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Buddy

Rehomed

progress update: 24/2/13

Hi Helen, Thought I’d share this picture of buddy, we re-homed him from you 2 years ago and is enjoying his life with us.
Still struggles with cars on walks but made good progress.
We now have a little boy who has just turned one and he loves giving him lots of kisses!
Sarah x

progress update: 22/1/11

Buddy has now gone to his new home !!

Hi, my name is Buddy, I am having a good time staying here at Emma’s house with her dogs Daisy and Millie.
I get on fine with them though I wish they would play with me a bit more.
I am enjoying long walks on the lead.
[Wish the humans would release me so I could have a good run but they seem to think I might wander off or chase something furry!. Not sure why!!]
I cant complain about the food here though I am still trying to persuade the other dogs here to share theirs with me too.
Not having much luck so far. I am enjoying lots of cuddles with the humans here. I am learning new tricks each day.
I can do sit and leave it now. I can walk on my back legs too!! Watch out for me next year on Britain’s Got Talent.
The only downside is the ridiculous coat they bought me last weekend.
Apparently I look like Basil Brush! Boom Boom!
Anyway back to have a kip on the Sofa…. I mean rug.
Only 2 hours till tea!!

Speak soon

Buddy x

REHOMED

Pie ( a.k.a Frankie )

Rehomed

progress update: 16/2/13

Good Morning Helen

We have just celebrated the second anniversary of Pie coming to live with us.
He is a little star, a smashing little guy with a lovely character.
You described him as being a little timid, but very friendly and you were absolutely right.
He loves to meet other dogs, but he is a little cautious when meeting ‘new humans’.
Quite right too !
We hope all is going well for D.A.W.G. and we look forward to meeting you again at the Tiptoe Dog Show.

With best wishes ………………..
Geraldine, Tony, Cindy and Pie

Frankie has now found a home !!

progress update: 13/8/11

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lab x collie puppies (inc Molly, Bramble & Daisy)

ALL REHOMED

progress update on Daisy: 1/1/13

Hi Helen, my mum , Sheila Taylor from Swanage, adopted a 4 and a half month old labrador-collie cross in May 2012.
She called her Daisy. Mum asked that I forward these pictures of her to you taken on 27th December 2012 to show you how gorgeous she is and to give you a little update which she thought may interest you. Daisy is just an adorable dog with a loving and gentle nature and fabulous company for my mum.
Everyone who meets Daisy loves her whether children or adults.
She requires alot of exercise and although mum is 73 she is still very active and enjoys long walks. Daisy has made alot of doggy friends in Swanage and is very friendly with them in all situations.
She loves to chase around and have fun with them.
She is doing very well with her obedience training and has made fabulous progess with walking well on her lead.
Mum takes her out and about in the car and Daisy is very happy ,having no problems with travelling any distance.
Her coat is as shiny as glass and she has grown beautiful feathers on her tail and hind legs..stunning. As you can tell we are all totally smitten with her !
I have attached 2 pictures of her for you to see.
We wish you a happy, peaceful New Year.
Jacqueline Patten on behalf of Sheila Taylor

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Sparky

REHOMED

progress update: 1/1/13

Hello Helen, I hope you are well.
I thought I’d update you once more on how Sparky’s year has gone.
He’s had a great time on three holidays to Cornwall, Devon and Lyme Regis.
The photo of him is on the beach in Cornwall with my aunt’s dog, Dennis.
They agreed best at a distance, but managed to set up a game of tag fetch together as Dennis couldn’t quite manage to return the ball properly, but was quite good at outrunning Sparky to get it in the first place!
He’s done okay health wise. He has a lot more fatty lumps, but the vet assures us they are benign.
He also had a problem with his eye and after much investigation the vet eventually discovered a foreign body which was successfully removed.
He is still a very happy dog at the centre of our family and is much loved.
Thank you again for our your hard work.
Have a great Christmas and I wish you all the best for the New Year,
Lauren.

progress update: 22/12/11

Hello,
Hope you have had a good year and everything is going well at DAWG.
Just to let you know, Sparky is still well though he’s had an eventful year!
In the spring he was on holiday with my parents in Devon when he got bitten by an adder (for the second time!).
Unfortunately this time he had a much worse reaction & his leg swelled up dramatically.
Being miles from the car & Sparky too heavy/in too much pain to be carried my parents made a 999 call and were transferred through to the RSPCA.
The multi-choice automated system proved impossible to navigate on a mobile phone, so they made a second 999 call.
Eventually they managed to get Sparky back to the car park where they were met by an RSPCA officer who took Sparky straight to the closest vetinary hospital.
My parents have since described it as the most traumatic experience of their lives.
Sparky was given medication, put on a drip & kept in over night and it was touch and go whether he’d survive & there was also a possibility he’d lose his leg.
After he was discharged my parents then looked after him at the cottage they were staying in – both sleeping on the floor downstairs to keep Sparky company.
When I saw Sparky a few days later he was so dosed up on painkillers that I don’t think he knew what was going on.
I’m very happy to say that Sparky has made a full recovery – let’s just hope he has learnt his lessons with regard to playing with snakes!
Apart from that Sparky has had a good year. He still enjoys his walks locally and further afield.
Now that my dad has retired there’s much more opportunity for mid-week trips to the New Forest and Sparky loves having dad home as he’s his favourite!

Needless to say he is very loved and we wouldn’t be without him, thank you again for all the work you do.

I hope you have a lovely Christmas & wishing you all the very best for the New Year,
Lauren

progress update: 10th Jan 10

Dear Helen,
I hope you had a good Christmas and New Year and everything is going well at DAWG.

Sparky is still doing really well. As well as his daily walks up the local wood/streets, he went on two walking holidays to Wales and Devon this year, which he enjoyed immensely. We had a health scare earlier when we found a large lump on his hindquarters. We took him to the vets straight away, who was of the opinion that chances were it was cancer and gave him a biopsy ASAP. We had to wait two weeks for the results. Luckily the results came back clear – the lump is just a fat deposit! As you can imagine this was a traumatic time and we were all having to try and come to terms with the prospect of losing a special member of our family – so our relief was indescribable!
I think I forgot to tell you last year that Sparky survived an adder attack. We didn’t realise at the time what had happened, but the day after we took him for a walk to the New Forest, we noticed Sparky’s chest was hugely swollen and the skin had gone a purple colour underneath the fur. Although Sparky seemed fine in himself, we took him to the vets who diagnosed an adder bite. The vet warned us at the time that he may be prone to tumours in the future, so this recent scare seemed all the more possible.

So altogether, it seems Sparky is very lucky – he seems to have more lives than a cat!
Anyway, I hope this year goes well for you and good luck with all your work. Thank you again for all you do,
Love Lauren

progress update: 22nd December 08

Just to wish you a Merry Christmas and let you know that Sparky is
still doing very well.
He continues to enjoy his regular walks up the New Forest (I’ve
attached a photo of him enjoying running through the frost there) and
he’s been on holiday to Devon again this year.  We recently de-fleaed
him, shortly after which he stuck his head in the compost bin and came
out stinking- of course we couldn’t bath him for 48 hours after
treatment and I don’t think he could work out why he wasn’t as popular
as he normally is!  I’ve also attached a photo of him admiring his
reflection – though I think really he is keeping an eye on the
neighbours!
Wishing you all the best for the New Year,
Lauren

” We adopted Sparky from DAWG two years ago.
He’s a big softie and loves having his tummy rubbed.
He’s a great adventurer, sadly with no sense of direction.
Fortunately he has loving owners who will happily spend hours scouring the New Forest trying to find him! “

Lauren.

Jack the furniture eater

REHOMED

progress update: 17/12/12

Hi Helen

I hope you are well and congratulations on the award!

Jack’s still doing well, he’s stopped his furniture eating habit completely now but still likes to move things about.

I’ve attached a photo from the summer when he was ‘helping’ the kids to undam the stream in the forest.

Happy Christmas

Sarah

progress update: 20th Apr 09

Hi Helen

I hope you are well. Just another update on Jack. He’s still doing

really well. My office has just moved and will be dog friendly so he

starts his probation period tomorrow as office dog!

He hasn’t eaten the sofa recently but he does steal dirty washing when

it’s been sorted into piles for the machine. You’ll find the occasion

sock where you know you didn’t put it i.e. on the deck or halfway

across the hall.

The cat is still in charge and will regularly eat Jack’s food whilst

Jack sits patiently behind, waiting his turn. He really is a big

softie.

I’ve attached a photo (on the infamous sofa) which I just love.

Take care

Sarah

progress update: 5th Aug

Hi Helen

Just to give you an update on Jack.

He’s doing really well.

Curled up asleep in his bed as I type.

His habit of eating the sofa re-emerged recently but I think we have it under control i.e. he’s not allowed in the family room unsupervised!

He’s recently discovered he can swim (rather than just paddling)

and likes to go to Iford Bridge golf course for walks with his Dad in the evening.

He and the cat get on well too, as long as Jack remembers his place – Ernie is in charge!

I work in the mornings now but when it’s nice weather, Jack has the run

of the garden and a fenced off area of the garage

(complete with 2 seater sofa – he hasn’t eaten that one though, he’s not daft).

We see Kate regularly at Friendly Dog Club and will be at the fun day with the demonstration team.

He even came 3rd at a fun dog show in New Milton recently!

Anyway, I hope the centre is doing well. Keep up the good work.

Sarah Morris

Sammy (a.k.a Sam) and Jessie

BOTH REHOMED

progress update on Jessie: 17/12/12

Hi Helen,

Was looking at the website the other day and thought it was about time I sent a picture of Jessie now she is all grown up!!!
We are really lucky to have her, she is such an important part of our family and such a wonderful dog, she loves the chaos of our busy lives with lots of children to play with!
Jessie makes other doggy friends very quickly on her walks and likes nothing better than a good chase around, nothing seems to wear her out!! Except perhaps the endless beaches in Cornwall on our yearly holiday!!
Hopefully sometime in the near future we will be looking for a friend for Jessie!! Have signed up for your email notifications, so will keep watching the website!!
Best Wishes

Rob, Becci, RJ, Ellie, Alfie, Esther & Jessie x

Sam and Jessie have now both found homes !!

progress update on Sammy: 13/8/11

Hi Helen,
Sammy has settled in really well.
He has filled out and shot up, quite big for a nine month old.
He is doing really well with obedience, although suffers with occasional selective hearing.

He’s retrieved one of the children’s old toy bowling balls from the bottom of the garden, makes a rattling noise when rolled, and it is now his favourite toy.
He loves his bubble machine and insists it goes on everyday, costing us a small fortune in batteries.

He has been away to model shows with us and loves the caravan, particularly our bed, which is now off limits as he has his own.

I have enclosed some photos for you.

Regards

Debbie

progress update on Sammy: 12/3/11

progress update on Sammy: 12/3/11

Hi Helen and all at DAWG dogs,

Here is an update on our much loved “Sammy” (Sam) who we adopted from DAWG dogs in February.
He is such a beautiful boy with bags of character, mad as a hatter and very much loved by every member of our family. We cant imagine life without him. He is very easy to train as he cottons on to commands very quickly. He is almost totally housebroken, I say almost because we still have the occasional excitable accident. His favourite game is tug of war, but we have to make sure that it is us that wins in the end and not him (important aspect of training).
He loves to fall asleep in the sun, so much so that we have had to open up the conservatory especially for him.
Sammy loves running round the garden in search for new rabbit holes. Since having him we have not seen any trace of next doors cat( digging up my flowers) or the local herons (eating our fish) well done Sammy.

A very big thank you to you Helen and your team, keep up the good work.

Debbie

progress update on Jessie: 17/2/11

Hi Helen,

We wanted to say a big thank-you!! Jessie came home with us yesterday & it feels like she’s always been here. She is such a sweet natured little girl. Full of beans, our children are so excited they can’t believe their luck. Jessie slept right through the night in her cage and is doing her business in the garden, (bar one or two expected mishaps.) Have attached a couple of pictures for you, exhausted after a hard days’ playing with her new chums!!!!

Thank you so much.

Rob & Becci

Hi Helen,

Sam (tan and white) and Jessie (tri colour ) have been with us a few days now and settling in well with Dawgdogs Jack and Izzie.
Sam and Jessie were dumped on the side of a road two days before Christmas in the freezing snow and ice .!!!
A kind gentleman driving down the road at the time and swerved and overturned his car to miss the puppies ,Thank goodness the man was unhurt and picked up the puppies and took them to the rescue .
Sam and Jessie are such cuties they are learning to do there business outside and they sleep all night.
Sam and Jessie have had there first trip to Pets at Home in branksome and they loved getting a treat for being so good.
They are very loving and are a joy to have.
(And a very big Thank you to that wonderful man who saved them )

best wishes

Kevin and nicky ,Jack and Izzie xxxx.

REHOMED