The Blue Cross said in their report about nala that she was not good with new people and new dogs. So I would assume that being in a pen with 8 people, only 1 that she knew, 2 that she hadn’t seen for a month, everyone watching her, using a gentle leader that she always hated and a dog in the next pen barking at her would not be the best solution to examine how good we are with her, but thats what they did. We didnt get any direction on what to do. Hell, I found it hard to focus. To me it is no surprise. I had never seen her that badly behaved. Since she was taken off us, she has gone down hill a lot. The blue cross can deny it all they want, but the evidence is there.

Since nala was taken from us she has developed so many dangerous characteristics in her personality that she does now need someone very experienced.
She had NEVER had any problems with other dogs or other people. We socialized her with people and dogs and she never acted in the way they found her to act once they had torn her from a loving home into a kennel.
How are the fosterer’s supposed to prepare a dog for a new home when they are not experienced? How can you get experience when the blue cross fail to provide support and then scheme behind your back?

I really like Kim Hamilton and think she is a genuine, good person. But that negates from the fact that because Denise Young was at the very least lying about us behind our backs and planning the transfer of nala without talking to us about it or informing us that it was happening. Nala was torn from her home and is now doomed as she has developed so many problems she needs a handler with much more experiance. I want the Blue Cross to be the best charity in the uk and as such, I will be calling for the sacking of Denise Young. I have only mentioned the things I can prove. I have talked to a lot of the people involved within the fostering scheme at both a fosterer and coordinator level. Everyone has told me the same thing, no support is provided and the dogs do not get the help that the fosterer’s and the dogs need. Everyone said that they were planning on leaving the service as they are not helping any dogs and just making them worse.

As most of you will know, both Denise Young and Steve Goody told us that if we wanted to adopt nala, we would only have to complete the paperwork. There would be no assessment, there would be no report and no decisions on the part of the blue cross. However, we had to decide very very quickly. Both Denise Young and Steve Goody refused to give us extra time to investigate it. Denise Young wanted us to decide in the car park! Even after arguing about it, she only gave us until the following morning. I dont understand this and never have done. We are now left knowing for a fact that if we had rushed into a decision without looking into it fully, we would have nala now and wouldnt have had to fight for her. The blue cross wanted us to make a rash decision knowing full well that we did not have the info at hand.