Lizzie's Barn Sanctuary

20/09/2025

Me; Luna & Nigel can you explain why you only poo only under the walnut tree now the nuts are dropping?

Luna & Nigel; we ain’t saying a thing

16/09/2025

It’s meant to be their watch, but caught snoozing.
Sanctuary boys , Giorgio ( Mastin) and Paco (Portuguese street dog), chilling with my two Wally (left) & Frankie (right)

15/09/2025

Bartie and Terence The Wing ‘looking after’ Mum while she has a sneaky siesta.
It’s hair cut week so they wont look like loveable rogues much longer. Shame because I love the scruffy look, but any longer and brushing it becomes more difficult, neither is particularly keen - though I’m keen to keep all my fingers

15/09/2025

Alex enjoying the sunshine and watching me move a large pile of old beams

11/09/2025

I think they want to come in, all getting confused with me going in one door and out of another !
All our stuff from the UK arrived today so it was an in and out kind of day with all the unloading.
Thank you Dapper Direct, I can’t recommend Huw & Louise highly enough
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08/09/2025

We have an early start today due to an appointment, but Alex isn’t even awake - can you hear his snores?

02/09/2025

Yesterday our biggest boy, Mickey, went to see the lovely physio Andrea, to see if she could sort out his sore neck. I suspected he had had a high speed collision whilst playing. Andrea agreed this was likely and he had a long session all about him, being admired for his gentle nature, and of gentle manipulation. He left with the spring back in step, clearly feeling on top of the world again. He will have a follow up on the 29th.
Thank you Andrea

26/08/2025

Loving the sunsets here - but neither Remi or The WingCo (Terrence) are impressed. Note Remi has the small bed because the big one is occupied!

19/08/2025

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Sadly although he came through is Op well Bertie crashed earlier today and died. We are absolutely devastated at his loss, although a bad boy, he was our bad boy, and will be sorely missed.

Today one of the Sanctuary lifers, bad boy Bertie B, you can guess what the B stands for! Though he is being very sweet and compliant at the moment., which in itself is concerning because that’s just not Berti, is in at the vets.

Imagine the vets face when told one of his symptoms was ‘ being a nice dog’ .
Bertie has barely eaten since arriving on the 13th, at first I put it down to the new French dog food, which the dogs were not particularly keen on but the weight was dropping off, he finally refused all food, despite all sorts of tasty offerings.
A vets visit told us his temperature and blood work were all normal, and no indication of pain - believe me if Bertie was hurting - so would anyone who even looked at him. But an Xray revealed an odd pattern of gas, which the vet felt was likely a mass, and suspected cancer.
Further tests revealed it’s a foreign body, not what had been expected at all.
So poor Bertie has to stay in and will have surgery, after receiving fluids and prep for an op to remove the offending item, whose identity remains a mystery . His op may be in the morning - discussions are in progress with the senior surgeon.
Please send positive vibes for our bad boy.
Bertie is at Anovet, the fabulous Veterinary hospital near Alençon , ( the one that saved my own boy Lucky, who had a massive oral cancer when I took him on).
He will be there for his surgery and for a few days afterwards. Bertie’s bill is estimated to be around 1400€
An awful lot cheaper than in the UK, but still a big bill after all the costs to relocate the dogs, and set up for them.
And the reason your support is so valuable .

15/08/2025

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14/08/2025

Some of the big boys enjoying the cool of the evening after a hard days sleeping

11/02/2025

Time for bed. Goodnight from Poppy, Tim, Paddy & Hope