We first saw Sophia on a cold winter night, as the volunteers of the shelter in Treviso had finally freed the Italian Jewels after a long hard struggle. There seemed an endless flood of photos of these beautiful but terribly thin and distressed Spinoni. Sophia was immediately recognisable with her white coat, sweet expression and lovely… Continue reading Celebrating Sophia 2011 – 2018

Phoebe was our first rescue from Italy, saved in the spring of 2015 from a cage in a puppy farm. She was six years old and had lived in a cage her whole life, with little human contact. She had no name, no comprehension of human kindness, no experience of being stroked or cuddled. In Italy,… Continue reading Celebrating Phoebe: 2009-2018