Sadie is a 4 year old Belgium shepherd cross. She spent the first 3 years of her life locked in a shed, getting fed and watered as and when.

When we got her she couldn't play and didn't know what a ball was for, she put as much of her body in the bucket of water as she could and drank, drank, drank. She ate anything she could...poo, paper, blankets etc etc. Her social skills were zero and she could not read the language of the other dogs, Sadie also dislikes men and cant stand anyone behind her. In spite of having nightmares and waking up in a panic she is always loving and gentle. It has taken a year for her to be able to focus enough to try agility and now she loves it and amazingly is very good with unforced, unrushed training, she has just started on her agility journey which I hope will result in her confidence improving, her life being more fulfilled and being a happier dog.

In spite of mans inhumanity to dogs, Sadie is a wonderful girl and I am honoured to have her.

Sheena Scrafton. Aberdeenshire.