I always refer to them as 'my boys' and i am seriously considering getting an older rescue one, but they dont hang around.
You fill the form out, get approved and within a few days you'll have a dog. There are 2 rescue societies for the breed. 1 only deals with UK dogs and the ocassional irish dog, but the other one takes dogs from spain etc with no history. Not the sort of dog i want.
Lots of thinking to do as i might need to change the car in a perfect world as a dog will destroy the inside of the car.
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