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It’s official… Snowy is home. Forever. Happy Birthday Apollo

Some of you will remember Snowy Apollo turns 12!
joining BTRF back in May 2025 after his
world had been turned upside down. We love keeping in touch with our adopters,
He arrived anxious, sore, and needing so we get to hear about birthdays and gotcha
both emotional and physical support. days!
What he found was something very Recently, this lovely lad celebrated a very
special. special milestone.
With time, patience, veterinary care, Apollo joined his family back in 2019, and has
and the quiet understanding of a highly just celebrated his 12th birthday! Here he is
experienced foster home, Snowy showing off his birthday toys and treats! He is
began to settle. He grew brighter. clearly living his very best life!
More comfortable. More himself. And Seeing updates like this is such a reminder of
somewhere along the way, something what rescuing and re-homing is all about. He
else happened… has absolutely settled into a life full of love,
His foster carer - and her mum - completely fell in love with him. We had a feeling he wasn’t comfort, and all the good things he deserves and the BTRF team couldn’t be happier for him.
going anywhere. Snowy has now been officially adopted by his foster carer and is exactly Happy 12th Birthday, Apollo! Here’s to many more happy, treat and toy-filled celebrations.
where he belongs
He will continue to have the careful medical support he needs, but most importantly, he has
security, familiarity, and the deep comfort of people who adore him.
This is what rescue is all about. Not just safety - but belonging. HAPPY GOTCHA DAY
Thank you to everyone who has supported Snowy’s journey so far. Your donations, kindness, Happy 1st ‘Foster’ Gotcha Day for
and encouragement helped him reach this point. Because of you, a dog whose world once felt our lad, Ewan!
uncertain now has a forever home filled with love.
He’s clearly very loved by his foster
mum and dad and we wouldn’t
MALCOLM COLLECTS HIS WINNING BID
have it any other way.
Congratulations to Malcolm Mullarkey, who bid £100
to have an original portrait of his Bedlington drawn by A huge thank you to them for
one of our supporters, Ian Winterbottom. the wonderful care they give him
every day, and to all of you, our
Ian ended up drawing three dogs and Malcolm and his supporters, for your kind donations
wife dropped in to pick them up in person, while on a
visit to East Lothian. that help us keep him happy,
comfortable, and well.
Ian, who only started drawing and painting since
retiring a couple of years ago, says he’s getting used to sketching
Bedlingtons but that the coats are often tricky, and he uses a huge
amount of white pastels!