We love to stay in touch with the people who adopt our dogs, to hear all about their wonderful lives together. Sometimes the adopters are kind enough to tell us just how much the experience has meant to them, and recommend Rottie Rumble & Friends Rescue to other people. A few of their stories are reproduced here.
Daisy
by Lorraine Laxon-Savage
Jayne and I have known each other for a few years through the auctions that she runs to raise money for sanctuaries in need. After I sadly lost my Rottweiler JD to cancer in 2022, I decided that his sister Elsa needed the company of another Rottie as she had never been on her own. I reached out to Jayne as I knew that she would find the dog most suited to our family 🐾
Soon Jayne contacted me about Daisy and told me where she was living – the videos showed a beautiful pup aged 6 months who was chained up and barely fed or given water… she didn’t even have a name. Thankfully she was rescued from this hell and Jayne gave me first refusal. I knew straight away that this baby girl was perfect 🐾
We arranged to collect Daisy together at Manchester airport a few weeks later and it was love at first sight ❤ It was not easy at the start, as you have to remember this pup had never really known love. She was food obsessed from being starved, but this settled after a couple of weeks. She didn’t understand English, but with love, patience and commitment we got there and now two years on Daisy is the sweetest and biggest snuggle bug diva Rottie ever. I’m blessed and thankful that Jayne trusted me to show this amazing girl that life can be good. She will be loved always x
Jayne is always there for me and Daisy. Her patience and guidance in those early weeks meant so much to us. Having a rescue pooch means going at their speed – it’s not always easy in the first few months but the rewards come from the good days and finally from your pooch feeling safe and loved 🐾
I won’t ever get a dog from anyone else as I know Jayne puts her heart and soul into matching dogs to people and if she trusts you with one then you’ll have a friend for life ❤🐾❤
Raya
by Jacki Simons
Jayne was recommended to me when I wanted to help a dog I sponsored in Romania who’d been saved from the kill shelter and was in foster over there. I asked Jayne if she could foster her in the UK and find her a home. She said yes and once all the paperwork was complete, Raya travelled to the UK and stayed with Jayne until she found her a 5* home.
This was the first of several dogs Jayne has helped from the kill shelters in Romania. She loves these dogs like her own and only the best is good enough for them. I would trust her with any dog and always trust her judgment.
Dylan-Thomas
by Steph Harries
I don’t know where to start with little Dylan-Thomas. As Jayne already had a dog in foster with her own dogs, John and I were happy to foster the new dog coming in that day. Jayne was transporting him and we were meeting at her home later.
Fast forward a few hours and we met the Patterdale Terrier now known as little Dylan-Thomas! He has to be one of the most handsome little chaps you can set your eyes on BUT don’t be taken in by those big brown eyes: an angel he is not!
Dylan-Thomas has been with us now for just over two years (another failed foster) and – although a very loving little character in every way – he’s a challenge every day out and about: pulling on the lead, reactive to anything on four legs or in a pram (and he means business despite being ten times smaller than most of his subjects), and no recall whatsoever (seeing him disappear into the distance chasing seagulls on a nature reserve was the last straw).
We have spoken to a few behaviourists; one came to the house and to be honest you could see from the start that Dylan had no interest in her way of training – as nice as she was, she just wasn’t strong enough or firm enough with him. Jayne has helped us immensely though, and at last I am able to go on walks and actually look ahead and not worry about dogs approaching us. John is also taking Dylan to classes with the Welsh Dog Whisperer, and Dylan is nearly at the stage where he will be joining a socialising class!
Dylan is a pleasure around the house and garden: never leaving your side, a real character, loving, affectionate and a bit of a comedian. Outside the cottage he is case of Jekyll and Hyde – everyone loves him and always stops to talk to us despite him never taking his eyes of their dog. Their favourite saying (and I would be a millionaire if I had a pound every time I heard this phrase): “it’s always the little ones“.
The moral of this story is think twice if ever homing a Patterdale Terrier… or T**terdale as they affectionately known in the Terrier world!
Silas
by Steph Harries
This lad broke our hearts. Jayne sent me a video of a poor old boy at a kill shelter in Romania. He had no chance of ever being rescued, but as he approached the dirty wire fencing you could see he had hope in his old eyes and his long docked tail had a little movement despite all he had been through in his life. Covered in sores, all skin and bones, and scabs all over his face probably from fighting for some scraps to eat.
John and I decided that we would adopt him for his final years. Jayne arranged all the necessary paperwork with a rescue team out in Romania, then finally the day came when the transport run bringing Silas would reach Southampton. John and I went to collect him from there but, when Silas stepped out of the van, we really thought he would never survive the trip home to West Wales. His legs were so weak that when John took him for a wee he almost fell over as he cocked his leg. He was painfully thin, covered in scabs and sores, and had a lump which looked likely to be malignant. He had already had a couple of lumps removed by the Romanian Rescue who had saved him from a fate worse than death, but this other lump remained. Despite his weakness, we got Silas into the back of our car where he fell asleep on the duvet and didn’t wake up until he was finally home in Wales.
Sadly Silas was only with us for seven months, but in that time he became a handsome big lad who absolutely loved life with Poppy and Jellybean. He was a gentleman through and through, with a temperament so gentle even after all he had endured in his life. Silas loved his walks, and his trot was not unlike a playful horse! In those seven months he holidayed on The Broads in a boat, a cottage in Norfolk and a barn in Shropshire and took it all in his stride, loving the life he should have had. He was the biggest, tallest lad we had ever adopted; through a DNA test we discovered he was not only a Rottie but he also had a little Russian Bloodhound in him.
Although he was only with us for seven months before illness took him, we hope we gave him the love he so deserved. Such a beautiful soul.
Poppy
by Steph Harries
Well, what can I say about Poppy? We were asked by Jennie if we would take in an emergency foster – an eight month old puppy who had been living in a crate at a drug dealer’s house, and who was discovered when a social worker went in to take young children away. Jennie at the rescue was contacted and, rather than Pops going into kennels when her life had been hard enough already, we agreed to foster her. With the help of Nicki, Jayne arranged to transport her from one end of the country to where John was waiting on the third leg to bring her home.
Poppy arrived with many friends in the form of fleas, so went straight into the shower on her arrival in West Wales. She was skin and bones, and something just wasn’t right around her stomach, as she was very touchy and grumpy if you went near her abdomen. The following day we took her to our vet where she was seen by the wonderful and patient Shaun. After examining Poppy and X-raying her to check for a tumour or even a pregnancy, it was discovered she had been eating cat litter as that was all she could access from her crate. There were other abnormalities down below too, which Shaun thinks may have been caused by a heavy blow or kick.
Six years on and we’re failed fosterers, as Pops is still with us and can only be described as a hooligan or thug. She has to be one of the most clumsy Rotts we have ever had, and although not the biggest of Rotts is built like a brick house! She’s very affectionate, but can get jealous and has to be involved in every activity no matter what.
Poppy loooves food. Sadly for Pops, she suffers with IBD and has to maintain a very low hypoallergenic diet. We have had a few emergencies due to her IBD where we have nearly lost her, as she can be fine one second and plummet to rock bottom the next. Saying all that, we would never be without the beautiful thug that she is!
Jellybean
by Steph Harries
We have known Jayne for nigh on fifteen years since Jennie introduced us, and we have developed a great friendship inside and outside the dog world. Jayne has shared so much knowledge whenever it has been time for us to share our home with another rescue dog.
After our one-in-a-million rescue Rottie girl Maddie-Moo left to go over the Bridge we were devastated, but wanted to rescue another girl to help Jack (our Rottie lad) get over losing Maddie. We searched high and low in the UK for a suitable bitch, to no avail. When one finally came into rescue, we were told that they didn’t rehome in Wales!
Jayne then provided the name of Graham Shackleton who runs the Rescue and Rehome Sanctuary in Cyprus. Cutting a long story short, Jellybean came from Graham and has been the most chilled Rottweiler we have had the pleasure of adopting. We sometimes say the light is on but nobody’s in as Bean – as she is affectionately known – is the softest, most happy-go-lucky, friendliest girl we could have ever hoped to rescue.
Now in her golden years, she had developed osteoarthritis – especially in her elbows which, according to our ever-caring vet Shaun, exhibit the worst elbow dysplasia he has ever seen. However, Bean – as stoic as ever – has never let that get in the way of hiking, swimming, and her favourite pastime of just pushing her ball around.
Without Jayne we probably wouldn’t ever have known about Graham, so owe everything to them both for letting Bean into our lives.
Linus
by Allison Persad
Three years ago, I applied to rescue my beautiful boy Linus. I know that many people applied for him, because he was known to be good with other dogs.
I didn’t expect a reply, even though I had owned Shepherds for over thirty years, but Jayne got in touch with me and we had a chat on the phone. That led to me sending a video of my garden as well as a vet reference, which she said sealed the deal 😘
Jayne drove me and my husband all the way to Cornwall to meet this boy (a fifteen hour round trip!) and the rest is history. Jayne asks for regular updates and visits us when she’s in our area as we are two hours apart.
Jayne also had a helping hand in supporting another rescue, as she worked closely with us when we fostered a GSD puppy that my daughter later adopted, and who now has a wonderful home.
by Ruth Cragg
I’ve had two dogs from Jayne in the period that I’ve known her. She takes time to thoroughly evaluate each dog that passes through the rescue, and uses her years of experience to provide the best start to the dog’s new life with a loving family. She is always available to give advice if any problems occur, and always has the dog’s best interests first in everything – often even putting them before herself.
I would most definitely recommend Jayne to give an honest assessment as to which dog will fit with which family. She will not place a dog with just anyone who asks, which is no bad thing.