The RSPCA is making a heartfelt plea to find a home for sweet lurcher Sarah who has sadly been in the care of RSPCA Block Fen Animal Centre for a staggering 1,000 days.
Monday (12) marks the sad milestone for Sarah – who came into RSPCA care when she was just a youngster – as part of a large welfare case.
Sweet Sarah, a three-year-old lurcher, has been at RSPCA Block Fen Animal Centre in Cambridgeshire, since November 2021 and before that was at another centre from March 2021. As a result of court proceedings she only became available for rehoming in December 2022.
Other dogs in the case were rehomed – but sadly Sarah still remains. She has twice come so close to finding a family of her own – but they fell through at the last minute through no fault of her own.
Staff were so excited for her they even held out a huge banner with the word “reserved” on it because they thought she had finally got her forever home recently.
RSPCA Supervisor at the centre, Tiffany Saunders, said: “We were all just gutted when Sarah’s latest new home fell through. She was so very close – we understand completely why they had to change their minds – but it just left us all feeling so disheartened because we really thought this time she had got her own happy ever after.
“If any dog deserves a family of their own its Sarah – before she came to us her life had been awful she was shut in a kennel all the time – didn’t know how to walk on a lead and had to be carried out of the venue she was rescued from.
“She’s since come on leaps and bounds and she loves nothing more now than the freedom of having a zoomie in our exercise paddock. She’s also been such a support to new dogs that come into the RSPCA care – we have watched her comforting other dogs in the kennels next to her and she’s even tried to share her ragger toy with them to play with her.
“She’s recently had her first big day out when she took part in a charity sight hound walk and she was such a good girl – she didn’t put a paw wrong and she really did enjoy her day.
“Sarah is a kind, gentle, stunningly beautiful girl – and I do not know why this lovely girl is still waiting. We decided to make a little video highlighting how wonderful she is because we know somewhere out there her perfect parents are waiting for her.
“We hope seeing how long Sarah has been waiting for her own family, someone out there will come forward.”
Sarah is a sweet natured, cheeky girl, with so much personality. She initially comes across as being shy but once she is bonded with you she is very loving and cheeky.
She loves nothing more than zooming around and playing with her male friends at the centre.
She is so playful! She is very affectionate when she is bonded with you and loves climbing on your lap for cuddles and kisses.
Due to her only being used to a kennel environment she will find settling into a new home and new situations quite overwhelming at first. She will need some further training when teaching her day to day commands and when out on walks.
The centre is looking for experienced Lurcher owners to take on Sarah. She is a very shy/timid girl when it comes to meeting new people so she will require a few meets to the centre for her to be comfortable enough around potential adopters before they can take her home.
To find out more please fill in an adoption application for Sarah.
