A DOG has had a ‘furry-tail’ ending now she has found a new home after more than 900 days in the care of Dogs Trust.

The charity cared for seven-year-old Lurcher Cross, Lily, for 934 days – almost two years and seven months – after she had been left by her previous owners.

Lily has now started a new chapter in her life away from the centre in Nevendon Road, Wickford, with a couple from Romford.

Lily’s adopter, Jo Bishop, said: “Lily has settled in really well and we absolutely love her.

“She loves to sleep on my lap and is so at home, we couldn’t imagine our lives without her now.”

Lily arrived in Basildon in 2016 after she had already been in the care of Dogs Trust Harefield in Uxbridge.

When she was transferred to the kennels, the charity said she had very specific needs and needed regular care in a quiet home. She could not be left alone for more than four hours at a time.

An appeal was launched on Facebook in March 2016 in order to attract adopters to take in Lily and give her a new home.

Another appeal was made in April last year for her and Dogs Trust asked supporters to donate an armchair and pouffe for Lily to sit in to make her stay that bit more comfortable.

After receiving these donations, her kennel was doubled in size.

Following news of their ‘long term lodger’ finding a new family, a spokesman for Dogs Trust Basildon, said: “With some dogs like Lily needing very specific homes, we work tirelessly to make sure that they’re ready to go to loving families.

Dogs Trust Basildon’s rehoming centre manager, Lisa Cooper, said: “Lily was with us for a lot longer than our average residents are and we just couldn’t work out why this lovely girl was being overlooked.

“She found kennels difficult to cope with and so we did our best to make her feel at home, as we do for all the dogs in our care that find their stay in a new environment worrying and unfamiliar.

“Whilst the staff here miss her very much, we couldn’t be happier that she has found the happy-ever-after that she so deserves!”

To make the animals feel at home, the carers give them a range of therapies to keep them happy and healthy.

Hydrotherapy treatments and doggy massage sessions are given to the dogs on the Dogs Trust site to help them “relax and de-stress”.

New owners are given lifetime advice by the charity’s behaviourists which are personal to each dog.

The charity said: “Understanding why an individual dog develops a problem behaviour can be like a detective mystery - identifying all the different elements which tell his or her story. “

If you’d like to adopt a dog or find out more about adopting, call the Dogs Trust rehoming centre on 0300 303 0292.