The update we have all been waiting for! Stan the Man is making great progress. Stan is a mastin of around 3 years old who spent the last 2 of them cooped up in a tiny concrete kennel with no stimulation, no place to exercise and nothing to live for! We have had him at our residencia now for a couple of months and from the shut down, terrified boy that he was, you can see he has come a long way. He is starting to put on weight and condition now that he is eating well, but it will be a while before his muscle tone is near where it should be for a young boy like this. He now likes a bit of a fuss from a human and is very very gentle. He is fine around the other dogs, although he can be a bit overwhelmed if lots of them are running around him, but he just takes himself off somewhere quieter. Poor lad, with that big fluffy coat is really struggling in the heat of the Spanish summer.Stan secured himself 4 lovely sponsors, Helen, Liz, Julie and Dee who contribute to his monthly costs which is wonderful as we don't need to be in a rush to home him. We would like applicants for Stan to have mastin (or similar breed) experience, because he is obviously about as different to our usual podencos as it is possible to be :)
