It was last August (2010) that Trevor and Frankie, a golden retriever and black cocker spaniel arrived at the kennels in very sad circumstances.
Their owner, Trudi Martland had rehomed them before leaving Spain to return to the U.K. only to discover that the new owner had promptly abandoned them in a garden in Bel Air.
She brought them to ADANA with the hope that we might be able to rehome them together or that they could have their blood tests done and could then go back with her.
She didn’t get the tests done as there is then a 6 month delay before the dogs would be able to enter the U.K.
Knowing that Ann and Pieter Somer were looking for this type of dog, we called them and Trevor went almost immediately to live in Sotogrande and is now known as George. Ann and Pieter would have loved to take Frankie as well but felt unable to take on two dogs. The following is a quote from Ann: “We rescued a very frightened boy who wouldn't even go for walks, now a walk is the highlight of his day. He is a wonderful, loving and perfect pet for us. We are blessed to have found him”
Frankie took a few more weeks before being spotted by Lorraine Beale on 1st October. She saw Frankie on our website and was so upset by his story having been separated from his lifelong friend that she fell in love with him and bought him as a silver wedding anniversary present.
Lorraine already had two other English Cocker Spaniels; Alfie and Louis and had heard about ADANA after moving to Spain 7 years ago. She looked at all the refuges on the Costa del Sol and we were one of the two refuges she was drawn to. She says:
” He follows us everywhere we go and is rarely seen without his teddy bear, he gets on so well with the other two dogs and is so well behaved when we take him to our groomer Rachel at Posh Pets. I hope that Trevor has also found his forever home and that he is happy, I often think of him and how hard it was to be separated from Frankie and also think of the family that left them both but I am grateful every day that they did because we couldn't imagine life without him now.”
In August 2010 we received an email from Wendy and Rory who spend much of their life at sea and were looking for a suitable canine companion to share their life - on and off shore. They had a Westie in mind but not having many of those at the kennels Helen got on the case and suggested "Dixie" a very cute Jack Russell cross. 
