The end is nigh!

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At the end of the month, Pup, the trainee assistance dog we have been socialising for the charity ‘Dogs for Good’ is off to the charity’s kennels for the next stage of his training. He’s been living with us now for 15 months so it will be odd without him. People keep asking how I feel about him going and whether it will be a sad day, but in fact the main thing I feel is a sense of achievement. We didn’t really know if we were doing the right thing, not having done this before, but he seems to have turned out OK. He comes with me everywhere, he’s totally unfazed by anything, and everyone he meets comments on what a lovely and well-behaved dog he is, so we must have done something right! I would feel worse about him going if I thought he would pine and miss us – but I know he won’t miss us at all, he absolutely loves going to the charity’s centre and goes crazy whenever he meets any of the staff, so to spend all his time there with other dogs and with plenty of interesting things to do will be heaven on earth for him, like one long activity camp with his best friends. I doubt if I will get more than the very briefest of backward glances. All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2016.