HUMANS & DOGS OF ST AGNES 2015 - 2018 HUMANS & DOGS OF ST AGNES HELLO FROM HADOSA Hello. Josie and Viv here, the humans HaDoSA jaunt. This is for those dogs, gone but behind the Humans & Dogs of St Agnes not forgotten. Edition: 2015-2018 HaDoSA 1 (HaDoSA) project. It has also always been the intention of HaDoSA to We have loved being out and about in the village create a book that could be used to raise money for in the past few years meeting the people and their local dog rescues. pooches who live in (or visit) St Agnes. Finalised during the challenging days of the We both share a passion for dogs and the village, COVID-19 pandemic, we hope it brings a ray of and quite like being nosey too - we mean chatting sunshine to all. We understand the comfort our to folk and learning all about their lives with their dogs can give us. canine friends. We’d like to ask that you make a small We hope you enjoy reading the stories of a donation to our fundraiser for Last Chance number of people who spent a few moments with Hotel, if possible, to help them us to share their ‘tails’ of life with their dog(s) as continue to provide love and much as we enjoyed gathering them. sustenance for the dogs in their care at this time. INFO This edition takes a look back at some of our first Visit justgiving.com/fundraising-edit/hadosa if you can participants. Not all of the dogs are still with us, facebook.com/humansanddogsofstagnes spare a few pennies. Thank you. including Milo, Josie’s much-missed dog, and instagram.com/humansanddogsofstagnes partner in crime with Viv’s dog Ted on many a Josie and VivApril 2020 2 3 HUMANS & DOGS OF ST AGNES Anny with Roo October 2015 Anny is a vet and when she moved to Devon for work her boss went to see a litter of Jack Russell/ Border Terrier puppies on Dartmoor, Anny went too. There was one puppy left and Anny’s boss said “you should get her”, and Anny did. Roo’s name comes from a family tradition of naming pets after Winnie the Pooh characters - there’s been a Piglet and Tigger too. “Roo is eight-years-old and has great energy, loves everyone, and can bring even the grumpiest dog round,” said Anny. Roo even goes running around St Agnes and Cornwall with Anny when she is in the mood. She has some bad habits too such as stealing balls off other dogs on the beach - watch out. 4 5 HUMANS & DOGS OF ST AGNES Rhubarb and her humans, the Red and his humans Fliss, Troy and Nason family. baby Sunny. November 2015 November 2015 Rhubarb (also known as Rhu-ra, Ruby and other nicknames on occasion) Red is four-years-old and has dual citizenship. is a two-year-old ee-red Border Collie. And that makes her pretty unique in the Collie breed as it means she is a lovely redhead. He started life in Australia, where he was surrendered to the pound when he was just seven Rhubard lives in the village with her humans Mark and Joceline Nason, months old. and their children Barnaby, Lily-May and Isaac (not in the photo as he had other business to attend to on the day). Fliss and her husband Troy rescued the handsome Kelpie/collie cross and he continued to live there “Before moving to St Agnes, we were living on a farm and wanted to get with them until earlier this year. a dog that would be good around animals, had lots of energy, that could come out with us all when we went cycling and could take part in agility. In June, he took a 24-hour flight to the UK to join Rhubarb is pretty good at agility and loves doing it for fun.” Fliss and Troy to live in St Agnes. After researching dog breeds, the family decided on this red-coloured Fliss said: “Red is obsessed with water - he can Collie and when they went to see her in the litter they were “sold” - the go all day on the beach chasing and biting the family also love the fact that she looks like a fox too. Her best friend is breakwater. He also loves the water outfall on a cat and Rhubarb loves to play with lemons and feathers. Trips to the St Agnes beach. He runs up the tunnel and the other beach are fun as she loves to play with balls in the shore break, letting the day he emerged from it with a fish. He took one look waves bring them back to the beach. She is also known for being a little bit at me and promptly proceeded to eat it.” neurotic and protective of Mark but she loves cuddles and even jumps up on her back legs to put her paws over people’s shoulders to give them hugs. When she meets someone new she does tend to do a little wee - you’ve been warned. “She loves to be near us and really loves to jump on our heads to wake us up.” 6 7 HUMANS & DOGS OF ST AGNES George and his human, Emily November 2015 George, a two-year-old Jack Russell, works as His best buddy is Emily’s daughter, Eryn. They love Churchtown Arts ‘shop manager’ on Sundays and hanging out and playing with each other’s toys. His Wednesdays with his human, Emily. favourite toy is his dinosaur. His full title is George Orwell. Emily was writing a He’s really good friends with Milo (who lives with Josie dissertation about her literary hero as part of her from HaDoSA) and with Emily’s sister’s dogs, Murray English degree when canine George came into her life. and Clive. George will be starting his own Facebook page His favourite thing to do is tell Emily he loves her in soon so that everyone who knows him from his job ‘dog talk’ when she tells him she loves him. will be able to keep up-to-date with his exploits. Customers at the gift shop love him and often bring him treats and Christmas presents. “When he was a puppy he used to sit in my hoodie while I was at work - I looked pregnant.” He’s also getting quite famous as the “dog in the window” as he likes to watch the world go by when at home. 8 9 HUMANS & DOGS OF ST AGNES Dottie and her humans, Kate and Neve November 2015 Dottie is nearly four. She was born on 12 December so she has her birthday soon. She is an English Springer Spaniel but isn’t a typical one. “She’s not one for chasing rabbits and hates moving water. She doesn’t even like to go for walks when it’s raining,” Kate said. She’s not keen on the dark either and can be nervous around big dogs, although her best friend is called Barnie and is a big collie who she can actually stand under. Neve had never been fond of dogs until previous neighbours got a Labrador puppy and she went on walks with them and started to save for her own. “My godmother breeds Springers. When we went to see them Dottie chose Neve as she kept playing with her and sitting on her lap. We also needed a dog who would be good around horses and she will now follow Neve when she takes her pony out.” Dottie can be a little bit lazy but at the same time is full of beans and loves to play with people, but if she gets nervous she likes to sit on their feet. She had a litter of 8 puppies in June this year but she (yes, Dottie) said: “I’m not doing that again, it was too much like hard work.” 10 11 HUMANS & DOGS OF ST AGNES Bear and his human, Bill. November 2015 Bear is the newest, much-loved Labrador owned by (or who have owned) Bill and his family. Bill has been the publican at the St Agnes Hotel for the past seven years. “In the past 18 months, we sadly lost our previous dogs, Buster and Molly but felt ready to look for our next dog in the Spring this year. “We went to Devon to originally get a chocolate brown female puppy, but when we were viewing the litter, a car backfired outside and the litter scattered. There was this little black male puppy who stood his ground and was looking up at me, and I thought, that’s the one for us.” Bill’s daughter Lily came up with the new pup’s name on the drive home. Bear is now nine months old, a real daddy’s boy, going everywhere with Bill. He’s becoming a Lola and Alfie with their humans, Helen and Dave - November 2015 good guard dog (although he’s frightened of the hoover), loves everyone and everything and is When Helen took on Lola, she certainly got more than she bargained for. Lola was eight-months-old and turning into a model pub dog. was being advertised in the local newspaper as needing to be rehomed. Originally Viv and Ted from HaDoSA offered her a new home, but let’s just say Lola and Ted didn’t get When asked where Bear sleeps Bill admits that on too well. That’s when Helen kindly stepped in, offering to have the feisty Lola as it was obvious she although adamant the new dog would not preferred humans to hounds.