Monty

Monty, what can we say about Monty? He is a 3 year old, American bulldog, a loveable goofball with 3 brain cells (which never meet). He adores other dogs and is content with the slightest bit of attention, bestowing love, body slams and licks to anybody he knows. But… monty has a different side… a side that will be more easily understood by knowing somewhat of his past. 2 years ago, we received an urgent plea for help for a dog who was going to be put to sleep. On a gentle spring day, the kind where birds sing, tender flowers rear their heads and living beings feel anew with hope of better things to come, we are told that Monty’s owner drove him to a park, dragged him from his car, screamed into his face, got back into his car and drove off, leaving a bewildered, 15 month old pup to fend for himself. This in itself would be heart wrenching enough but we are also told that further information came to light that the same man who dumped Monty also stabbed another dog in the home to death....

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