Please see below for information on our news and events
December 2011
In Loving memory of our darling Shakey Sue who passed away on 25th December. Shakey had heart problems diagnosed earlier in the month and was such a strong little girl. Sadly Shakey's kidneys failed and we had to say goodbye to our lovely girl. We miss you baby, love mummy Lisa & Daddy Tim x
In Loving memory of Jake (Jakey) . Sadly Missed by Mummy Linda & Daddy Ray
November 5th BONFIRE NIGHT!!!
PLEASE THINK OF YOUR PETS
As i am sure most dog owners are aware, Bonfire night can be a terribly frightening time for your dog. We have put together a few heplful hints and tips for keeping your dog safe and calm:
Signs of stress
The first thing to do if you are concerned about your dog's reaction to fireworks is to watch him for signs of stress and anxiety. These can include
Trembling, restlesness,shaking, distructiveness, barking, howling, whining, loss of house trainging,hiding, pacing, panting.
What you can do:
- Making sure his environment is safe and that he cannot escape.
- Ensuring he always wear a collar and disk - just in case of a successful escape attempt.
- Trying to ignore any signs of restlessness and stress and rewarding any calm, relaxed behaviour.
- Preparing a "den" for him, away from windows.
- Covering a table with a blanket or placing his bed behind a sofa where he will feel safe, secure and comfortable.There are a number of things you can do to help relax your dog.
keeping your dog calm:There are a number of things you can do to help relax your dog.
Inside the house, put on some calm music or the television at a sensible volume, creating a relaxing atmosphere. Animals, especially dogs, have a strong sense of how people are feeling, so you must remain calm yourself.
If you cuddle your dog or make an extra fuss of him, he may get the impression that he is right to be scared, making him more distressed. If your dog or cat tries to run away and hide in the house at the sound of fireworks, let him. Holding onto the him will most likely make it more distressed.
We would advise you never to:
- Let your dog go outside when fireworks are sounding, even if he shows no signs of stress.
- Exercise or walk him when fireworks are likely.
- Punish your dog for being frightened.
- Leave him alone during the firework period.
- Fuss or try and reassure your dog when he is frightened, as this rewards the fear behaviour and will encourage him to repeat it.
- Take your dog to a firework display.
Calming Medications:
There are a number of calming medications that your vet can prescribe a very anxious dog. if you feel your dog would be helped in this way, please seek further advice form your vet. Please note: some medications may need to be taken a few days prior to the feared event for full effect.
FROM EVERYONE AT ALL DOGS, PLEASE HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY BONFIRE NIGHT
In loving memory of Shandy (aka Pants)
Shandy came to us with her half sister Shelly (Bean) after being a breeding bitch at her previous home. She was a funny little lady, very loving and cheeky. Pants passed away peacefully and is very much missed by her mummy Lisa and Daddy Tim. Her half sister Bean is lost without her. Rest in peace little angel x
In loving memory of our lovely boy Taco. Taco was a lucky boy we rescued many years ago. he lived with us as a sancturary dog here at the rescue. Sadly Taco fell ill very suddenly. Forever in our thoughs love mummy Lisa & Daddy Tim x
October 2011
Christmas Stock is here
We are pleased to announce that we are due to start selling our Christmas gifts on ebay next week. We have a range of pet toys, pet gifts, general gifts and of course, some of the lovey dog jumpers that were sent into our Easter 2011 Knitting competition. Please go to ebay and look for seller id alldogsrescue
HAPPY SHOPPING
June 2011
CAT RUN
As some of you already know, we started a major project 2 months ago to re house our population of resident cats we have here at All Dogs. Our aim was to give them more space inside and out.
After much planning we got to work trying to source materials for the job. We had an excellent response to people on Freecycle with offers of paving slabs to create the floor in the run. We were dreading the expense of the wall panels as we knew it wouldnt be cheap. we found a company that were reasonable that promised delivery within 2 days. 2 days turned into 3 weeks! we chased the company only to be given false promises. after many phone calls we were eventually told we would have to wait yet another 6 WEEKS!!!!!!!
At this point we decided to look elsewhere and found a great company called Tolvi. They completely saved the day and had the panels out to us in a matter of a couple of days.
The build is almost complete now but, as with most DIY projects it is taking 3 times longer that expected, but we are working very hard every spare minute to complete it.
The cats have now moved in and are loving the extra space they now have. AC & DC (the white fluffy twins) spend hours sunbathing, rolling about on their backs and being as voal as they possibly can :)
we will of course upload pics of the cat enclosure when completed, but at this stage we just wanted to say A BIG thank you to all of our volunteer work force, anyone on freecycle that has donated materials and especially Tolvi for saving the project so much time.
June 2011
AND FINALLY
we are proud to announce the winners of our knitting competition.
when we first advertised the competition we never imagined it would be so popular. it was hard to keep up with posting the amount of patterns requested on a day to day basis but we got there.
After a week or so the jumpers started rolling in. we had over 200 amazing creations sent in from our taleted All Dogs Supporters, from all over the UK and even from Austrailia.
After many requests for a crochet pattern we decided to have a catagory just for our crochet fans. This proved to be extremely popular. we had many clubs and organisations of crochet circles getting involved. Judging the competition took place over the long easter weekend. after a full day of difficult decision making we are very pleased to announce the following winners.
Knitting Catagory
in reverse order
3rd place ........................ Susanna Landais from AberdeenshireWith a lovely striped jumper, Beautifully modelled by one of our resident dog Weable.
2nd Place........................ Maria Carney form Houghton Le Spring
with a gorgeous Heart detial jumper modelled here by Hattie
Back view
and the winner in 1st place with a classic fisherman's style jumper with rope twist design modelled here by Poppy is..........................
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WINNER Natasha Wilkins from Southampton
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Crochet Catagory
in reverse order
Joint 3rd place..........Jean Burton from Greenock with a pretty glittering red jumper moddled by Poppy
& Mary Wallace form Glasgow with a very well made mixed green jumper
modelled by Weable.
2nd place..................Meolody Schripper from Hampshire with this fantastic coat and matching bag, modelled here by Poppy
and the winner in 1st place with this absolutely gorgeous and very well made dog jumper in cream with multi coloured flowers, modelled by Weable is.........
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WINNER Tracy Lawson From South Staffordshire
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The jumpers will be either worn by the dogs in our care or auctioned later this year on our ebay pages. Any funds raised by their sales will be contributed to vital vet care for the dogs.
We would like to thank all of the entrants for their hard work and imagination in creating the wonderful dog jumpers. We had so much fun being involved in the competition and hope you enjoyed it too. Due to the popularity of this competition and after many enquiries as to when the next one will be held, we are planning another later this year for around Christmas & will annouce it on ebay and here on our site nearer the time.
Competition announcement delays due to some very Sad News :(
We are so sorry for the delay in getting the winners of the Knitting competition announced here on the site.
Sadly over the Comptition judging period we lost one of our beloved long term secial needs dogs named Baby. Baby passed away very suddenly from a seizure after suffering with epilepsy for many years.
This was obviously devestating enough but was unbelievably followed by the sudden death of our resident special needs cat Tippy and within a week our gorgeous sponsor dog midge passed away.
Midge was very elderly and passed away due to his heart failing. He passed very peacefully .we are so sad to bring you this news as We know you all loved these animals as much as we did as both Baby & Midge had many supporters online. Thank you for all of you that cared & helped these aniamls.
RIP Baby, Midge & Tippy our angles.
EASTER KNITTING COMPETITION 2011
As you all know, we have been running a knitting competition on ebay and on our site to enable us to colect much needed doggy jumpers for our elderly dogs. We had an amazing response and would like to thank all our followers , members and ebay customers for all their very hard work. The competition was judged on Good Friday. It was a very difficult process as the quality of the jumpers was fantastic.
we will be listing the winners and runners up at the end of this week so stay tuned :)
September 2010
It's that time again... CALLING ALL KNITTERS!!!!
would you like to knit for us to help us raise money for the animals at All Dogs Rescue? then read on.... we are looking for volunteers to knit jumpers for us to sell in out online shop. If you have the time and the skills, we can provide you with wool and patterns. each doggy jumper sold helps us to pay for much needed medication for some of the permanent residents here as well as conrtibuting to the costs of running the rescue. To speak to someone about becoming a knitting volunteer, please call 0208 331 5057 or email us at the info@ address
August 2010
we are very sad to say that we lost two of our much loved sanctuary dogs this month. Little Hannah (also known as Honey) passed away in her sleep and lovely Taylor lost her battle with cancer. RIP beautiful girls, you will forever be in our thoughts.
Hannah Taylor
June 2010
Thank you to everyone who is supporting our ebay shop. We are so glad you are happy with your purchases and hope you shop again with us soon.
May 2010
Our Ebay shop is now busier than ever. To be linked to the shop, please press the ebay logo
*******NEWS FLASH!!!!!!!!!!BRANCHING OUT!!!!**************
We are very happy to announce the recent expansion of our rescue to Midkent.
We have a band of new volunteers in the area now fostering, collecting and fund raising. Many thanks to David for helping us meet such a lovely group of people at the recent village fete.
If you would like to join our volunteer team, please email lisa m5070@hotmail.com
ANIMAL AID UPDATE
Just a note to say THANK YOU so much to all of the people who supported us at the Animal Aid Christmas without Cruelty Fayer last Sunday.
Animal Aid was our very first event. We had a great time and it was so lovely to meet so many like minded people. Congratulations to ALF for getting in this year, well done guys, you deserve to be there.
A HUGE thank you to our friends Romania Animal Aid who we shared our stand with. We couldn't have done it without you. xx
We had some fantastic Raffle prizes donated prior to the event. The raffle was a great success with the vegan wine, Christmas cake, and CD Player on offer. All Winners have now been contacted.
A special thank you to Geoff & Bill who donated the star prizes and to Liz Cooper who wishes to kindly re donate her prize for a future raffle. Thank you to all of the family and friends who turned up to help and support us.
We had such a great time and will be back next year for certain.
December 6th
ANIMAL AID CHRISTMAS WITHOUT CRUELTY FAYER
10am - 5pm at Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 (opposite High Street Kensington tube station). OVER 80 STANDS all promoting charities, campaign groups and ethical traders who are trying to make a real difference in the world. Have a wonderful shopping spree safe in the knowledge that no products have been tested on animals or include any animal ingredients. COME ALONG AND SEE OUR STAND we will be selling many doggie gifts or why not SPONSOR ONE OF OUR DOGS just for yourself or as a great CHRISTMAS GIFT. we will be positioned in the LOWER FOYER.
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November.......NEW EBAY PAGE
!!!!!!!!!!!!!DOG JUMPERS ON EBAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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We are pleased to annnounce the launch of our ebay page selling a lovely assortment of doggie jumpers. There is something for every pooch in a whole range of colours. We are offering the buyer of every jumper sold the opportunity of making their dog a STAR. If you purchase a jumper from our ebay page and send us a photo of your lucky dog wearing his/her new cozy jumper, we will feature the photograph on this website along with your dogs name.
THE ALL DOGS SUPER MODELS
Emily is a 13 year old Pekinese. Hetty the 4yr old Bichon
Doris the cairn looking smart Duper in his new jumper what a handsome boy
Other Items.... From time to time we will be selling other items on the site. Look out for the lovely dog collars coming soon.
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19th September....Weald Of Kent Ploughing Match
A fun day out. with many stands including a great cider stall. The All Dogs doggies had a wander about and met lots of little Jacks. Highlight of the day was the terrier racing. A fun race where terriers chase down a little track after a fluffy faux lure. Sadly none of our lot entered as we may still be waiting for them to finish the race now ;). Next time though maybe! with our own little 3 legged jack (Molly) becoming quicte a fast little lady, the seasoned pros may just be in for a bit of competition. A big thank you to all who took one of our leaflets.
Molly
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July 2009 ..........ORADEA ZOO ANIMAL UPDATE
GOOD NEWS :)
Since our return from Romania a number of the volunteers have been very busy contacting Wildlife Centers and Safari parks worldwide in an attempt to re house these animals into better conditions. I am happy to announce that a large number of the Wolves and Lions form Oradea Zoo will be coming to the UK in September to a new Sanctuary. Further details of how many and the details of the sanctuary will be added shortly. The animals that remain in Oradea Zoo will be neutered to stop the breeding problem and the sick will recieve ongoing veterinary treatment .
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July 2009..Romania Update
I am so sorry for the delay in reporting back on our recent trip to Romania. We returned to an enourmous back log of calls & emails but are now FINALLY back on top of things.
The purpose of the trip was to learn about a new approach to the street dog problems of Romania. The system they have in oradea is wonderful and the city only has 10% of the number of street dogs that it did 5 years ago. Detials of the programme can be found here
http://www.romaniaanimalaid.co.uk/page2.htm
On the first day of our trip we visited the SOS Dog's Shelter in Oradea. The shelter had over 200 stay dogs looking for homes. Although the set up is completely different from most UK rescues, the dogs seemed happy in their environment. Most dogs shared large enclosures with only the sick or pregnant dogs in kennels. It was heart breaking to see the faces of the numerous puppies, some looked so weak.
Luckily the pups get adopted by the locals but sadly some of the older dogs have been at the shelter a long time.
The dogs from SOS are available for adoption in the UK. for further detaisl of how to adopt a dog from Romania, Please email M5070@hotmail.com
The second day we met up with the other volunteers attending the programme from PETA, Dogs Trust, allong with vets and other people involved in animal welfare from Holland and Turkey. Our first stop was at the SOS Dog's Open shelter.
The purpose of this shelter is to keep the stary dogs out of the towns and villages and to let them live in a free environment. The open shelter is a huge area of land (approximately 47 hectares) owned by one of the SOS Volunteers. The dogs are not fenced in, they are free to come and go from this area as they please, but choose not to as they recieve food there. All of the dogs that come into this area are neutered by SOS dogs. Most of the dogs here didn't do well at the Oradea shelter in smaller enclosures and are classed as un re homable, but here they are happy, free roaming and friendly. There are currently approximately 200 dogs at the open shelter.
it was truly amazing to walk amongst these dogs to see them running and playing so happily.
after a long walk to and around the grounds we headed back for lunch prepared for us by the SOS volunteers. One little dog (who we named Bear) followed us for 4 miles to where we had lunch, rested for a while and then made the 4 mile walk back to her companions. It was as if she wanted to make sure we all got there safely. She was gorgeous.
NOT "JUST" Dogs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Later that day we visited Oradea Zoo. The Zoo has had problems with its animal housing for a long time. Now however, under new management, they are seeking help with this situation. It was very sad. The animals were all stood on concrete in over crowded cages. Some of the animals looked very distressed and some looked like they had given up all hope. The Zoo has had problems with the animals breeding. The continual supply of baby animals has filled already cramped conditions to breaking point. A few of the animals were sick and hardly any were neutered. Some of the animals have been at the Zoo their entire lives. We were all very saddened to learn of the resident Tiger now aged 22, who has never known space or freedom.We were shocked to see so many domestic animals at the zoo and other secies being kept in cages, like Pigeons. There was also a lonly fox in a cage all by himself.
PLEASE NOTE:- You may find some of the following images disturbing!!
The cramped conditions.......Lions
The Wolf Enclosure
On our last day we visited the Oradea Dog Show held by SOS Dogs. It was a hot day but lots of people turned up with their dogs. There were many classes which included musical mats (like musical chairs for dogs) and Best 6 legs (which owners legs were most like their dogs). We judged the classes alongside volunteers form The Dogs Trust. Everyone had a great day and 6 dogs were adopted from the shelter by people attending the show.
We would like to than all of the volunteers at SOS Dogs and The manager of Oradea Zoo for their hospiailty. Thank you also to Team Oradea 2009 for your didication to improving the lives of the Zoo Animals. It was great to meet you all & we hope to see you next time.
We are looking forward to visiting Romania again soon.
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JUNE 2009.........Romania
We are very excited to announce that we will be attending the Oradea dog show in Romania. A couple of our volunteers will be going to Oradea to work at the SOS Dogs Oradea shelter to lend a helping hand and gain valuable experience about how a Roanian dog shelter is run.
We will keep you posted with plenty of pictures and updates .
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On April 4th We attended the Scruffs dog show in Westminster. The sun was shining & there was a great turn out of people with their dogs.
There were 6 classes:- Ms Diva, Mr Slick, Most like it's owner ,Best Veteran ,Little but Large & Best Behaved Staffie
We entered one of the All Dog's doggies into the Little But Large class and are very proud to say she won 1st Place. Here is Little Moonpig, looking very pleased with herself.
A big thank you to Mr Cliff Wilton of South Westminster Renewal Partnership for organising such a great event.
We hope there will be another one in 2010
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