TESTIMONIALS
The following are just a small selection of some of the many emails and letters we have received over the last few years and demonstrate the effect your help and support can have in offering hope, care and a new life to the 400 to 500 collies we rescue every year.
I will add he is a joy to have, he was a bit skittish for the first couple of weeks but once he learnt to trust us he has been great. So with great thanks to you for letting us have Chesney and trust us, he is being loved that much he is now a member of our family and could not imagine life without him.
I want to thank your fabulous staff for their patience and kindness. When we did not find a special dog on our first visit they were understanding and no one seemed to mind . When we saw Taffy we just knew!! On Saturday we arrived at just past eleven -- the traffic was awful but, very kindly
,we were sorted with our dog. Thank you to everyone who helped us and who gave their advice and time. We will send you photos as soon as we have persuaded Taffy to look at the camera!!
I'd also like to take the opportunity to say what a great job we think you do there. As vets with a gang of collies ourselves, we come across a lot of patients, clients and fellow agility people who've had some kind of involvement with rescue organisations and charities. In contrast to some of the bigger or better known ones, you always seem to have such a good way of working, and approach to the whole business.
He is a lively and affectionate animal. He is beautiful to watch and so intelligent – you only have to tell him something once – and he remembers. He is great with our kids.
We are so glad that we were able to adopt Oskar – thank you for choosing us to own him. We’ll bring him back to see you sometime – we may need to board him at your kennels but we’re waiting until he is really secure and confident.
He is making himself at home and now seems to be a lot more relaxed.
He is very well behaved (well,mainly !) and I think we may have cracked the house training business in the past two days,he is starting to use the same places in the garden for his toilet.
He is a lovely, gentle dog. He is gaining confidence every day. He gives us lots of pleasure.
Hi there, on the 27th of last month I came over to your rescue and took home scrooge, well I thought I'd let you know that he's really settled in very well in a short space of time, hes got a great character, extremely well behaved and my worry of my cat is over as they both get on like a house on fire.
I want you to know that we are very impressed with the Border Collie Trust and the excellent work that you do. I also want to thank you for the kindness and friendliness that
you and everyone there showed us on our visit.
You may recall I phoned you and you gave me some very welcome advice on what to do. I thought I would send a quick email to thank you for your help during that difficult time, I have to say I was very tempted to put him in the car and bring him back to you, but instead our daughter was very brave and did what you suggested and we have had no problems since.
He has turned out to be an adorable, beautiful, affectionate dog and everybody loves him.He has such a lovely nature it is hard to understand how he became homeless in the first place.
Thank you for your prompt response and your kind words of reassurance for us. We really appreciate the fine work and relentless effort that you and your staff put into keeping all of your rescue dogs happy and healthy.
Over the past 48 hours she has been a real delight. We have taken her a walk and she
does not pull but walks extremely well. We have left her in the kitchen overnight on a blanket
we have given her and except for a few scratches to the door and a very small amount of
whimpering she has been very good. She is loving and affectionate, at the moment we do not
feel that we could have chosen a better dog.
Hi all, just a quick update on Jack he has settled in well and now thinks he owns my house, he has lots of walks and likes to paddle in the stream. He is a very happy dog.
Thank you for your reply.
By far the best response I have received from any of the re-homing centres I
have contacted. Great information and not a "cut and pasted" reply with some
good points.
