French bastard dumps a neglected little dog in our courtyard in Deux-Sévres

I call the Spanish hunters bastards, but some of the French are bastards too, as are so many of the English at the moment. We went out on our horses yesterday – the first time since May, as we don’t ride during the summer, it’s too hot and there are too many flies. We returned to find that someone had dumped a little dog in our enclosed courtyard whilst we had been out! I guess he is a X Bichon Frisée – cute little dogs but their coats need daily attention. This one could never have had a comb or brush near him! I’ll post pix of what we cut off him.

The vet confirmed he has no microchip or tattoo – where have we heard that before! – he’s not castrated and is about 3-4 years old. He’s an affectionate friendly little dog – so it’s a case of neglect of coat, not of maltreatment or starvation. But whichever French villager chose to do this to us, chose the wrong person! Tomorrow the Maire will get a visit from me!

UPDATE – I let the little dog out into the courtyard today as it was nice and sunny. He had a good scamper around, I think especially because he wasn’t carrying around a load of matted hair! I popped inside to answer the telephone and when I went back outside to put the little dog on a lead to go and visit the Maire, he had disappeared! No sign of him anywhere! And the gate to the courtyard had been tampered with! We’ve searched around, asked the neighbours, no sign of him. I just hope whoever has taken him will give him the home he deserves. But it is worrying that someone has been in and out of our courtyard, we will have to lock the gates again.