This little girl is a prime example of how the stress of the pound environment can affect a dog. Having come in as a stray, when she wasn't reclaimed by her owners, she underwent the usual behaviour assessment at the pound to test for her suitability to be rehomed. And...failed. You see, although Sophia was lovely with humans, she behaved aggressively towards other dogs. So as the pound's request, SHAMROQ took Sophia on and placed her in a foster home without any other do

Lucky last foster-failure for July was yet another cheeky redhead fellow. Kristy & Dan decided that even numbers are just nicer all 'round, so their Husky trio of Jet, Shika & Shayla expanded by one and Kai is now officially a permanent member of their clan. I guess we should have expected it, with their other little gingernut, Shayla, having been a foster-failure too! Our thanks go to Sonya & Chris, who sponsored Kai during his time with us. Happy furrytail ending, Kai! Ha

We admit to falling in love at first sight with this darling gentle boy. Just look at him with his paws crossed while he's all folded up to fit into 'his' chair! Nacho's velvety, floppy ears aren't the only thing soft about him. His nature is so sweet, we still can't imagine how anyone could have left him unclaimed at the pound. Jason & Amelia kindly offered to foster him 'just temporarily' until we could find another foster home. Then they contacted us and said that actua

It's a common story here at SHAMROQ for carers to fall for their foster dogs, have you noticed? July is alllll about the foster-failures (which of course we consider successes!) First cab off the rank is our ginger ninja, Khoda. After a preliminary stay with the Butner-Johnson family, Khoda went to hang out with new foster carers Amber & Matt and their lovely little Husky lass, Lilo. It wasn't long before they realised that His Royal Gingernut had smooched his way into all