A lady who adopted a canine that then gave her hope after she misplaced her job has ended up spending hundreds on the luxury pooch to permit the hound to dwell her ‘dream life’ and maintain her within the lap of luxurious
A self-professed “crazy dog mum” has revealed that she retains her pampered pooch within the lap of luxurious as a result of Artemis gave her a “reason to wake up in the morning” – and he or she grew to become her “family”.
Noel Duan, 32, who lives in Hampstead, adopted her rescue canine in March 2016 when she was residing in New York, and he or she named her Artemis after the goddess of untamed animals. But the fortunate hound is the epitome of a rags to riches story – as she was discovered on the streets of Miami, skinny, and lined in parasites – in March 2016.
Noel misplaced her job and was uncertain about her future, however after adopting Artemis she discovered the little canine gave her energy and luxury – and after looking at her outlays final yr, Noel found she spent £10,000 on her beloved pet, which can be well-travelled as Noel has taken her companion to locations similar to Stockholm, Paris, and Berlin – and whereas others could contemplate her expenditures extravagant, she mentioned she is comfortable forking out money on Artemis as she brings her “so much joy”.
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The CEO makes positive Artemis has treats, toys, home-cooked nutritious meals, Sunday roasts, journeys overseas, and experiences similar to Doggy Afternoon Tea, which means the rescue pup has gone from being on the streets of Miami to residing her “dream life” in London.
The lavish life-style additionally consists of having non-public swimming classes in New York, Doggy Afternoon Tea on the Egerton House Hotel in London, and home-cooked meals made with pork shoulders, rooster thighs, venison, or beef, root greens, pears, apples, flax seeds, chia seeds, and dietary yeast.
Noel instructed RSVP Live: “My dog has a way better diet than I do, and I should probably be eating like my dog if I wanted my dream body. I really think of Artemis as my family. I live in London now, but I’m from America, I’m very far from family. When people ask me, where’s home, I often think home is where my dog is because that’s where I’m anchored and where I feel safe. Artemis really does represent home to me.
“I don’t think of spending on her as a burden, or anything like that, I think of it as, I’m nurturing a life for both of us.” Artemis even has Wagyu beef meatballs with roasted parsnips and gravy for her Christmas lunch, together with £200 from Noel’s mother and father as her present, yearly.
Noel spends as much as £50 on her pup’s treats and meals invoice each week, as much as £20 a month on care products, together with wipes for her paws and ears, and about £150 every year on toys. And she not too long ago celebrated Artemis’ eighth birthday with an extravagant get together attended by 20 of her associates the place she coughed up round £500 to make sure it was a memorable event, with £25 alone spent on to her furry pal’s cake and one other £60 on personalised canine picture masks for visitors to put on.
Noel believes “fate” led her to Artemis. The then 25-year-old Noel had simply been made redundant from her job as a magnificence editor, and he or she thought to herself: “What do I do if I don’t have a job? What am I getting out of bed for?”
Despite not rising up with any pets, Noel determined to undertake a rescue canine whereas residing in New York and he or she mentioned it was love at first sight when she seemed into Artemis’ eyes at an adoption occasion. She mentioned: “They took her out of her kennel and they gave her to me, and she was shaking so much – she was so scared of people that she couldn’t even stand and her legs buckled. I was 25, I had just lost my job, and I looked into Artemis’ eyes and said, ‘I know you’re scared, I’m scared too, and we’re going to learn to be brave together’.”
While it took a short while for the belief to be established, the pair quickly developed an unbreakable bond and Artemis is now comfortable and wholesome and residing her “dream life”. Noel defined that her furry pal is “a better flirt” than she is, describing her as Miss Congeniality, and he or she mentioned she is pleasant, energetic, sociable, and “truly loves everyone”.
