untold story: dog's trust trip

HURRAH!! I GOT TO GO TO A DOG'S TRUST!
the Manchester branch to be exact. I did a smart person thing and just... TURNED UP. didn't even ring them or anything, that'll teach 'em. 
it was marvelous. all the dogs are beautiful and they look like they're being looked after really well with some even on walks around the outside. even though i wasn't allowed to pet the dogs and could only look at them through glass, it was still great.
at one point one of the workers saw my drawings and even brought out one of the dogs that i had drawn so i could meet him! 
pictures to come...

the main area looked like this (it was called 'the green') and all the dogs are behind the glass walls you can see. you can go up to the barrier to see them but can't pet them, which i was really sad about i wanted to pet at least ALL of the dogs there.

i asked the workers some of the stories that came with the dogs, and one woman said that a dog had been there for 4 years!!! 4 years of his poor little life. i felt so bad i wanted to adopt him right there and then, it wasn't like he wasn't handsome he was so cute too! 

this is him:

adorable right ??????
how have you been here for 4 years you little cutie??

he was an akito cross. and gorgeous.










now, the dog that i drew a picture of... Bolt.
he was a retired greyhound, and i was talking to the lady that worked there and she said she couldn't believe that he used to be a race dog, as he was so lazy and stubborn! 
she said he was: lazy, stubborn, scared of the dark and cuddly. 
now, as you have realised, i love dogs a lot. and this dog, i loved. i wanted to take him home so bad. 
She brought him out to meet me because she loved my drawing so much and i was so happy! 

Here is a picture of Bolt!! isnt he a cutie?? I want to go back and visit soon~! and i'm really interested in the idea of the story of the lazy greyhound! it really got some ideas going in my head!