Santa Paws Appeal

Santa Paws Appeal at Pets at Home, Branksome

Please come and say Hello

and maybe donate a meal or two for the dogs’ Christmas dinners?

progress update: 18/12/2019

Buster Bronson and Flash …. on duty raising money for DAWGdogs

Biscuit doing her bit at Pets at Home on Monday

Lord Lester and Jeanette were at Branksome Pets at home to raising awareness of the Santa Paws Appeal.

He condescended to wear antlers for a very short while but did keep his Christmas jumper on which was bought for him especially to strut his stuff in.

progress update: 11/12/2019

Alani saying Hello to a customer today at Branksome Pets at Home.

Eric has been helping to fundraise today at Branksome Pets at Home .
I think he enjoyed himself by the looks of it.
He will back to help again on Friday afternoon.

Lord Lester is trying out his antlers ready for fundraising at Branksome Pets at Home tomorrow.
He hopes to meet lots of people and raise funds for the Christmas meals.

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Alani and Eric are at Pets at Home, Branksome

today and tomorrow helping us raise funds for the Santa Paws Appeal.

Please come and say Hello to them

and maybe donate a meal or two for the dogs’ Christmas dinners?

Could you help foster a rescued dog?

We are desperately short on foster homes to help a lost soul onto a new life.

Fostering is rewarding and sometimes hard work but to see each one of them go off to a new and better life is all the reward we need.

If you can foster one of our dogs please phone the Rescue.

Every foster home we have is another dog’s life saved!

Santa Paws Appeal at Pets at Home Branksome

Pets at Home, Branksome are once again holding their national Christmas appeal for Support Adoption For Pets –

Santa Paws Appeal in store now until 24^th December, 2017

During the Santa Paws appeal, you will be able to ‘Buy a Pet a Christmas Dinner’ for a 50p donation.

Please pop in and say hello to Helen and the team of DAWG volunteers,

meet one or two of the Rescue dogs and donate 50p to buy a Rescue dog a Christmas dinner.

Thank you for your support.

Please help look for Scruffy

Bertie has now been found !

UPDATE 5:30pm Sat 12/11

Bertie has now been found and will be with Helen by the time you read this.

Thank you very much to everyone who helped to try and find him and also to everyone who helped to spread the word!

http://www.doglost.co.uk/dog-blog.php?dogId=107423#.WCc5Y7KLTcc

Our annual DAWG show is not far away – can you help with us prizes?

Our annual DAWG show is not far away – can you help us with prizes?
We need bottles, raffle prizes and auction lots.
Suggestions for auctions lots could include weekends away, restaurant vouchers, garage services, pamper days etc.
We still have lots of Bric-a-brac to sell so no more this year thank you!
If you can help with any of the above, please contact Helen at the Rescue 01202 380467 or Kate 07990 614091 or message DAWGdogs on Facebook.

Could you foster a DAWGdog? We could save more lives if we had more foster places for them to stay whilst they are looking for a home

Could you foster a DAWGdog ?

Every foster home we have means another dog we can save.
We are looking for people who have homes with well enclosed gardens and who are at home for most of the day.
The dogs that we care for are all different, the only thing they all have in common is that they all deserve a better life!

Many of the dogs will be in poor condition on arrival.
Some are underweight, others may have skin complaints or injuries, some will have been very badly treated and spent a life living in fear of the next blow.
This is where the foster homes come in. It is their job to build the dogs up, returning them to a a good state of health, and above all the foster home will need to teach the dogs that not all people are bad!

Some of the dogs have never lived in family homes and therefore they need to be taught some manners, for example, shoes are not for teething on, settees are not for sleeping on, gardens are not for digging in and it is not acceptable to help themselves from the fridge or table.
On arrival all dogs are stressed, sometimes from a long journey, and inevitably they will get upset tummies so you may feel as though you are spending all day with a mop in your hand!!

All food, bedding and vets expenses are paid for by D.A.W.G, so it will not stretch your finances, however it may stretch your patience!! It also helps to have a car to collect the dogs and also to take the dogs to our vet when needed.

Fostering can be messy, upsetting and hard work, but the feeling you get from knowing you have made a real difference makes it all worthwhile.

If you are unable to foster a dog full time but are able to on the weekends,
we always have dogs that would appreciate a weekend of TLC and undivided attention !

More foster homes needed !

Could you offer a Foster Home to a rescued dog until they can find a permanent home?

Every foster home we have means another dog whose life we can save.

We are looking for people who have homes with well enclosed gardens and who are at home for most of the day.

The dogs that we care for are all different, the only thing they all have in common is that they all deserve a better life!

Many of the dogs will be in poor condition on arrival.

Some are underweight, others may have skin complaints or injuries, some will have been very badly treated and spent a life living in fear of the next blow.

This is where the foster homes come in.

It is their job to build the dogs up, returning them to a a good state of health, and above all the foster home will need to teach the dogs that not all people are bad!

Some of the dogs have never lived in family homes and therefore they need to be taught some manners, for example, shoes are not for teething on, settees are not for sleeping on, gardens are not for digging in and it is not acceptable to help themselves from the fridge or table.

On arrival all dogs are stressed, sometimes from a long journey, and inevitably they will get upset tummies so you may feel as though you are spending all day with a mop in your hand!!

All food, bedding and vets expenses are paid for by D.A.W.G, so it will not stretch your finances, however it may stretch your patience!! It also helps to have a car to collect the dogs and also to take the dogs to our vet when needed.

Fostering can be messy, upsetting and hard work, but the feeling you get from knowing you have made a real difference makes it all worthwhile.

If you are unable to foster a dog full time but are able to on the weekends,
we always have dogs that would appreciate a weekend of TLC and undivided attention !

If you could give some care and attention to a recently rescued dog to ease the time that they spend whilst awaiting a permanent home,

then please

contact Helen

for more information !

01202 380467

helen@dawgdogs.net

Is anyone interested in running a half marathon for DAWGdogs?

Is anyone interested in running a half marathon for DAWGdogs?
We are looking at getting a team together for the New Forest Half Marathon on Sunday, 13th September, 2015.
For more details, please contact Helen at the Rescue on 01202 380467 or Jane on 07871 162682

Fundraising at The Candle Jar

Claire at the Candle Jar, Winton is kindly fundraising for DAWG – please read what she is up to and pop in if you can:-

RAISING FUNDS for DAWG at The Candle Jar.

Debbi has kindly made these beautiful heart ‘Drifters’ £5 each, with ALL money going to DAWG.
We also have lovely greetings cards made by Jan for DAWG and are stockists for Salisbury Hospital Trust famous ‘My Trusty Little Sunflower Cream’ range.
We receive 20% for selling the Sunflower items, this is split between DAWG & The Bournemouth Soup Run.
If you enjoy your home fragrance, there’s a Candle Jar DAWG charity basket full of lovely items, at the moment it’s reed diffusers.
We want to do all we can to support the vital work of Helen and her wonderful team of volunteers and foster carers.
You are so welcome to pop in with your dogs, we keep a supply of treats under the counter !
Claire