Thank you Waitrose!

Waitrose in Christchurch have very kindly nominated DAWGdogs
as one of their nominated charities for the month of February!

If you are a Waitrose shopper,
please pop your green tokens in the relevant box for Dorset Animal Workers Group!
Thank you shoppers and thank you Waitrose!!
(runs from Wed, 1st February)

http://www.waitrose.com/bf_home/bf/754.html

Jasmine (a.k.a Kizzie,Angel) and Merlin (a.k.a Defa)

progress update: 28/1/12

Just a note to say thank you so much for all that you did for Defa and Kizzie (now Merlin and Jasmine – named by our children).
They are settling in and we are all getting used to each other.
Merlin is a total softie – he loves nothing more than a cuddle.
Jasmine can be jealous when we try to give Merlin a cuddle, but they are calming down a lot.
Jasmine loves to play football in the garden.
Merlin is getting used to going for walks on the lead – Jasmine has her second injection next Thursday, so we are looking forward to exploring the New Forest together.

progress update: 10/1/12

Kizzie has now found a home with her brother Defa!!

Kizzie has now found a home !!

Lily ( a.k.a Susie )

Susie has now found a home !!

progress update: 23/1/12

Lily has settled into the routine with fellow DAWG veterans, Tara and Fizzy.
She and Fizzy make a huge amount of noise when they run out of the door first thing in the morning. Luckily, the neighbours are tolerant.

She gets very excited when we come home from shopping.
She runs around madly barking as soon as we open the front door and jumps up on our knees for a cuddle as soon as the shopping is put down.
She is ecstatic when we prepare for a walk, running around the whole house barking and bouncing about.

Once we are out on the common, she’s getting very brave and will now investigate things about 100 yards away.
Sometimes, she loves to run as fast as she can, just for the fun of it.
She loves to meet other dogs but keeps her distance from their owners.
We doubt that she will ever be comfortable with people she doesn’t know.
However, that’s not surprising after her four years of suffering abuse.

She is extremely well behaved and runs back instantly when her name is called.
She even comes back when I call Tara.
Of course it’s very costly in biscuits.

Unfortunately, she is still very wary of children.
We’re working on it…

Bob

progress update: 14/10/11

Hi Helen just a quick update on Susie now shes been here a while, after her arrival yesterday Susie spent most of the day hiding
under the table very fearful of everyone and everything, but today we have come on leaps and bounds, she very much enjoyed her
walk at Queens Park, her tail was up all of the way round, we met several dogs which where greeted very politely, also she travelled
really well in the car, and she is very good on the lead no pulling at all.

Last night was very good, Susie was happy to go in her crate, we had no noise and she was clean and dry, she really is a very
sweet but an extremely shy little girl, she will make a wonderful companion for somebody

regards
Niki

A bitch of approx 4 to 5 years old, friendly but shy.

more details soon

Autumn (a.k.a Holly)

progress update: 10/1/12

Helen,
Just letting you know that Holly is coming along pretty well now.
She is a different dog from when we collected her from you last Monday.
Her season has finished now and her cough has gone as well.

She walks really well on the lead by your side and doesn’t pull, but we let her off the lead in the bridleway near the house and she just ran off and I thought thats it she’s gone but she was waiting by the gate to go in the garden.

Today we saw the vet and she had a injection and will have another one in a couple of weeks time.
We had noticed that her breath smelt a bit and some of her teeth did not look too good and the vet said she would take a good look at them when she comes in to be spayed and if need be may extract them at the same time.

We will try and let you have some photos of her but we need Dean our son to do that for us.

Kind Regards
Brian & Christine Tomlinson

Autumn has now found a home !!

Autumn is a young female small sized spaniel.
She is slightly timid around people but perks up around other dogs even large dogs like Murphy, the English Mastiff!
She is gaining confidence every day and would suit a quieter family home.

Autumn has now found a home !!

Susie

progress update: 9/1/12

Susie has now found a home !!

progress update
Hiya What a difference a haircut makes!!
She’s a really lovely dog, a real sweetie, if we didn’t have Basil we’d keep her.
She’s a very friendly and happy little dog.
Hasn’t put a foot wrong since she arrived.
Someone will be very lucky to have her.

Jackie

Susie has now found a home !!

Poison warning as dog falls ill after walk in New Forest

Poison warning as dog falls ill after walk in New Forest

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/9451012.Poison_warning_as_dog_falls_ill_after_walk_in_New_Forest/

3:00pm Wednesday 4th January 2012 in News

By Jane Reader

DOG lover Philip Wilkinson has urged pet owners to be on their guard after his retriever became ill after a walk in the New Forest.

Nine-year-old Buster suffered severe sickness and a swollen stomach after a walk at South Oakley near Burley.

The black, flat-coated retriever was rushed to the PDSA hospital the following day and spent two nights on antibiotics and a drip before being allowed home.

“He is normally a very healthy dog so I think he must have eaten something poisonous,” said Philip, of Curzon Road, Bournemouth. “I don’t know if anyone had left anything deliberately or whether there are plants or fungi that are poisonous to dogs – I just wanted to warn people to keep an eye on their pets.”

Buster was unable to eat for several days but is now on the mend.

Veterinary charity the PDSA warns increasing numbers of pets are being treated for accidental poisoning.

Spokesman Alexander Campbell said: “Sadly many of those things can prove fatal. It is vitally important that owners keep any substances that can harm pets well out of reach and react quickly and responsibly if they suspect poisoning might have occurred.”

Glen

Glen has now found a home !!

This is Glen who arrived on Wednesday and is looking for a home.
Glen is about 18 months, quite a tall Collie.
Sadly I think he has had a rough start in life and is very nervous.
However each day he is growing in confidence and trust.
Today he had a much needed bath which he didn’t like very much but he was a good boy.
He is good on the lead and doesn’t seem bothered by traffic.
He doesn’t like me throwing sticks for Ozzie, he just cowers in fear, so I would imagine sticks have been used for other reasons in his previous life. He is crated at night and never makes a sound.
Glen loves his food and needs to put on a bit of weight.
Will update again when he has found his feet a little more.