Matilda The Pug

For the last couple of years our oldest daughter has been more than a little bit obsessed by Pugs.  She had cushions, phone covers, calendars and anything else except the actual Pug.

We already have our Agent P who is a gorgeous laid back ex racing greyhound.  We rehomed 'Perry' as she's affectionately known at the same time we bought our first camper, so she's been with the Custard's right from the off.

As some of you might already know greyhounds make excellent pets as they are very gentle souls who love cuddles and only need two short (20 minute) walks a day and will spend the rest of the time snoozing on the sofa.  For a good few months now we've been thinking of getting a 'friend' for Perry and I'd been looking at so many beautiful dogs that needed rehoming particularly from Clarks Farm Greyhound Rescue as this is where we got our Agent P from,  however our daughter had other plans.

She really wanted a Pug of her own but the price had always been a major hurdle, so when she found out Dan worked with someone who's wife Julie rehomes ex breeding Pugs, her dreams gained momentum but several months later no Pugs had come up, so she'd just about given up hope of owning her own and I was trying to persuade her to get a greyhound instead.

Zac, a 10yr old Greyhound who is still looking for a home of his own..

Then early one Monday morning Dan received an urgent message that Julie had 'Matilda' a four year old ex breeding Pug that desperately needed a home but if we wanted her it we had to make a decision fairly quickly as she had to collect her by the end of the week.  Our concern was not taking on another dog as we've always had dogs and they've always been rescue ones so we were confident we would cope with any issues, however we weren't so sure Perry would accept Matilda as she is quite unsure of other dogs and doesn't know how to play with them.  Julie was more than happy to take Matilda on herself if Perry and her didn't settle so it was all agreed, Sunday we would have a new member of the Custard crew.

She's a funny looking thing, a bit over weight and due to having too many puppies she's definitely got some 'udder' issues but she is cute and does make us laugh.  My daughter is besotted with her and Perry while not 'besotted' has accepted her and reluctantly lets Tilly (as we call her) onto her bed.  I wouldn't say their mates but things are going well.

Tilly hasn't come out in the campers yet but hopefully she'll love them as much as we do otherwise it's going to be a bit awkward to be a custard dog!

Kerry x