Bex Hall
Appearances
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: A gift that reopened the world
The judge didn't actually announce Lola straight away. She basically said that she thought that the worthy winner was the dog that saved the human because it could have gone completely the other way. And while she was saying all of this, I was thinking, oh, my gosh, that's me. I just couldn't believe it. I felt so overwhelmed.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: A gift that reopened the world
I was just so happy and just so surprised that this little lurcher that nobody wanted could come this far, beat hundreds of dogs in the qualifiers and win.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: A gift that reopened the world
Lola came to me at a really tough time in my life. I had a three month old son and I'd had a traumatic birth and I didn't feel like I wanted to leave the house. Getting Lola just meant that, you know, I had to leave the house to take her for a walk around the block. And then suddenly I was putting things in the diary that I wouldn't have even thought about before.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: A gift that reopened the world
And slowly I was getting back to being an actual person, an actual human being, when just being a mum that sits inside the house all day worrying about everything. I felt a little bit of me return. It was really nice.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: A gift that reopened the world
She came, she was this confident little puppy and it just gave us like a whole different energy in the house. The whole house just sort of came alive, if that makes sense. You were always going, oh my gosh, where is she?
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: A gift that reopened the world
I would definitely say go for it. It's the most rewarding thing. Essentially, I wanted a pedigree whipper. I wanted to go to compete at Crufts. And then this little lurcher came. And I can't imagine having any other dog. I can't imagine having a pedigree whipper at all. I think it's just really rewarding. And a rescue dog is just as good as any pedigree dog.