[Michael Romanos]

Connie is an 8 year old Pembroke Corgi in good health, who was a comformation show performer for six years. She became a rehoming Corgi some two years ago and an elderly lady not far from where I live took her over. Now the lady recently had a stroke which followed quite serious hip problems and she left Connie at her house to be fed etc by a close by neighbour. Apparantly Connie has not been exercised (walked etc) for well over two months nor groomed or bathed, and when I looked on her, she was considerably overweight. Anyway I found out all this when the owners daughter phoned me. The daughter has two young children and has only very recently acquired two (yes, two) 'designer' puppies. The daughter wanted me to take Connie over for possible rehoming or at least fostering until her mother could decide if she could continue coping with Connie if she was sufficiently recovered. The daughter actually lived about a five minute drive away from her mother in an upmarket suburb.
Now I decided that the daughter could/should manage Connie who is a typical Pem though apparantly not well disposed towards men. The daughter is a novice with dogs even though she had puppies but in my opinion, Connie would give her some valuable insight into caring for dogs. Connie was in need of a bath, grooming and the poor thing urgently needed a programme of exercise and attention. And she was the daughter of the owner and Connie was not unknown to the daughter. So it was resolved that the daughter would at least take Connie over for Xmas, give a bath etc. Bit it never happened. Connie continued to be neglected. Another neighbour of the elderly owner was 'looking after Connie - but no bath, no grooming, no exercise - no collar or leash could be found and the neighbour had no financial arrangement to buy a collar and leash. I wiped my hands of the matter becaise it wasn't a rescue matter in my opinion - there was the rich, young daughter............
What do you think?