RSPCA NSW has gifted a specially trained Irish Wolfhound crossbreed, named Teddy, to a disability facility in Sydney’s north. This is the second time Venee Burges House has welcomed an RSPCA animal into their home. Tyson, a Kelpie German Shepherd crossbreed, entered the lives of the Venee Burges House residents in 2008, and lived a happy life there until when he passed away last year at the age of 13. Venee Burges House resident Judith Geppert, who was Tyson’s owner, says he has left an enormous hole in her life and in the lives of those around her. “We miss him every day,” she said. “He was a one in a million, the best form of therapy we could possibly have had and he didn’t even know it!” “I will always have a soft spot in my heart for Tyson, but now I have a chance to give Teddy a new life, and I have a renewed sense of excitement…
