I was just telling you about my thoughts when I arrived in England for the first time. I was very pleased to see Chris as I could tell he was a 'doggy man' - he made a lovely fuss of me straight away. Chris helps lots of dogs like me to find new homes. His rescue is called GSD LifeLine and they work with the larger group of rescues called BIGGSD, which stands for Big German Shepherd rescue. They save all sorts of dogs and animals, not just shepherds and part shepherds like me.

When you have time do look at the websites, especially the Forum, on BIGGSD, as you will meet loads of really caring people all over the country who devote so much of their time and money to help dogs like me find a better life.

Do you know that thousands of dogs are put to sleep every year after they have spent the last 7 days of their lives in awful dog pounds both here and in Ireland? Can you imagine how dreadful that must be? All alone, afraid, sometimes sick with no one to love you?

You can therefore imagine how pleased I was to arrive fit and well in England. Here I am in the back of the car, having just helped myself to a banana someone had carelessly left within my reach.

I was so excited and wondered how long it would be before I started my new permanent life with my new family. I was all over the place with excitement.

However, the next day Chris told me I was going to a foster home with a lovely family who were going to look after me until my forever home was found. I was gutted to be honest, as I thought I was going straight to my new home and field and sofa, but I needn't have worried as my next home was great fun and I made even more new friends!