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PET PROTECTION
one – Posy, we call her – she’d make a gorgeous pet. But even though we put the details up on the website, we just don’t get enough people coming to see us. Four or five visitors a week, usually. We’ve had Posy for nearly a month now.”
“Must be expensive to keep them all – the food, and paying to keep these pens warm.” Maya’s dad reluctantly said goodbye to Posy, and moved on to look at the elderly Labrador in the next pen. He was sitting down, about the only dog that was, but he was thumping his huge black tail on the concrete floor, and panting excitedly.
“This is Barney. He’s a darling – his owner couldn’t look after him any longer, because he had to move in with his daughter’s family. It’s a huge change for an old dog like Barney, coming here, but he’s been so good.” Lucy stroked him, and Barney closed his eyes and slobbered happily. “He’s going to be hard to rehome. Everyone wants puppies, you see. Not a grand old man like Barney.”
“You shouldn’t have brought me here, Maya,” her dad muttered. “I could take the lot of them home. He’s great.”
“Anna would have a fit,” Maya pointed out. “Mum too. And Henry would never speak to us again.”
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