Woofability was born out of our own experiences of fostering, adopting and rehabilitating senior dogs, ex-puppy farm dogs, disabled dogs and dogs with health/behavioural issues. We know how much time it takes to care for them and how distressing it can be to find ways of helping them to live their best lives.
We’ve had dogs in our lives for over 40 years, from pups to older dogs, and everything in between. Our love of dogs and commitment to dog welfare saw us run a successful campaign for 11 years called C.A.R.I.A.D. (which is a Welsh word for ‘beloved’ and stood for Care And Respect Includes All Dogs). It led to a change in the law banning the sale of puppies in pet shops and by third parties known as Lucy’s Law, which was led by Dr Marc Abraham OBE, aka Marc the Vet.
We also set up a successful campaign called Foster First, which was the first campaign specifically designed to promote the benefits of fostering dogs who were in rescue centres waiting for their forever homes, as well as helping those suffering domestic abuse to find a temporary safe space for their pets while they relocated.
After 11 years of tireless volunteer campaigning, we decided it was time to focus our attention on our own health and that of our aging rescue dogs. Having adopted and fostered so many ex-puppy farm breeding dogs over the years, we encountered a variety of behavioural and physical problems during their rehabilitation. Because of this we found ourselves constantly searching online for a variety of products and supplements that would help our dogs overcome their traumatic beginnings, and assist them as they grew older.
These searches were incredibly time-consuming and often confusing, with so many options to choose from, and so many websites to navigate. We realised that there must be so many other dog lovers struggling with similar problems to us, and so Woofability was born.
Thank you for visiting Woofability and we wish you many years of joy and happiness with your own precious dogs.
Love,
Sue and Linda xxx (www.ljgoodman.com)
IN MEMORY OF
Alice was 4 years old when Linda adopted her. She’d been used for breeding in a Welsh puppy farm. Despite her terrible start in life she had the sweetest nature and was incredibly affectionate. She was completely adorable. But her lungs were terribly damaged from inhaling sawdust and wood chippings in the puppy farm, and required frequent trips to the vets. Linda was told that Alice would only survive for 18 months to 2 years. But she bravely battled on for 4 more years and although she broke our hearts when she left us, we knew that she was ready to go.
Teddy had already had 5 homes before he was adopted by Linda when he was 3 years old. He’d been born in a Welsh puppy farm and handed in to rescue with a porto systemic liver shunt, which left him temporarily blind and unable to walk and needing urgent surgery. He spent 3 months in hospital before being discharged and adopted. He was an absolute joy to be around and a cheeky little character. The vets called him a miracle dog, and when he passed at 15 years of age from complications arising from cancer, he had lived a full and very happy life and is hugely missed every day.
Tinker was adopted by Sue when he was 18 months old. He was a stray found wandering around country lanes in Wales. When Sue went to the rescue she found him in the back of a kennel shaking like a leaf. He’d become the dog nobody wanted, but Sue fell in love with him in an instant. He changed into a typical, hardy Jack Russell and fitted in to family life immediately and loved cuddles. When he was 15 he developed neurological problems and couldn’t use his back legs. Thanks to a doggy pushchair he lived a full life until he was 18 when we had to say goodbye.
Duchess (a.k.a Pickle) was adopted by Sue when she was a year old, it was love at first sight. Despite her diminutive size, Duchess was a larger than life personality whose feisty character always kept everyone on their toes. We were unashamedly her dog slaves and marvelled at the way she embraced life to the full, despite having a variety of health issues. Later in life she became very attached to her pushchair and loved nothing more than being pushed along like she was royalty. Duchess was 17 1/2 years old when she went to The Bridge and packed a lifetime of precious memories into those years.
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