
Pet of the Month
Miss February 2024
Tilly – a bundle of fun, wrapped in white and champagne fur, using her soulful eyes to communicate her needs! She is a Shih Tze/Maltese cross…also known as a Malshi!
So, what does a day in the life of Tilly look like?
Tilly loves to sleep in…her daddy however, gets up around 3.30am most mornings and she ends up snuggling here he slept for the remaining few hours before light hits and the day starts…Her choice of her morning start is to ‘luxuriate’! While I get up and get ready, she will stay in bed, look soulfully at me, expect some soothing words and a cuddle or two…she won’t leave the bed until she sees her daddy coming back and the daily routine starts!
Tilly comes to work every day and sits in on therapy sessions…she greets the patients at the door of the clinic and ushers them into their session…her very presence calms people…she knows if someone needs attention, or space…she may sit at their feet, or cuddle on the lounge…whatever the person is feeling, she has this innate ability to know what they need…she has been known to gently tap with one of her paws, look up into the eyes of the individual, almost saying ‘are you ok?’…
In-between sessions, we rumble, play, go for a walk…she loves her puppa cinos and has to have a little taste of everything I eat or drink…and she is insistent!
Once or twice a week Tilly will go to doggy day care…hanging with her fur buddies and exercising her little legs with walks on the beach or park…what a life!
Some of her quirks: she hides behind mum’s legs when she meets a dog that she may be unsure of…and peeks between them! So funny! I love that she is so confident, she walks into some of the local shops, who now know her quite well, walks around the back of their counters and looks up…waiting for her treats…I cannot simply walk past these shops anymore without popping in! Little miss that she is!
When she wants some ‘loving’ she has a doe eyed look…remember Princess Dianna, with the lowering of the head and looking up with her big eyes…that is Tilly…She so turns it on…
Congratulations Tilly and Dee!
Is she spoilt? No – I think I am!!!
If you would like to register your pet for Miss/ Mr March email us a phot of your Pet and a few words describing why they should take the crown for March to yoursanctuarycove@mulpha.com.au by the 1st of March 2024.