Dear all at Poplar Farm
Kennels
We want to thank you with all our hearts
for bringing Holly into our lives. She has totally changed us for
the better and we love her to pieces. It is hard to believe that
one small furry friend can have such an impact on you, but she
became part of the family immediately and everyone who meets Holly
falls in love with her too. I was surprised at how quickly she
settled into our home. She is very obedient and loves just being
with us. We had an accident on the carpet on the first night, but
as soon as she knew her surroundings she was right at home. We
didn't hear a bark for the first week, but now she has a great 'big
dog' bark which she does use if someone comes to the door. However
as soon as you open the door, the visitor is treated as a long lost
friend and welcomed into the home!
We live in the countryside and every
morning at 6am I wake up and take Holly for her early morning walk.
As soon as she hears the bedroom door open, she is waiting at the
bottom of the stairs with one of her toys and the whole of her body
is wagging along with her tail. She has never tried to come
upstairs and so we haven't encouraged her. It is a pleasure to
come downstairs and be licked and fussed over and made to feel the
most important person in the world. She loves the first walk of
the day and spends her whole time rushing from one scent to another,
sniffing out the wildlife, but never actually catching anything!!
When there is frost on the long grass, she bounds through the field
with her head down so she can get covered in frost! I love watching
her enjoying the freedom of running around and I have become very
fit in the process.
She has been quick to make friends with
other dogs in our village and we have a super area to walk where
lots of dogs come to play and socialise. She is very popular, as
she doesn't bark at other dogs and she is keen to chase and be
chased. At times there might be up to ten dogs all racing around
and playing with sticks, running in and out of the river and
generally having fun. As a result, I have made some new friends in
the village and we all chat whilst we are walking around the field
or watching the dogs play like children. Sometimes we can be out
for a couple of hours as none of them want to go home! Holly has
some special friends and is always disappointed if we go to
riverside park and there are no other dogs to play with!
She is such a good girl that we can take
her everywhere. She goes to work with Steve and everyone loves her
in the office. If she is at home with me or has gone to walk with
my mum, she is missed. Even the children in my class ask about her
everyday and some of them have her picture as a screen saver, as she
has been into school to meet them all! We took her to meet Steve's
Nan who is in an old people's home and she had a lovely time being
patted by all the people and hovering up the crumbs from their
biscuits!!
I am pleased to say that she has lost
weight and is looking very trim - I think it is due to all the
exercise she is getting and we have certainly lost weight and
trimmed up ourselves (which is no bad thing!)
We would now be lost without our little
girl. Having had lots of disappointments in not being able to have
children, Holly has filled a void in our lives. She found us at a
time when we needed to love and be loved and we will always be
grateful to you for bringing such joy into our home.
We hope you are managing to have the
same success with the other dogs.
With very best wishes,
Steve and Julie Mesher
and Holly xxxx
