MEET Dougal: The cool customer
Dougal is the undisputed king of playing it hard to get (with both dogs AND humans). Living with two ladies, he’s spoiled for choice, and runs rings around them both. If he was on Tinder, he’d be a MENACE — that boy loves the chase. When it comes to us humans, we’ve learned to play it cool. Approach him for a cuddle and he couldn’t seem less interested. Turn your back to walk away and he’s all up in your grill, ready for a belly rub. His motto? ‘Treat ‘em mean, keep ‘em keen.’ It's working...
This boy will leave you on read and still steal your heart
D’ya fancy helping us provide for Dougal’s veterinary care, in exchange for pics and updates from him each quarter? It'll 100% be the email you most look forward to.
SPONSOR DOUGALDOUGAL'S STORY
During one of our CNVR programmes, Janey (our founder) and Abbie, one of our nurses were awaiting our dog catching team to return with a truck full of healthy dogs needing a neuter and vaccine, but they were taking a while!
Chomping at the bit to do more, Janey and Abbie also set off out in the hope of finding some more dogs to bring back with them. It was soon clear why the dog catchers had been gone for a while – the midday sun was blazing down and there wasn’t many dogs to be found! When it’s the peak heat of the day we often find that dogs hide away in the shade or their secret spots, waiting for the cooler part of the day.
About to turn around and give up, they spotted Dougal trotting down the road with a suspicious looking half stump on one of his front legs. Curious to see what was going on, they pulled over and wondered if they might have a chase on their hands – but Dougal hopped up to them right away, friendly as ever to say hello!
We’re still unsure as to how Dougal came to have half a leg, but we suspect a monitor lizard may have attacked him! Poor little lad. So he was scooped up and taken back to our pop-up CNVR clinic for further inspection. As he was such a little chiller, Janey left him in her car (with the AC on) to have a snooze for a while as the dog catchers had returned with the next batch of dogs.
After a while, he was taken out of the car and popped in a crate – which he somehow managed to break out of! Dougal zoomed down the garden towards the open gates, with Janey chasing behind him. However, he came face-on with a monitor lizard (oh the irony!), stopped dead in his tracks, looked back at Janey and decided that letting her pick him up and take him back to the crate was the best choice after all.
He came to stay at WECare and had his leg fully amputated – where he adjusted to three-legged life like a duck to water. He’s now living with us, along with a few of his other three-legged besties – Poppers and Guinness – until we find him the perfect home. If you’d like to sponsor our darlin’ Dougal, we’d all love ya forever!
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By sponsoring one of our resident dogs, not only are you funding their cushty life at WECare, but you’re also supporting our life-saving work for the street dogs of Sri Lanka. Did someone say ‘value for money’?
Welcome to Dougal's daily mayhem
Dougal’s got his daily routine down to a fine art. He wakes up in the resident dog garden, has a big stretch, then trots over for breakfast with his pals. After that it’s time for some important business: chasing monitor lizards, barking at passing monkeys, and doing his best to start a game of play-fight with anyone who looks remotely up for it.
Midday is usually reserved for sunbathing or sniffing every single blade of grass in the garden, just in case something’s changed. And of course, no Dougal day is complete without charming the team into handing over a few extra treats — he’s got it down to a look.
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