I recently moved up to Snells Beach and am living near Lifeway College, who run a "Boot Camp" (precursor to a Bible College course - "character-building" stuff, you know!). I have two boarders that run the PT part of the course and last night they announced they would be up at 3 o'clock this morning in order to wake everyone up at Boot Camp to do a long walk and run. I never heard them leave, but got woken up by the whole group jogging outside our house (on their way back up the road) at 6.47 a.m. Then my 3-year-old son woke up - he was quite happily sleeping in until 8.30 a.m. during the holidays!

I was wondering whether I was crazy or not, taking on such "unusual" boarders, when my son turned the TV on. "Best in Show" was on - and I was only half-watching it, as it was about some Poodles. Then, suddenly, I was wide awake and staring at Denise! Simon was meeting his little girl for the first time. There was Skye, Hogan and Maya larger than life and photos of Yani - right before my eyes! What an emotional program that was to watch! Maya was just a pup! The footage was filmed when there were around 211 (can't remember exact number) dogs rescued. Dudley is #511 and GSRT has kept up this amazing work totally unwaveringly, with all the tragedies it involves. I guess the elation of saving a life from the blue juice, or a lifetime of abuse/neglect and the satisfaction of matching dog to new forever home, must outweigh all the tragedies! Thanks for keeping on going through it all, Denise and Team! We appreciate you!

Alison and Dudley #511