Lady Lily-Grace
Lady Lily-Grace (formerly Lady and prior to that Didi) was originally rescued from a backyard breeder in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. This beautiful black and tan Cavalier King Charles Spaniel girl was rescued by a young family when they answered an advertisement from a breeder wanting to sell her. They knew something wasn’t right instantly. The red flags started to show when the breeder wouldn’t allow them to visit the location that the dogs were living. They also wouldn’t provide any documentation.
When the young family first saw Lady Lily-Grace they realised that the picture the breeder had painted online was very different to reality. She had fleas, was filthy, was unsprayed and was very scared. They decided to adopt Lady Lily-Grace right then and there because they couldn’t let her stay where she had been living. They took her home and they reported the breeder with the RSPCA immediately.
They came to realise that Lady Lily-Grace had severe separation anxiety, she would wet herself constantly. Unexpected noises, especially storms, were particularly terrifying for her. She was overall a very traumatised little girl.
Unfortunately, things didn’t work out as planned when the arrival of a new baby in the house caused Lady Lily-Grace great anxiety and ongoing toileting accidents led to her surrender.
After arriving at her CKCSRQ foster carer, she underwent a full health check. It was found that she had a grade 4 heart murmur, ear infections and the start of dry eye. She was nursed back to health by her amazing foster Mum and then she found her forever home.
Renamed Lady Lily-Grace (after her forever Mum’s great grandmother), she now lives in a home where the dogs rule the roost and the humans exist to serve them. Both her parents work from home, there are no children and she has furry siblings. (Two rescued Chihuahuas and a younger Blenheim Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.)
Lady Lily-Grace is definitely living her best life. She and her furry siblings embark on a daily ‘Sniffari' where they hunt for treats in their purpose built backyard ‘Doggy Sensory Garden’. They play enrichment brain games, they have adventures together on daily nature walks, they visit a private dog park a few times a week and they eat a healthy diet from 5 Hounds by Dr Will.
Lady Lily-Grace found her forever home on ANZAC Day in 2020 when she was 6 years old. She is now 11 years old. Although she is 90% deaf, has a grade V/VI heart murmur (she regularly sees the team at Veterinary Cardiologist Australia), dry eye, a pulmonary blood clot, and Cushing’s disease, she takes her cocktail of medications and doesn’t let anything stop her from living her best life.
You can see Lady Lily-Grace and her adorable furry siblings on their Facebook, Instagram and Threads page, just search: @ThePawsomeRescues.
