Husband Says 'It’s Me Or The Dog' Wife Chooses Her Beloved Bull Terriers, Ends 25-Year Marriage

By Sughra Hafeez in Life Style On 9th June 2018
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'It's me or the dogs'

Liz Hazlam, 49, had to make a very difficult decision; pick between him or her 30 dogs she has rescued because the dogs were costing up to £12,000 a month and taking 18 hours a day to care for.

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Liz told Express.co.uk:

"I haven’t seen or heard from him since. I thought after 25 years, he should know giving up the dogs was not what my intentions were."

She added: "He just got to the point where he had enough and he wanted to slow down. But I wasn’t prepared to give it all up. So he decided to go, and obviously, that was his choice."

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The pair were childhood sweethearts

They had been together since she was 16, were madly in love and married in 1991 and have a 22-year-old son.

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However, Liz claims to have never been happier.

She said: "My life how I have got it is how I want it."

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She founded BedforBullies

BedforBullies is a rescue charity for bull terriers which purely relies on donations. Liz has revealed since the split, she began fostering dozens of dogs, many of which had medical and/or behavioral issues. She spends about 18 hours a day taking care of her beloved dogs, walking them four times each every 24 hours.

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Deliberating job

"It is a very deliberating job, you can’t have a day off, I don’t sit down till 11:30 pm at night so you can’t just go on holiday"

"And I can’t just turn around and say I am not going to do it anymore, it is my responsibility, I took the dogs in I can’t just stop. They are rescue dogs which cannot be re-homed."

"I have taken them in to look after them, I save dogs from all around the world that have been shot and badly injured."

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'I didn’t want to be a work widow'

"We just drifted more and more apart. He was heavily into his work and it left me with nothing to do. I didn’t want to be a work widow so I buried myself in my dogs."

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'My son’s grown up and is old enough to look after himself.'

"My passion for dogs was far too great."

"If I hadn't buried myself in it, I would have just been sitting at home twiddling my thumbs and that's really not me."

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Eviction notice

The animal rescuer says her landlord has given her an eviction notice, her landlord has said that she must move out of the house within a year.

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Despite these challenges this ultimate ‘dog person’ is happy, explaining:

I have re-homed so many dogs and now I am looking for a home.

I have chosen to do this. I love it.