HONEY was found earlier this year in Greece having been abandoned and living wild under a bridge. She was rescued and placed in a temporary foster home. Although not a full Rough Collie (we think she has some Lurcher in her somewhere), Lesley, from Foreign Dog Rescue was contacted and the wheels were put in motion to get her to the U.K. for re-homing. A Facebook appeal was put out and with the help of donations, Honey’s health issues were sorted and all her travel paperwork and transport was organised. She is now in a forever home in Cornwall.
Here is her story …
From the first time I saw Honey looking out from the Facebook photo she touched my heart – as she did with all of us and I knew I had to do something to help. It’s been quite a journey, which at times hasn’t been easy and as most of you know, the timing wasn’t great with the recent death of my husband from a brain tumour. There are no regrets though and I can’t imagine life without her. Honey is boisterous, loving and goofy. Everything a happy dog should be. She loves her walks and loves playing ball. She’d also love playing with Coco (if only he would play with her) and she spends lots of time running around him in the garden. She’s my perfect hiking buddy and walks beautifully on or off the lead – apart from when she sees something to chase that is! Honey really is the most loving dog and she seems to know when I need a bit of TLC as she rests her head on my arm and looks up at me with her big brown eyes. She has a beautiful nature and is quite a submissive dog, which means she gets on well with all other dogs and will happily either play with them or ignore them. She is very cat averse though and manically chases any that she sees. Honey was quite vocal when she first arrived and that was something we spent time working on, especially as it was annoying both for myself and Richard when he was in the final stages of his illness.  She barks loudly when there is someone at the door – which is a good thing; and she also barks loudly at birds, squirrels and any other moving thing in the garden – not such a good thing. She’s got much better though. Sometimes to get my attention she does these low little howling noises which is very cute. Unlike Coco, she has a pretty cast iron stomach and can eat most things. She was a bit of a scavenger in the beginning – anything was fair game – horse poo, sheep poo, sheep bones, lamb placenta – literally anything she could find on our walks on the moors that was even slightly edible! Now that she’s well fed every day she’s improved a bit. She absolutely adores getting muddy in puddles and rolling around in anything remotely smelly! She’s had more baths since she’s been with us than Coco has in his entire lifetime! Honey suffers from Leishmaniasis – a disease transmitted by sand flies and mosquitoes in southern European countries. She’s on daily medication with occasional blood tests to see how she’s doing. The disease is fortunately still very rare in this country, but dogs can get very poorly and it’s often fatal. Honey seems very healthy at the moment and she’ll be monitored very closely by myself and my vet. Honey is devoted to me and I’m devoted to her – and of course Coco. The two dogs get along brilliantly, although Coco sometimes has to tell her off if she’s getting a bit over the top with him. Life with Honey is certainly never boring!