Author: mark

Sat / Sun : Cakes at Pets at Home, Branksome!!

[update Sun 11th pm]

The cakes and dog delights that we have taken into Pets at Home this weekend have been a great success.
There may well at the end of the day be a few left over for tomorrow if you are lucky so do come down to Pets at Home at Branksome and buy a few raffle tickets.
I had to test them of course and can confirm they are heaven in cake form.
Lord Ash tested the dog delights and has confirmed they too are worth a second tasting if he can nick a few from the table.

Thank you to Viki, Angela, Scarlet and Stephanie for keeping us supplied with cakes
( I do hope there are a couple left over for me to finish off tomorrow. They are well worth breaking a diet for)
Thank you also to Lee , Marjorie and Webster who cooked up lots of dog Doughnuts, Muffins and Paw shaped carob treats for the dogs.

[update Sun 11th am]

Spike has been hard at work this morning and all day yesterday helping to sell raffle tickets.
Here he is taking a well earned break.
This afternoon Lord Ash known as Ash to his friends will be helping Pat and Frankie.
Lots of delicious cakes left so do come along and buy a ticket to support the Rescue.

We will have in addition to cakes;- Muffins and Doughnuts specially made for dogs for all those woofers that may want to buy three tickets and grab a treat!

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Ask Spike nicely and he’ll let you have one for free if you buy some raffle tickets from him!

Gypsy

Gypsy has now found a home !!

progress update: 10/05/2014

Gypsy is the sweetest of dogs you could ask for.
Very loyal, good with children and other dogs.
She Loves walks, cuddles, and playing. Very good on lead and off.
Gypsy is good when left at home, doesn’t chew or mess.
I sometimes find her the otherside of the stair gate when I get home and always very pleased to see you. Think she might be good at agility.
She sleeps all night and is clean. When Brian gets up at 5.15am she doesn’t even get out off bed any more and goes back to sleep till about 6.30/7am when I get up to walk them.
My young boys adore her, they are 5 and 7 years old.
She can be cheeky if food is left on the table and you go out of the room, she will jump up and take it (as my 17 year old daughter found out with her sandwich!)

progress update: 04/05/2014

Hi, my name is Gypsy.
I arrived on Monday and immediately became great friends with Pippin who I rolled and played with for an hour.
I love all dogs though Cara wasn’t quite so loving at first…… I have heard from the others that she can be a bit like this.
I soon won her over and now she puts up with me.
I love playing but never force myself on anyone who doesn’t want to play I am a polite girl.
I like children too. I had my first walk off the lead today and boy did I have a good run with Hope chasing her round and round in circles.
Helen says that I am her sort of dog and she was most reluctant to let me go to Kim’s.
Kim’s husband will be pleased when he learns that I am quiet when left, clean in the house and I don’t chew everyone’s belongings up.
I am to have a photo shoot in the next few days with Stephanie, I hope she isn’t expecting me to be nude I am NOT that sort of girl !!

Hope’s appeal 2014 – £1258 raised > target £1990

progress update: 11/05/2014

To date we have raised £1258 for Hope’s Appeal.

We are still collecting in sponsorship money from Sam’s Marathon runs and as soon as we have all of this in we will put up the final total raised by Sam.

Thank you to everyone who has helped raise money for Hope.
Firstly Sam who is just incredible in running not just the London Marathon but The Silverstone Half Marathon as well.
Claire at The Candlejar who has raised money for both Hope’s appeals and has so far has raised nearly £850 since she started, Marilyn and Mike who held an Indian and Italian meal at their house and asked the invited guests to donate, Afrivets who have raised money in the sugery, Claire and Jane who did a car boot last weekend and everyone who kindly sent in donations.

We still need car boot stuff and clothes please if you have any that you would like to donate to us to raise money please phone the Helen at the Rescue.

Continue reading “Hope’s appeal 2014 – £1258 raised > target £1990”

Sat 3rd – Mon 5th May : Cakes at Pets at Home, Branksome!!

Update on raffle ticket sales from Helen – 2/5/14

People were queuing up to buy 3 tickets and the delicious cakes today.
Viki has been busy today baking even more cakes and tomorrow Hope and Nell will be at Pets at Home, Branksome selling them and meeting and greeting people.
Nell is looking for her forever home.
Please pop along and buy some tickets and cakes!

Thank you to Angela, Viki and Scarlet for the cakes and posters!

Rockley who loves to howl

Rockley has now found a home !!

Cookie the lurcher x

progress update: 17/05/2014

Cookie has now found a home !!

Cookie arrived last week from the pound and it is quite impossible to believe how this sweet natured little girl ended up there in the first place.
Cookie is gentle, slightly nervous at first but growing in confidence every day.
She is clean in the house and doesn’t pull on the lead.
Cookie is quiet at night and is crate trained.
The thing Cookie loves best is to curl up for a cuddle.
She know’s “no” and is very obedient.
Probably best in a home with older children due to her nervousness.
Please consider giving this beautiful lady a home, she will reward you with nothing but love and loyalty.
Cookie is a Lurcher mix and about 2 years old.

Charlie and Lizzie

Charlie and Lizzie are both happily rehomed

progress update: 04/05/2014

Hi Helen,
I thought I would send a photo and update on Charlie & Lizzie.

We got Lizzie from you in June 2008 when she was approximately 4 months old and Charlie came to us from you in February 2010 when he was approximately the same age.
They are such a complete joy to have and are so well behaved and quickly settled in to our home.

I started taking them to agility training a few years ago and from day one they both fell in love with it, ( to be honest it isn’t just them that loves it)
It is truly the only thing that completely wears them both out.
This photo was taken today after an agility competition in Newbury.
It shows Lizzie with two 3rd place rosettes and a clear round rosette.
Don’t be fooled by the empty space in front of Charlie, he ran his big heart out today and deserves a “I tried really hard” rosette, boy, did he have fun today.

We want to thank you Helen for letting us adopt two of the most amazing dogs we have ever had the pleasure to have in our lives.
We know that they are happy and we could never imagine life without them.

Thanks again
Tracey and Andy and of course Lizzie and Charlie xx

Nell the Jack Russell

progress update: 17/05/2014

Nell has now found a home !!

progress update: 04/05/2014

Nell has been fostering with us for a week now and has settled in very well,
Nell is a typical Terrier who needs to know her place within the household,
she is a wonderful little dog who travels well in the car is clean and quiet in the house and is great fun to have around.
Nell has previously lived with Cats but not children so 12 and above only please

progress update: 27/4/14

Nell is back at the Rescue through no fault of her own.
Nell is an 8 year old Jack Russell bitch who is vaxed spayed and microchipped,
she has a lovely nature but like any Terrier will need rules and boundaries put in place,
Nell has never lived with children so over 12 only please

Continue reading “Nell the Jack Russell”

Lynx (a.k.a Rhubarb)

REHOMED

progress update: 27/04/2014

HI DAWG dogs, I thought you might like an update as to how I am getting on, It’s Lynx by the way (originally known as Rhubarb).
So far I have made friends with granny’s dogs Wish and Sprocket, Sprocket is the moodier one but I think I am definitely winning him around and I have fun playing with Wish on walks.
I am settling in well in my cottage with my new mum and dad who tell me all the time they have absolutely fallen in love with me.
Oh and I not only sit and wait but I have good recall and give high fives already, I think I will be top of my puppy class!
And finally I enjoyed my 1st beach outing today and even went in the sea.
Thank you very much for rescuing me and giving my mum and dad the opportunity to adopt me. P.S I love food. Always Lynx. x
xana

Rhubarb has now found a home !!

Rhubarb is a 9 week old Labrador puppy.
Turned out to fend for himself and now looking for a home.