It is a little frustrating for me that not having a landline connection here at Stratton House means that I have been unable to give this site my desired attention. There is much to do running The Stratton ABC Foundation and whereas I would have the time at home, finding time to get out to the local internet shop during its opening hours is quite a task.
So this is just a basic update on my blog to say that life is busy but good. The family atmosphere we have established here at Stratton House makes it a very pleasant place to live.
It means lots of early mornings for me but thats no problem as I tend to be a naturally early riser. of course I could do without the extra early ones I’ve had lately; such as when i was woken at 5am by the dogs barking incessantly outside.
Eventually I went to investigate and discovered that they had chased a young cat up one of our trees. Even after shutting the dogs away in the kitchen the frightened cat refused to move from its precarious perch.
It took nearly 2 hours to extract the cat from the tree and the final method, after managing to coax it to a lower branch, was to shove a broom at its backside forcing it to leap from the tree.
Thankfully the early disturbance did not affect my ride out with Ally later that day.
It was really good to get back there and see how much they’ve moved on now, with designated areas for puppies, tvt tumour patients, newly born pups, etc.
The kids loved the visit, taking the chance to pet the puppies, who seemed equally happy.
And it wasn’t just the kids taking the chance to give the many dogs at the shelter some very welcome fuss and attention.
There was a large marquee set up on the road outside, which had been closed to traffic, and here there was free food, activities for the younger visitors; all based around educational information about dogs and their care; and for the adults there was beer on sale, live music and even a performance of traditional Thai dancing.
