I had to laugh this week, the 'boys' in my furry crew sound like the characters from the old film 'The Lady Killers' with: Tom; Gus; Humphrey & Knuckles in contrast to the gentle lady Jasmine. Each one of my wonderful customers are coming on leaps and bounds. Gus the golden lab has grown enormously and a delight to walk - Humphrey (I'm chuckling!) is a frenzied biting machine at 9 weeks who's gradually understanding 'NO BITE!' and to stop ski-ing in his poo! - Jasmine has the air of 'Lady & The Tramp' until she see's a crow - Tom is an angel who's learning every command within an hour - And Knuckles my latest pooch was rescued from a Greek beach with half an ear and a chewed tail - he's lovely. What a lucky lady I am - I JUST LOVE MY JOB! Maria :)
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Pet Blood Bank UK I found this very useful information on Twitter from ONESMALLMOUSE.ORG If your beloved dog was involved in an accident, you'd do everything possible to get the life-saving treatment he or she needed. But what if your friend couldn't be saved, because the blood transfusion needed just wasn't available? It's a horrendous thought - but it demonstrates just how crucial the work of Pet Blood Bank UK is. This is a charity that provides a national canine blood bank. It's the only pet blood bank charity in the UK. The charity was launched at Crufts in 2007. By 2010 demand had shot up, and that year, the charity supplied 3,000 units of plasma and packed red blood cells to help dogs in need. Each unit collected can help save up to four dogs' lives. Rather like with human blood donation, Pet Blood Bank UK collects blood from doggy donors at organised collection sessions all over the UK. If you would like to find out more visit Pet Blood Bank UK Service Dogs Help Carry The Olympic Torch and Spirit As reported on scruff macduff: The Olympic games are always a wonderful time to see the world coming together. This year’s Olympics will be even more Fit As Fido as the Olympic torch will be accompanied along part of its journey by two amazing service dogs and their owners. Wendy Morrell and Udo and their good friends Karen Ruddlesden and Coco got their chance July 13th to help move the torch to start the games. Wendy and Karen are also using this opportunity to help spotlight a couple of important service dog charities in the UK: - Dogs for the Disabled - Medical Detection Dogs As reported on the Assistance Dogs (UK Website): Assistance Dogs will be welcome at all Olympic Games venues. The information below will help you to ensure you and your assistance dog enjoy your visit to the Olympics. Assistance Dogs (UK) is very grateful to assistance dog partner Wendy Morrell for compiling much of this information. Wendy has been working with LOCOG since 2007 to ensure that the needs of assistance dog owners are met at all 2012 Olympic venues. Assistance Dogs (UK) has been assured by the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games that there will be an assistance dog relief area at every Olympic venue. The information provided aims to help you make the most of your visit to the Olympic Games. This information may be subject to change and AD (UK) takes no responsibility for this. Please return to the Assistance Dogs (UK) website regularly for the full article and for the latest information. I've only been looking after Tom for a short while but I've got to admit I'm completely smitten! At 10 weeks he's already responding to: sit, stay, come, paw & leave. I'm now introducing him slowly to his collar and lead helping Tom and his owner to get ready for their adventures out in the big world :) You can't help but love Tom! Maria x Great info that you can print out and post in your house that may help you save your dog one day! Information source: thedogfiles.com Welcome to my 'Dog Blog' - I'm going to enjoy gathering a weekly digest of the latest dog news in the press. Sometimes serious, sometimes funny - Enjoy fellow dog-lovers :)
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