Rescue Open Day 12th May 2012

Meet the dogs at the Rescue Open Day

The dogs currently in rescue (above, below)

This Saturday, May 12 2012, Happy Staffe Rescue will be holding a Rescue Open Day.

The private boarding kennels where are dogs are cared for - Broadmarsh Kennels & Cattery have kindly agreed to us holding this event.

It is a chance to come and meet the dogs in rescue and to meet the people behind the rescue including many of our welfare team. We hope to be able to undertake home checks in some cases if time permits for anyone interested in rehoming a dog.

Children and dogs are welcome, but must be supervised at all times.

Further details can be found on the website here.

Captain Corn, raising money for the staffies

You can support me at www.justgiving.com/jonathangittingshsr

Well this is about 90% of what I'll be wearing when I take part in the Bridgnorth 22-mile sponsored walk.

I'll probably get a red cape (to fit the title Captain Corn) and maybe yellow face paint to finish it all off.

Every penny raised will be donated to Happy Staffie Rescue.

Lush event closes - £437.71 raised

Thank you once again to the people at Lush, including store manager Claire for their wonderful support, and to the customers at Merry Hill who together helped raise a total of £437.71 over the two days.

The new kennel contract working already

As you will no doubt have already seen, we have increased the number of dogs in our care quite dramatically.

This is thanks to the successful negotiations that were undertaken with the private boarding kennels where the dogs are cared for. The proprietors of the kennels have proved invaluable over the last several months and their willingness to accept a new contract that allowed more dogs at a reduced daily charge has allowed us to get more dogs in.

Now the challenge is to raise those additional funds that will be required to cover the cost of these additional dogs.

TREY - new to rescue

Meet Trey.

Trey is a very lively 18 month old chap who is very food driven.
He is great fun, very loving and extremely playful.
He has only just arrived into rescue and will receive a full assessment shortly

More information will be available shortly

ANGEL - new to rescue

Meet Angel.

Angel is new to rescue and is an adorable little girl who gets on very well with other dogs and is wonderful with children.
She is 3 years old and has lots on energy and love to give.
She is well behaved and has good manors but does need additional lead work.

LOUIE - new to rescue

Meet Louie.

Louie is a 3 ½ year old chap that has only just come into rescue.
He is a very strong lad with loads of energy and would suite a family with children over the age of ten.
He is good with other dogs and has lived previously with cats.
More information will be available after his full assessment.

TAZ - new to rescue

Meet Taz.

Taz arrived into rescue with Rizzler although the pair haven’t always lived together.
He is a wonderful 6 year old lad with a great personality and is a very friendly chap.
Taz is good with children, other dogs and is happy to share a home with cats.

RIZZLER - new to rescue

Meet Rizzler

Rizzler arrived into rescue with Taz although the pair haven’t always lived together.
He is a very handsome 11 year old boy with a wonderful character and is a very friendly chap.
Rizzler is good with children, other dogs and is happy to share a home with cats.

Thank you everyone - thank you Lush

Thank you to all the people who came to see us at Lush Merry Hill today, the first day of a weekend at the store.

(above) Happy Staffie volunteers Sue, Jude and Jim

The people at Lush were so welcoming and providing us with every bit of support you could possibly want. The event was a great success raising £195.10 for staffies in need.

(pictured right Happy Staffie volunteers Sue, Jude and Jim who helped make the day)


We had a steady stream of people coming to visit us, to read about the dogs in our care and those who have been successfully rehomed. And of course, many made donations and purchased raffle tickets.

We look forward to another successful day tomorrow.

Many thanks to Clare and girls at Lush, and to all those who took the time to come and see us and supported us with their kindness and generosity.

You can see more photos here.

Pots for Paws at Lush Store tomorrow and Sunday

Don't forget, if you're about why not pop in and see us at the Lush store in the Merry Hill Shopping Centre, Brierly Hill.

We'll be there tomorrow Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th May, with information about the dogs in our care, how you can help as well a wonderful little raffle with prizes donated by the people at Lush!

4th charity, terms provisionally agreed

We have received an update on our offer of terms for the Shrewsburys shop and I am pleased to report that the landlord has provisionally agreed to those terms. There are a few hurdles still to cross, not least the contract, and a sitting-tenant, but these should hopefully pass easily enough. We will keep you posted.

To rehome one of our dogs...

Please contact us

0845 621 0808

adoption@happystaffierescue.org.uk

0845 numbers are generally available between 10am and 4pm. They are manned by volunteers or shop employees and while we endeavour to try and answer them please be patient if we cannot answer your call straightaway.

Oscar, in need of a new home

Beautiful little Oscar is looking for his loving new home.

He has been with us for a little while, but Charlene has provided him with regular breaks from kennel life with her family with lots of love and fuss that goes with it.

Take a look at Oscar at his page here and if you can give him a loving new home please get in touch with us.

Meet Iggy

Iggy is another new dog fresh into our care.

You can find out more about here on her Happy Staffie page here.

Will and Ebony

If you're interested in staffies, or want to give a dog a home, what about a pair?

Take a look at these two beautiful staffie crosses, Will and Ebony. Our welfare team have been working hard with these two lovely doggies and we are looking for them to hopefully be rehomed together as we would hate to see them parted.

G'day Simon, and thanks aplenty

Happy Staffie Rescue certainly manages to spread the word, and that word has reached Australia of all places.

I know we receive donations from lots of people from all different walks of life but it was still a little special to be noticed from half a world away.

Many thanks to Simon Snelling, of Queensland, Australia for his donation, thanks that we always extend to all our supporters wherever they live.

Remember Facebook, 7,700 people already have

If you are on Facebook don't forget to 'Like' our page. You can visit us here.

Rescue Open Day May 12, 11am-3pm

Happy Staffie Rescue is holding a Rescue Open Day on Saturday May 12.

If you want to meet the dogs, and the people behind the rescue you can do so between 11am and 3pm.

The event is taking place at the private boarding kennels where we board most of the our dogs - Broadmarsh Kennels and Cattery, Wassell Grove Lane, Hagley, Worcestershire, DY9 9JL.

The times are very strict, so don't get there before or later as the kennels will need to get on with the business of caring for the dogs. 

You can find out more information on the website here.