Phoenix Association

MEET THE GANG!
Here are some of the permanent rescue members of Phœnix... they each have a tale to tell.

Little Joe Brown

The gendarmes of St.Astier stopped to investigate a suspicious-looking polythene sack in the road. In it was Little Joe Brown… and his eight brothers and sisters! We lovingly bottle-raised them from 2-weeks old, re-homed them when they were weaned, but kept Little Joe - our 'baby'…. a baby who grew and grew and GREW! Little Joe doesn't know if he's a dog or a donkey!

Molly

Molly is a ragamuffin fox-terrier who reminded us so much of our late and much beloved Manon that we couldn't NOT keep her! Sometimes we mistakenly even catch ourselves calling her Manon. And there is, after all, a weird connection. Molly was brought into the Vet's surgery as an abandoned puppy, on the very afternoon we said goodbye to dear old Manon. Call it fate!

Merlin

The unwanted offspring of an accidental mating, Merlin at a year old was branded as a 'killer-horse' and was cruelly whipped to the ground by his owners. In truth, he is an extremely gentle and comical character who has generously decided to forgive and forget.

Pandy

One of our hunting neighbours was in the habit of allowing his other dogs to eat the newborn puppies of Pandy’s mother. He owed us a small service, so we pleaded with him to allow the traumatised bitch to raise just one litter. And so Pandora and her sisters were spared. Pandy is of the noble French hunting breed, the ‘Ariégeois’, but ‘game’ for her means chasing Petal, and she infinitely prefers chocolate mousse to rabbit.

Timmy

Timmy found himself in the local pound - a dirty, matted castaway with no future. We would have liked to rehome him but he was elderly, sick and needed nursing. So we decided to take him in as a permanent resident… and it's amazing what a little love and security can do!

Brumus

Despite his humble origins - he was born, semi-feral, in a wood-pile - Brumus is a real 'aristocat'; affable, polite, always immaculately white. 'Can't wait for the snow' he says, 'those mice can't see me coming!' (Actually, he's a lousy hunter..... )

Taffy

When just a tiny pup, Taffy was abandoned at the local dog pound. The pound was shut, so Taffy was simply thrown over the wall. All grown-up, Taffy is now happy to take foundlings of any shape and size under his wing. "Trust me", he says, "I know what it's like to be an orphan!"

Pearl

10 years ago, a pretty young cat was chased away from her farm home by older cats and rough children. She took refuge several kilometres away in a nice quiet country home. Unfortunately the house had been sold. Worse than that is that the house was then locked up! Poor Pearl was distraught again only to be rescued at the nth hour by Phoenix! Since then she has lived happily ever after!

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