just because Rachel is such a close friend's of mine and to emphasise the importance of a) dogs in the family and b) to encourage people to take in rescue dogs. I know technically Lola wasn't from a rescue home but I think she would have soon ended up in one if Rachel's family hadn't rescued her. She was, technically, a rescue dog and even though she passed away, she passed away at the happiest point in her life. I will miss her lots. x
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