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Tears before Bedtime,
So yesterday, 30th March 2021 Our beloved Gorgeous Georgie reached the end of her journey. She had bravely and gallantly plodded on in recent times but it became apparent that her time had come.
Georgie was one of the elder ladies of our group, a definite leader, ensuring that the harmony within the group remained balanced.
She was a marvelous mentor to all the new recruits.
She was often referred to by me as bullet proof, she would remain calm and controlled at all times, rarely barking, but obviously yipping, yapping and squealing as only a staffie can lol.
Too say that we are distraught is an understatement, she would have had a way of bringing us around, she was always in the right place at the right time, doing what was required, she was without doubt the plaster that held us all together, not able to heal us on our own,but ensuring that we bound together to heal as a whole.
We have had some amazing adventures travelling around the UK on our journey, I crease up thinking of how she would have to retrieve the largest rock possible from the deepest stream, an absoulte doofus
From our inital meeting fifteen and a half years ago, Georgie the six month old reprebate that would chew everything in sight, and hated meeting our resident dog, blossomed into the calm, gentle lovable soul that would steal the hearts of everybody that she would meet, she would mentor and lead by example for all of our dogs, she will be deeply missed.
It would be fair to say that Georgie was always at the heart of everything,
She was integral in my introductory assignment for entry into University.
First practical lesson as University we worked together building a bond and developing our potentials
She helped me through all my University practicals making it look easy.
It is fair to say that i wouldn’t be where i am now without her
And now she is home again, right where she belongs.
With us her loving family
Loved forever
Never forgotten
Special thanks to:
Bentley Road Veterinary centre, Doncaster for their support and compassion throughout these times, a really fabulous team of caring people.
Greenacres Pet Crematorium, East Butterwick, Nr Scunthorpe, for their compassion and willingness to please and including our every wishes, we will not use anybody else to care for our loved ones.
Make sure that you enjoy the journey, as inevitably the destination will come what may.
Love to everybody,
Keep safe,
Keep distanced,
Keep loving your dogs,
Mick@Blitz1768.
MARCH 2021
Morning and apologises for the quiet last few weeks, things have been rather busy here, sales have been good and nice to know that we are helping make a difference, I have started a new full-time job, but this will not affect the delivery schedules or work on the shop, luckily it also fits in alongside all my dog walking and training sessions.
Gorgeous Georgie one of our elder dogs is beginning to struggle with her movements now and as such we are having to adapt her walking routine to include her new canine pimp mobile by utilising this ensures it that her quality of life is maintained, until we cannot anymore then there are difficult decisions to be made.
All our dogs are enjoying the beginning of Spring, old dogs, bald dogs none of them enjoy the cold weather, Spring is about them enjoying the freedom outside being comfortable and able to explore their surroundings. As soon as the lockdown restrictions allow, we will be venturing further, experiencing new surroundings with lots of photos to follow.
The shop has been busier than I could have expected and, in many ways, surprising with some products I expected to be favourites slow to take off and others literally flying off the shelf beyond expectations, with this in mind we will be monitoring sales over the next few months with a view to updating the stock to match the demands, in the meantime any ideas or suggestions for interesting products, equipment or anything dog related would be gratefully received.
One of our best-selling products would be the ever-essential dog waste bags our initial stock was 6000 and sold superfast in a matter of weeks and as such we have sourced a better deal for a larger stock and as with everything, I will be passing the saving onto yourselves.
https://www.blitz1768.com/product-category/poop-bags/
250 NOW ONLY £6.50
125 NOW ONLY £3.50
50 NOW ONLY £1.50
Including FREE DELIVERY
NEVER LEAVE HOME WITHOUT THEM, be responsible and keep or towns and footpaths clean.
If we manage to buy other products on better terms, WE PROMISE that we will always pass on the savings to you.
AS ALWAYS
Keep Safe.
Keep Believing.
Always do the right thing.
Love always Blitz 1768
The Blitz story so far:
Many of you will already know the story of BLITZ and how we have gotten to this part of his life.
Blitz was a happy go lucky, boisterous typical 18-month-old dog found as a stray and taken to the local stray kennels, where he was suspected of being a banned breed and was seized by the police because of his looks not because of anything he did. This started a journey that many dogs and owners have travelled but very few for the sheer length of time involved.
I would look after Blitz during his stay at the kennels and right from day one he stole a piece of my heart, he was always a cheeky chappy looking for an angle to escape, always weighing up his next move. Blitz did have some dark days during his stay:
- Suspected stress fractures to legs caused by repetitive bouncing behaviours,
- He once caught his paw on the wire mesh front and partially ripped of a pad from his foot.
- Broken teeth
- Sores to front leg joints caused from licking and biting through boredom.
- An operation to remove parts of a digested kong toy.
- He was very destructive whilst in the kennels, destroying beds and bedding.
As we know dogs are social animals, Blitz’s incarceration inflicted undeserved stress and removed his ability to display normal behaviours. We would implement a kennel wide enrichment program, ensure that all dogs were exercised appropriately, and extra attention was given to dogs displaying unnatural behaviours. Blitz was one of the lucky ones that could be trusted to run off lead in the secure area whilst we were eating our lunch.
Blitz is one of the lucky ones, he had a loyal band of followers that would keep pressuring for his release, a petition for his release had over 152,000 supporters but to no avail. To my knowledge Blitz was listed for euthanasia at least twice and both times his owner and her legal team averted the situation in the final moments. After about three years I approached the police force and offered the possibility of Blitz being released to me and my wife, who also worked alongside Blitz in the kennels for a while, the response I got was that it would be a conflict of interest with the job I was in and that the costs would be over£10,000 and rising.
Leaving the kennels must be one of the lowest days of my life, I had always promised Blitz that I would be there at the end for him no matter what the outcome (as I also promised every other dog I looked after). After saying my goodbyes, I could not even talk to my colleagues I just had to leave.
We never forgot him, not for a single day.
Then out of the blue there was an opportunity for us to try again, having moved to a new house, a different county, and a new job, we now also had 4 rescued dogs to consider but, how could we not try. On contacting the legal team, they believed that this was his last hope.
I was in a university lecture when I received a call from a sergeant that I worked with previously and he wanted to come and interview us on the request of the chief constable. He knew our background, abilities, and the bond we had with Blitz. I like to tell ourselves that he believed in us and approved our suitability.
Court is a daunting place if you have not had the pleasure before, I would never normally wear a suit, but I did for this, being able to shake the hands of the legal team that had fought behind the scenes for him was a privilege
And then we won,
a victory for humanity,
The judge overturned a destruction order and advised that I should be allowed to be his “Keeper at the time”, and his guardian for rest the rest of his years. As is proving inevitable when working with this inhumane law there were hiccups and discussions between DEFRA, the courts and his legal team before an acceptably worded order was received and his release date was agreed.
On his release to us it was a huge relief that he recognised us immediately and within minutes we were rolling around free and unrestrained again as we had previously.
Blitz has proved himself to be a credit to his breed (whatever that may be).
He has accepted all our rescue dogs (Even though he apparently dislikes other dogs).
He has had to adapt to a house environment, and the COVID-19 lockdown which many people say was stressful and adversely affected their mental health, imagine how they would feel if they were locked down for 1768 days almost 5 years.
Blitz will never be the dog that he should have become, that has been taken from him by a law that unjustly victimises a dog because of what he looks like, Blitz is calm, loving, accepting, and forgiving but scratch the surface and he is nervous, anxious, unsure of what is acceptable behaviour. We are lucky that he always makes the right decisions, to be honest I could understand it if he didn’t given what he has had to endure.
We never gave up.
His supporters never gave up.
And
Most importantly Blitz never gave up.
Imprisoned for 1768 days before being released and free, although even then he is restricted to on lead walks only, always wearing a muzzle whilst in public(which crazily even includes inside his own van)and ensuring that he has valid third-party insurance. This victimises him again for his looks not his actions, unfortunately he will always be categorised as dangerous and banned regardless of his temperament.
We now live a quiet simple life since leaving the kennels, as the new owners were unethically euthanising strays after 8 days if they remotely resembled bull breeds or opened their mouths to speak, after all that we have been through it was not something we could be a party too. So now in these troubled times we are dog walking, offering training advice and developing an online sales platform, in which we can offer products that we have used and tried on or gang of dogs and give an insight into how it can help you.
We will always answer questions and give advice on our experiences along the way. As well as giving updates to all Blitz’s supporters, without whom we would not be where we are now, living each day with a smile and a knowing that if we strive to do the right thing every time, together we can make a difference not just for one dog at a time but for all dogs persecuted by ill-conceived and ineffectual laws.
Never stop believing!
