I would like to thank you at Trailhound Welfare for all the work you do and for sending Danni to my local Dogs Trust. I adopted Danni in April 2008 and I cannot believe how clever and loving he is, not just to me but to everybody else, this includes children of all ages and babies and other dogs. Danni is house trained and has got comfortable with all the sounds in the house, is good on lead, sits on command even for his food, and I am just at present getting him to come in the field off lead when called, he also presents and finish on command. Small in size but big in stature.Danni is really clever and with such a good nature and heart, a true delight to have as a friend. April 2008 Danni and I were involved in a head on car crash on the 18th April.I was doing about 55 miles an hour when a car came across the central island and hit us head on doing over seventy miles an hour. I sustained neck and all down my left side muscle and nerve damage but glad to say am well on the mend at last. Danni was in his safety harness and got covered in oil and could not not breath, I kept blowing up his nose and pushing on his chest to keep him going. when the ambulances arrived they put him on oxygen and managed to get him breathing normally. My only concern was to get Danni to my vet and have a full examination done, Today he is doing so well health wise, I am pleased to say but any sudden noise scares him. I hope with time he will grow out of this. I owe that lad so much. I had trouble walking and I was only able to use my left arm with him, he helped me get well so much quicker by the amount of walking I have done with him. I live on my own and Danni has been more than just my dog he has been a true friend in every meaning of the word – always by my side and happy and playful with me but in such a gentle manner I cant believe it. As I get stronger he has started to pull me faster. This is a truly happy time for me and the lad as this is telling me we are both on the way back to a normal life. July 2008 Danni made me so proud of him. He won ten awards at the dog show, not bad for his first time in a show ring! 1 first, 1 third, 4 fourth and four specials, I was surprised when a rep of P.A.T. dogs (Pets as Therapy) approached me and asked if i would like to enlist him into their organisation, after much thought I have decided that as Danni loves meeting people especially children and babies we are going for it. I will let you all know how he gets on. I cannot thank you and all the other people for what you have done for Danni, but all the other dogs as well. Well, its that time of day again for his and mine third walk come rain or shine – it brings us alive and after what has happened to us life will always be good as we have one another. To live on your own is not much fun but to to have my Danni waiting at home or at my side, my life is great.

March 2010 Danni and I represented Pets As Therapy at the 02 Arena and Wembley this month. Danni was a smash hit, what a trailhound he is, we walked onto the stage in front of twenty thousand people and he just brought the place alive. I took Danni into the audiance for them to stroke him. I have never seen so many people trying to stroke one dog, but being Danni he just loved every minute of it. He is a true ambassador for trailhounds and Pets as Therapy. Danni has what I call magic time, he just loves meeting people of all ages and always brings smiles and laughter out of them. Danni is by nature a shy and timid dog but never lets this get in his way. I was worried that with so many people and the loud noises it would get to him. But Danni being the lad he is when we walked onto the stage he is such a different dog he just comes alive and full of confidence you would think he owned the place, so lovely to see him doing what he does the best and to see so many smiling people and hear the laughter – a true reward for what he has been through. Itproves that trailhounds are just as worthy as any other breed of dogs to be accepted into family life, in my opinion more so. They also can make great PAT dogs.  It was a long day, 14hrs but such fun for us both.