Merlin had been brought to our attention by neighbours who had seen him wandering around for several days but he was so frightened that no one could catch him. I took some tins of dog food for them to leave down for him in the hope of gaining his trust, in the meantime Animal Lifeline kindly let us have the use of their dog trap which we set up but just left open for the first night with food inside. Our neighbours were going on holiday the following day but luckily some other kind neighbours who had also been leaving food down for Merlin let us put the trap in their garden. They had been leaving their shed door open for him so thankfully he had had somewhere safe to sleep but he was just too frightened to trust anyone. We left some tinned hot dog sausages in the cage and much to our relief within an hour he was safely in the trap. When we went to get him he was shaking like a leaf and urinated in fear. It didn’t take him long though to make himself at home and after the initial shock, both for us and the oldies, of having such a little live wire share our home, we wouldn’t ever be without him, he keeps the older members of the gang young and brings fun in to their lives bless him. We have since found out where Merlin came from and that he was born around November 2012.