●“Kandy”: ‘The rest is history.’

Les, Zoe and Andrew met Kandy in the beginning of
March 2008. Les had had visited Danewalk on his own
to look at "Jack". We had gone through the request
procedure and passed, had a home visit from Adam &
Adele with Rumble and Zoonie.

             When we visited the first time we met up with Sam
from Mal rescue who was extremely good and helped us
with the choice, first of all we all met Jack who was a
big lad and very boisterous; our son was wary of him
because of his size (Andrew was 16 at the time so not
small himself).
             Next we met Tiny, who was lovely but then out
came Kandy and the rest, as they say, is history!
She and Tiny had come from the same house and were with another male mal and a Jack Russell terrier - the combination didn't work and this was one of the reasons why they were given up.
             Although we decided on Kandy we had a holiday booked so we visited again before the holiday, on returning we drove back up to Yorkshire and collected her. She has fitted in with us almost from the beginning and as time has gone on get's more at home, she has absolutely no malice in her and loves cuddles. She has made a big change in our lives and in some ways hasn't read the mal rule book but put the lead on and she does what a mal should - pull although she is half of a usual mal!

 

●“Indyanna”: ‘Loved to bits.’

             Indyanna is this Norfolk family’s second rescue Malamute. She started out as “Misha” but  in the Fall of 2008 joined her new pack and forever family—including another Malamute, Aslan, a Laborador retriever and (wait for it!) FIVE miniature schnauzers!

             Her new owner, Neen, writes: “Indyanna is a joy and has settled into our home and life as if she has always been there...she’s made good friends, too, with all the other dogs. There isn’t a cross moment between then and for us it’s so much

fun. Yes, it’s a happy pack, if an odd combination,” she continues, “but the Mals just love the little ones—which surprised and delighted me. In fact, we just had a litter of five ‘Minis’ and Indyanna is sooooo sweet when Jasmin the Mum lets her in for a peep at the new pups.”

             Aslan and Indyanna are off to Aviemore for the sled dog races (January 2009) and everyone is looking forward to it greatly.

             “She is my constant companion and I love her to bits,” says Neen, “so thanks to all the folks at Rescue who helped to make it happen.”

             And thanks to Neen and her family for making it happen for Indyanna, too.

●“Dushan”: ‘Oh, I’m a travellin’ man, woo woo…’

             I joined Sarah and John at the end of January 2006 and now live in a cottage surrounded by commons and woodland in Hertfordshire. My new life involves a lot of travelling which is very exciting! Sarah and John understand that I am a little nervous of the dark in new places, so they always pack a nightlight for me!

             My first trip was to Eastbourne, where I stayed in a hotel for the first time, walked along a beach and visited a friend in a nursing home. I have returned there many times since and have become very popular with many of the patients in wheelchairs.

             My second trip was a great adventure; walking Hadrian’s Wall from Wallsend, Newcastle to the Solway Firth (84 miles in 10 days toughened up my paws!) We stayed at Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire (the home of something called the Dambusters) on the way home.

             Sarah is a Landscape Architect and I help her with most of her landscape appraisals, walking footpaths and byways all over the country. I remember strolling through the historic centre of Chester, causing great excitement amongst the Japanese tourists! I go  to Sarah’s office regularly, sitting in on meetings and providing a canine perspective on matters.

             When Sarah and John travel abroad, we all visit a hotel in the Peak District before returning to Sue’s kennels at Moss Cottage to spend a few days with my old friends.

             On one of our trips we stayed in Exford on Exmoor and whilst there the pack bought a second home nearby. Now I can be regularly seen roaming the moorlands, the beaches and the wooded valleys of West Somerset and North Devon. Last summer, I went to the village fete and won three rosettes!

             I go to the golf club with Sarah and have learnt to wait patiently whilst she is in a bunker or on the greens or the tees. I am also a mascot for a charity golf society (they call me Wolfie!) and I travel around the country playing golf courses with Sarah and John.

             I have a larger extended pack which includes John’s children and Sarah’s parents (my adopted Grandma and Grandpa). Occasionally I stay with my new grandparents, because I get very sad when I’m left on my own.

             I love car journeys and watch the road ahead intently, because it normally leads to exciting new places. When I’m in the car, I start the pack singing and everyone joins in!

             In 2007, we all went to the Malamute Day in Manchester to help raise funds for AMCUK Rescue. I surprised Sarah and John by easily achieving my Kennel Club Good Citizen Bronze Award. They might even be considering putting me in for the Silver now!      

             I am well known in Berkhamsted; only the food shops will not let me in! I choose flowers for Sarah and go to the computer shop, the laundry and the hairdressers. Generally though, I just promenade up and down the High Street drawing crowds of admirers, wherever I go. I particularly love the children I meet.

             Sarah and John no longer go to restaurants, but eat in pubs instead, so that I can join them. I have learnt that, if I am good, a meaty treat will be forthcoming, outside the pub, after the meal. Needless to say, I lie very still under the table!

             My sixth birthday is coming up shortly and I am very happy with my new pack. They have taught me how to be friends with other dogs, but, if they don’t want to be friends with me, I now walk away with just a little grumble! I am usually walked on a ladder lead but there are some places where I can run freely with Sarah and John. I have also learnt not to chase deer or ponies, but rabbits and squirrels are fair game!

●“Inca”: Loves to Sing, Loves to Sleep.

             Inca entered Sharon and Steve’s lives on the 20th August 2006 aged 18 weeks. Inca was a lovely orange and white colour when we picked her up from her fosterers Charlotte and Andrew in south Wales. We thank them with all our hearts for what they had done for Inca, they had done some clicker training and tried to get her used to a crate for us.

             Inca had a long journey home and wasn’t very well on the way, and it put her off the car for a long time. Every time she got in to the car she was sick it was terrible for her and us as she couldn’t go anywhere until one day we had booked to go to Aviemore! We had packed a lot of towels to clean up as it’s 356 miles to travel. I felt sick myself but Inca wasn’t and it cured her. She has never been sick in the car since and she loves it, Inca comes almost everywhere with us now.

             What do Sharon and Steve say about Inca? Lots! “She’s the most beautiful, loving intelligent dog I know. Some times I feel like pinching myself, I can’t believe we’ve got her.  The only thing wrong with Inca is that if you let her off the lead on the field and she notices another dog with its owner Inca will run over, disregarded the dog and jump all over the owner for a cuddle so we try and use the long lead now.

             “I have been taking Inca to training classes for about five months. Inca will sit/ stay/ heel/ and now walk on a loose lead.

             “Life with Inca is never boring, we get out a lot more, the family are a lot fitter and Todd our 10 year old beagle cross thanks Inca for his daily workout and his new slim-line figure. 

             I would like to say that everyone who meets Inca falls in love with her, we have a lot of family and Inca has made a big impression on them, but it seems Inca loves her new Daddy most.

             “Inca enjoys the seaside jumping over the waves, rolling in the sand and at Aviemore, Inca also enjoyed rolling in the snow...Inca was truly at home.”

●“Blizzard”: Ready to run!

             “It was a really good rally,” says Vicci,  though the “weather was a bit naff on Saturday”, with temperatures as low as 4 Degrees C.

             Loads of folks were on hand to witness rescue girl Blizzard’s debut; Vicci was thrilled with the outcome and extra proud of Blizzard for coming along so well, so quickly, in her first season of racing.

             Six months earlier, Blizzard was a homeless dog on “death row” in Bristol. Thanks to the efforts of AMCUK Rescue and its volunteers, she was taken from the shelter and Vicci and Phill provided foster care.

             But, as often happens, once they got to know the lovely “Blizz”, they decided that she had found her “forever home”. The rest, as they say, is history. And that’s what Malamute rescue is all about.

 

Here are just a few of the dogs who have been re-homed through AMCUK Rescue. Over the past four years, more than 130 dogs have found their way to loving new homes through this organization. While not 100% of rescue placements are permanent, of the few who don’t succeed, every one has been eventually successfully re-homed.

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