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Southbourne Fun Day Dog Show 2009

On the 6th June we were invited by The Southbourne Traders Association to run
a dog show at their annual Fun day.

Angela, Colin, Claire, Jane, Jeremy, Sharon, Georgina, Joy and Allen kindly
offered to organise and run the show.
They all pitched in on the day to ensure that this ran smoothly and was a great success.
Everyone who went to the show with their dogs had a great day out.
I can’t thank them enough for stepping in and offering to do this for the
rescue, especially as these wonderful people also foster dogs for the
rescue, take them to vet appointments and still have time to fit in
work and family life.
Thank you so much.
They raised £137.00 on the day which a fantastic amount for a small show.
Claire took photos on the day and anyone interested in having a copy
of a photo of their dog at the show please contact us and we will try
to arrange this for you.

Click here to see the photos!

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Pet Information and Show at West Parley Hall

On Sunday there was a Pet Show at West Parley Hall to raise pet awareness and raise funds for animal charities

and Helen was invited to judge some of the classes!

These ferrets came 1st in the Cheeky Chappies Contest!

Fudge  ( a DAWGdog now living with Bill, Marjorie, Christine and five other DAWGdogs at White Topps Hotel ) won 2nd place in the Cheeky Chappies.

Here he is in his F.B.I fancy dress for which he also won a prize in the Fancy Dress Contest!

There was a Lionhead rabbit and two Tortoises (both 26 years old) who all won prizes too!

Lady

progress update: 16th Nov

progress update: 20th April

Lady’s Story (As told by Lady)

“My story really starts around September last year when I noticed my owners were looking at me in a different way and having whispered conversations about me. I was pregnant at the time and it was starting to worry me, however I had my pups in October but the whispering went on until in November they took all my pups except one away. Soon after that they took me and my pup to the vet and left me there. The vet took my pup away and I was left on my own feeling confused and very puzzled.

A few days later a lady came and took me away from the vet and then took me to on a long journey which took a couple of days, on arrival I was given to another lady called Helen who took me to a vet and then to a house where I met two people who I was told would look after me until they could find new owners for me.

This is a photograph of me on my first day in my new house

These new people already had a yellow Labrador called Bracken who seemed quite happy to have me in his house. I was given my own bed and Bracken and me were taken for long walks in the woods and on the heath which I really enjoyed but Bracken was a lot older than me and could not keep up so I ran around on my own. Occasionally we met other dogs and some of them liked to play chase with me and I really enjoyed that.

Christmas and New Year came and went and then in January the people who were looking after me told me that Bracken was very ill and would not live much longer so they had decided to adopt me and become my new owners. Just after this my new owners took me to the vet for an operation which meant I would not be able to have any more pups, it took me a few days to recover but everything seems fine now. Since the operation life has settled into a pattern of two to four walks a day which I enjoy very much but in April I had a new adventure. My owners put a large box behind the car and we went to a place called Wales where I am told there are some good golf courses. During my stay in Wales I met a friend of my owners and we went for some very long walks. We were away for a week and I found it very enjoyable and I am told that we will soon be going to Dartmoor for a week which I am looking forward to.

This is a photograph of me, Bracken and one of my owner’s friends on a walk in Wales.

This is a photograph of my owners’ car and the box that goes behind it which they live in. I am not allowed inside and Bracken and I live in a thing called an awning which fits on the side.

It is now nearly the end of April and I have just passed my third Birthday, unfortunately Bracken is getting worse and I am very worried about him but he seems happy to stay in his bed. My owners now have to walk Bracken and me separately but I get a longer walk which I enjoy.

Looking back I owe a big thank you to the lady who brought me to Helen and especially Helen for finding me a new home, for the future I hope all animals will find good homes where they are treated with kindness.”

Lady

Fun Day Dog Show photos

Because there are a lot of photos of the Dog Show,

sometimes this slows down the website and makes it hard for everyone to connect to it.

In order to try and temporarily reduce the server load, I’ve moved the photos off the main page.

They are all still online and you can see them on the following pages using these links:


Fun Day Dog Show photos 1


Fun Day Dog Show photos 2


Fun Day Dog Show photos 3


Fun Day Dog Show photos 4


Fun Day Dog Show photos 5


Fun Day Dog Show photos 6

DAWG Fun Day Dog Show 2008

A HUGE THANK YOU !!!!

from Helen and all at the Rescue to everyone

who helped to make the Fun Day Dog Show last weekend such a great success !!

A grand total of £2148 was raised

which will all go towards helping many more dogs in the near future !!

Special thanks to:

Pat and Nigel on whose land the Show was held,

Kate, who worked tirelessly to organise the Show with Ann and Mark

and who also took many of the photos,

Jenny who manned the PA all day,

Pat and Sally who judged all the events,

Jane and Jimmy with Ozzie who ran the DAWGdogs shop,

Claire and Sergeant Pepper who ran the Raffle,

Kieser who ran the Bottle Stall,

Anne who ran the Children’s Area,

Jan and Louise with Sadie who ran the Tombola,

Jan who ran the cakes and plants stall,

Emma and Anne who ran the bric-a-brac stall.

Jan, Jimmy and Jonathan for helping set up and pack away everything,

Gemma who helped with the preparation,

Jeanine and Lissa and Gerard who ran the Agility course,

Jason, Jaff and Harry who dressed up as dogs and did collections,

Judges Helpers Tracey and Trudy,

Angela and the Friendly Dog Club,

The New Forest Dog Owners Club,

Julian Clegg for publicising the show on Radio Solent,

Simon,

Linda from Paddy’s Pool who ran a stall

and who has homed three DAWGdogs over the years,

Jim, Charlie and Reece for supervising the car parking,

Pat who donated all the rosettes,

everyone who made cakes and donated bottles and other items,

and a special mention of thanks to

Charlie and his brother Phil

who both donated £100 each!

RESULTS !

DAWGdog Dogs Of The Year 2008

First Prize was won by Lillie who lives with the Hurcombe family.

She is a lurcher cross fostered by them five years ago when she was only five weeks old and arrived at the Rescue very ill with pneumonia.

Second Prize was won by Ozzie,

a golden lab cross looked after by Jane Ferguson.

Ozzie had been badly treated in Ireland

( he was actually brought into the Irish rescue by his original owner locked in the boot of a car

as if that was a normal way to transport a dog )

He was very difficult at first and bit a few people

because he was very nervous.

At the Show he helped on the DAWGdogs stall

and behaved impeccably all day long.

3rd prize

Muffin and Mrs Holcombe

4th prize

Minty and Mrs Davies

FANCY DRESS WINNERS:

1st

Katie and Purdie

2nd

Emma and Sheba

3rd

Harry and Oscar

DOGS MOST LIKE OWNERS WINNERS:

1st

Helen and Gigi

2nd

Steve and Zak

3rd

Sarah and Rudy

DOGS WITH THE WAGGIEST TAIL WINNERS:

1st

Fenn and Carolyn

2nd

Dexter and Stephanie

3rd

Roma and Jean

A special no-tail prize was awarded to

Chas and Mandy !

BEST RESCUE DOG 2008

was won by Sam ( a.k.a Skinny Sam )

more results and photos to follow soon !!

THANK YOU ALL !!

We would like to thank all of the following for their

most generous donations of prizes for the

Raffle and for the Fun Day Dog Show events !!

MOTABITZ

www.a1motabitz.co.uk

for prizes of a double sleeping bag and car care wash kit !!

Burns Pet Nutrition

for donating dog food sample bags and 2kg bags too !

www.burns-pet-nutrition.co.uk

James Wellbeloved

for donating bags of dog food !

www.wellbeloved.com

Claire from Oscar Pet Foods

for dog food prizes !

www.oscars.co.uk

Jane and Joe from Dogpool

for a prize for the raffle !

Keiser from Gemworld

for a £50 voucher and kindly volunteering to run a stall again !

Gemworld,

90 Station Road,

New Milton,

Hampshire,

BH25 6LQ,

Telephone: 01425 611898

Bashley Plant Centre

for a £10 voucher !

Bashley Plant Centre,

Bashley Common Road,

New Milton,

Hampshire,

BH25 5SG

Telephone: 01425 612442

Carrie Bugg Photography

for a portrait voucher !

Carrie Bugg Photography

Rivendell Adlam’s Lane,

Sway Lymington

Hampshire

SO41 6EG

www.carriebuggphotography.co.uk

Henry’s Pet Foods in Hordle

for a voucher !

Henry’s Pet Foods,

32 Stopples Lane,

Hordle,

Hampshire,

SO41 0GL

Telephone: 01425 616722

White Topps Hotel

for a £25 M+S voucher !

White Topps Hotel.

45, Church Rd,

Bournemouth,

BH6 4BB

Tel: 01202 428868

Bonafide Wines

7 St Catherines Parade,

Fairmile Road

Christchurch,

BH23 2LQ

Tel. 01202 485965

who kindly donated a bottle of wine and displayed our posters !

Pascoe’s Dog Food

www.pascoes.co.uk

for dog food prizes !!

FISH4DOGS

www.fish4dogs.com

for dog food prizes !!


THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FROM

ALL OF US AT THE RESCUE

AND FROM ALL THE DAWGDOGS !!!

Come to our DAWGdogs Fun Day Dog Show TODAY !!!!

The ‘Friendly Dog Club’ from Barton will be doing a display of heelwork to music, their famous line dance and a skills workshop.

We will also be having a parade of DAWGdogs that have been successfully rehomed and

Helen will be presenting a special award to her

‘DAWGdog of 2008‘

( someone who has had a really bad past/ improved a lot/ stuck in her mind in some way).

Classes will run from 11am – 1, then displays til 2pm, classes again from 2 – 4.

The program of classes is as follows: