{"id":3634,"date":"2024-06-27T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T14:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottishspca.org\/news-scotlands-loneliest-dog-finally-gets-her-forever-home\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T11:05:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T11:05:58","slug":"scotlands-loneliest-dog-finally-gets-her-forever-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottishspca.org\/news\/scotlands-loneliest-dog-finally-gets-her-forever-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland&#039;s loneliest dog finally gets her forever home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"paragraph-5820\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--content-with-summary paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-content-with-summary field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Scotland\u2019s loneliest dog has finally found her forever home after spending an astonishing 767 days in our care.<\/p>\n<p>\nFive-year-old Roxy has spent almost half of her life living in kennels at our Lanarkshire Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Staffordshire bull terrier was given up by her previous owner after a change in their life circumstances meant they couldn\u2019t look after her any longer.<\/p>\n<p>\nInitially Roxy found life at our centre difficult but with the hard work and support of staff she gradually improved and learned to love life again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nBut despite us putting out numerous appeals for a new home, Roxy continued to be overlooked by potential owners. That was until Gerrard Brown and his daughter Dawn visited the centre and saw Roxy\u2019s picture on the wall.<\/p>\n<p>\nGerrard said: \u201cWe instantly fell in love with her face. The team managed to arrange a meeting that same day. She came out bouncing about and was an instant bundle of joy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThe whole family went down again to meet her and we all took her for a walk. We arranged another couple of visits and then fostered her for two weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cIt all went well and we completed the paperwork for her to come home with us and be officially part of our family.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cShe\u2019s settled in well to our family environment. She\u2019s very relaxed, and we\u2019re focusing on training and getting her used to family-life. She\u2019s been loving getting spoiled with new toys!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<article class=\"align-center media media--type-image media--view-mode-full\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__label visually-hidden\">Image<\/div>\n<div class=\"field__item\">  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/full_content\/public\/2024-06\/448626166_2012807185803622_1497814901735489817_n.jpg?itok=URltbXR-\" width=\"847\" height=\"847\" alt=\"Roxy in the car\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" class=\"img-fluid\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>Roxy has finally found her forever home but we are changing the way they work to ensure no animal has to spend that length of time in a kennel environment again.<\/p>\n<p>Rehabilitation Operations Lead Rachael Maclean said: \u201cThankfully Roxy\u2019s case is rare as we want to find animals their forever home as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year we saw a 25% increase in arrivals to our animal rescue and rehoming centres across Scotland, with 6,944 animals taken into our care in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also rehomed 3,881 animals to loving new homes, fostered 459 animals, and treated 5,163 wild animals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur aims for 2024 are to enhance our adoption and fostering services with an expanded team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis means getting animals into the right homes faster and improving the experience for animals, fosterers and adopters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in rehoming an animal please visit the our website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishspca.org\/rehome\/rehome\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read our Impact report for more information on our work\u00a0in 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishspca.org\/news\/our-impact-in-2023-and-doing-things-differently\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland\u2019s loneliest dog has finally found her forever home after spending an astonishing 767 days in our care. Five-year-old Roxy has spent almost half of her life living in kennels at our Lanarkshire Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre. 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