Rehoboth Terrace Holiday Cottage
Rosie's Story & HYPS
Rosie got to Anglesey one last time for Christmas 2023, but very sadly took a turn for the worse on the 29th December and we had to say goodbye. She was such a special dog and we loved her so very much. She was so closely interconnected to our business, it's hard to carry on without her.
We posted on Facebook with some of our best photos of her holidays - you can see it here.
We never imagined when we took her on, that she'd see her 16th birthday, and then nearly 4 additional months. The last couple of years we've been familiar figures, pushing her around in a buggy so she could still get to the beach and dunes she loved so much.
In February, we adopted another rescue, Roxy - a husky cross, also nearly 8, and also a bit overweight! She will start to feature on our Facebook posts (once she's well enough behaved to travel on trains!) but Rosie will live on through our wonderful photos and memories. She was such a great poster dog, and provided more advertising material than we can use in one lifetime!
Roxy came from a different local rescue, but we will continue with our donations to HYPS in Rosie's memory.
Rosie's Story
When I was 8, the only family I’d ever known had to rehome me because their grandchild developed an allergy to me.
I was taken to Helping Yorkshire Poundies in Rotherham and found myself living in a noisy kennel for the first time in my life.
One very hot day, a couple came to take me for a walk. I liked them immediately – I could tell they were very very sad and needed me in their lives. They had lost their 14 year-old collie cross, Gypsy, just 3 weeks before, and although still grieving, knew that they could offer a great home to someone like me.
The next day, they came again and we went to visit a lady who was to become my human grannie. She also looked very sad, and I knew I needed to make a special fuss of her and win her over..... it took about 15 minutes, even though she had been sure she wasn't ready to love another dog.
[I'm very good at making humans love me!]
The people there were lovely, but I really missed my home :-( All the volunteers fell in love with me, but no one was interested in adopting me because I wasn’t young anymore. I was also very overweight, which made me seem even older.
A week later, I was driven to a house and my new life began. And what a life!!! I get walks every day (often squirrel-hunting in the woods), the whole family shower me with love and attention, and after a few weeks I was taken to this amazing house near fantastic beaches and told I had inherited a holiday let from Gypsy. How lucky was I??
So now I’m living a fairytale life :-) I’ve lost 6kg and carry myself with pride. I've rediscovered a huge enthusiasm for life and, where they once worried about me keeping up with their active lifestyle, my humans now struggle to keep up with me!
I am part-owner of a holiday home, and have become the "Face of Rehoboth Terrace" on Facebook. I have an agent, and earn a huge salary for my modelling...
[OK.... the last bit hasn't happened yet.... but it will soon... I've been reading up on the subject... my humans say I've an online-spending habit and have cost them a fortune already, so it's the least I can do... but surely this kind of exploitation is illegal??]
I have a wonderful life in Sheffield, and every few weeks we get to go on the train to my holiday home and I run wild on the beach and swim in the sea and river, and occasionally make myself ill by drinking the sea!
The dunes are super-exciting - I try to take my humans on rabbit hunts every day!
I started out a bit wary of getting my feet wet, but now I love nothing better than splashing about in the river and sea, and have become quite an accomplished swimmer. My humans bought me a life jacket to give me a bit more confidence and it certainly did the trick! I don't need it when the sea is calm, but I wear it when the waves are big - I've become quite the surf-dog!
Now I have a life jacket, my humans are talking about taking me on the Puffin Island boat trip. I'm not sure how me wearing a life jacket is going to help when I knock someone overboard in my excitement..... but if there's one thing I've learnt in life it's that humans can't be told!!
But anyway.... I've wanted to swim with puffins for, like, EVER!!!!!........ Well...... at least since I found out about the Puffin Island boat trip yesterday....... so I'm VERY excited about it, and shall be reporting back about my once-in-a-lifetime experience.... :-)
[.......... what ARE puffins exactly???]
Despite the wonderful life l now lead, I haven’t forgotten my roots, and how lucky I was to be taken in by Helping Yorkshire Poundies.
We donate at least £10 from every booking to HYPS so more dogs like me can be given a 2nd chance. Every now and then we run special offers that include much bigger donations, so like our Facebook page and you won’t miss them!
Thinking of getting a dog? Go and visit your local rescue – as soon as one of us is rehomed, another can be given our lifeline. We all deserve a chance.
Can't commit to a dog long-term? Have you thought about fostering? Can't foster? Have you thought about volunteering or donating? Can't do that? Then help promote by sharing dogs for adoption and dog rescue fundraising events. All it takes is one click :-)
Is there anything bad in my new life?
Yes.
Beach Selfie-Time
As I have a beach holiday every month, I have to endure this on an all-too-frequent basis.
It's just not cool :-(
Rosie
The Face of Rehoboth Terrace
2016