Freda's diary 

25th July 2009   

Today my life started.

I had spent the last 6 or so years of my life in an awful place; I won't call it a home. I was made to have lots and lots of babies, which were all taken away from me when they were only 4 weeks old. I miss my babies so much I wander what happened to them.

I was glad to leave there as it smelt awful and I was kept in a dirty pen with other Cockers like me. We had to fight for food and we never had clean water. I hope my friends are ok. I wonder if they will ever get out of there.

That day was very strange the man who has kept me all my life carried me from my pen and gave me to a lovely lady who stroked me and told me how beautiful I was. She put me in a car, something I've never been in before, and took me away from there.
It was a very long drive during which I was passed to three other kind people before I finally found my mum. She was waiting for me in her car and she had with her three other dogs who are now my brothers and sister. (I will tell you more about them later). She cuddled me in her arms and kissed me. It was wonderful to meet her at last; I've waited so long for my own mum.

She took me to a place she called the vets. They were very kind to me but it was strange. They had a good look at me and said I had all sorts of things wrong with me and that I would need special care, I wasn't sure what they meant but I knew I was safe cause I had met my mum.