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Dare to Dream Have you ever wished deeply for something but done nothing about it? Maybe you thought it was better not to dream so as not to be disappointed. Perhaps you wanted something really badly but just shrugged and thought ‘What’s the point? Dreams might come true for other people but they won’t for me’. A couple of months ago, when I felt ready for another dog after losing Sappho, my beautiful Sheltie X Collie in May, I started my search. A new puppy would have been too much for me, so it had to be an older dog. And I didn’t just want another dog - I wanted one like Sappho. I signed up with Sheltie groups, registered with several rescue organisations and spent hours looking at rescue dogs. It seemed as though I had set my heart on the impossible. The intensity of my search grew. I am not a Facebook fan, but I had it open day and night for a month because something told me I had to be there. And then, out of the blue, our lovely editor Ros Redfern, with whom I’d been chatting about dogs before Christmas, sent me a picture of a Romanian rescue dog from her Facebook feed. Immediately I knew I’d found my dog. I felt it viscerally. He was just like my Sappho, but a little smaller. I applied. But by the time my application was processed, he’d been given for adoption to someone else. That was such a blow. I told myself there would be another perfect dog waiting for me. I checked Facebook almost hourly. Three weeks later, Ros messaged me. ‘My’ dog was available again. I too had seen him on Facebook and had already asked for him through the feed, AND sent a private message, AND emailed them. This was my dog. I knew it. And I couldn’t lose him.
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I didn’t. Theo came to live with me on 13 January. At 17 months, he was no longer a puppy, but he was still untrained. A rescue dog with a sweet, affectionate nature. The dog I had dreamed of and for. What was the probability of that?? I tell you this story because we don’t dream nearly enough. Maybe we try once or twice and give up too soon, or settle for something half way, not realising dreams can come true if we work with them. Share your dream with someone who will support you. (Ros is now Theo’s Fairy Dogmother!) Do whatever it takes. Does every dream come true? No, of course not. But do we give dreams a fair chance? Probably not. What would you dream for if you dared to believe your wish might come true? Dream on, and dream big!
Sonia Duggan CPCC PCC
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