Dog Show 1st June 2008 Our dog show this year was another huge success as we managed to raise a total of £4,381.67. We would like to thank all volunteers for all of their support and also to everyone who attended and supported us. Here you can see Lucas the
Staffordshire Bull Terrier who won both the best WARS dog and the dog
the judge would most like to take home. Here you can see the judging taking place in the novelty ring. The judge here is Ben the shelter Manager. Here you can see Keira who
came 2nd in the prettiest bitch. You can see Keira and her owner Dianne
working every other Saturday at the shelter helping out on Reception. If anyone has any photos of the show that we can use for the website, we would be very grateful if you could email them to us. The Golden Jubilee Trust (John Lewis Partnership)
Mandy is with us for 4 months on secondment on her Golden Jubilee Trust
Award. She was one of only 3 partners picked from John Lewis
Partnership this year. The Golden Jubilee Trust is a scheme of awards which gives practical help to UK registered charities run by the John Lewis Partnership. You can usually see Mandy working behind the deli counter at Waitrose. Haircuts
![]() Here is Bruno. He has been at the shelter for a while now and had a big thick coat, So we decided to give him a nice new hair cut to make him look smart.
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you can see Patch who had been at the shelter a year. We decided it was
time he had a little trim and as you can see he looks so much better. Within a few days he got a reserve and has now finally gone to a new home. We would like to thank Dogs of Distinction for their help and proffessional clipping skills. Our Wonderful New Isolation Block! This last summer was particularly difficult for all charities involved with rescuing dogs in our area. All local shelters were full to bursting-point with dogs needing to be rehomed. Thanks to recent fundraising efforts we have been able to build these extra kennels. ![]() The new block is now in use, and it is making a terrific difference to our work. Fencing The Site We have now fenced the remainder of the site to ensure security and the safety of all the dogs. ![]()
Here you can see work in progress on the fence.
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And here is Amy doing some quality control and assessing what they still need to do. ![]() It is wonderful now that the whole site is enclosed like this! Building The New Isolation Kennels! ![]()
Work in progress adding four more isolation kennels. ![]() Before this project we had only two : not enough to ensure segregation and minimise the risk of any disease spreading now that more and more dogs are being brought to the shelter. ![]()
The buildings are almost complete!
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The new block is now in use, and it is making a terrific difference to our work.
The New Office And Manager's Accommodation Are Now In Use! ![]() We are delighted with our new office and Manager's house. As you can see, the office is on the right - and if you visit the Shelter please respect Ben's privacy as the section on the left is his home! You can see photos of the building work in progress if you scroll down this page. ![]() When you walk into the reception area you can see photos of all the dogs, with an indication of which ones are already reserved. ![]() - and the reception desk (but I couldn't persuade the staff to pose behind it!)
We appreciate all the work done by John Rogers and Associates in
building this, and give a huge "thank-you" to Geoff Southall for
supplying all the electrics free of charge. Here You Can See The Office And Manager's House Being Built. ![]() In March 2004 the builders marked out the area for the new Manager's House and Administration block. Until October 2004 the Shelter made do with temporary buildings (mobile homes), which had reached the end of their life. The work was done by the same firm which built the kennel-blocks. Here are some photos which show progress on the site. ![]()
Here you can see work beginning on the foundations. ![]() - and the boss himself is lending a helping hand! ![]()
It is now the beginning of April and you can see how the foundations have grown.
![]() It was wonderful to see the walls appear towards the end of April. Here you can see three members of the committee with Jodie inspecting the Manager's house with the admin section behind them and the kennels in the background. ![]()
And the roof is beginning to take shape!
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More roof. ![]()
Now Phil is putting three coats of varnish onto the door and window-frames.
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The building is really transformed here with its wooden cladding. The "Play-Pens" ![]()
Here you can see photos of when the 'play-pen' or enclosed exercise area was built! ![]() ![]() It is 110 feet long and is divided into two separate play areas. There
is of course a double gate with a small area between for added
security. The
'Adopt a Dog' day on 16 July raised over £1,000, we made £906 at the
Guildhall Bazaar and the table at the Dogs Trust raised £84.00 : thank
you to everyone who supported these, and a big Thank You to the 'Past
It Motorcycle Club' from Droitwich for their generous donation! A
further £277.03 was raised at the Hallow Table Top Sale.
A
very big THANK YOU to Phil and Ros for organising a successful gig
featuring 'The Pontiacs' which raised £427 for the shelter! You can see
photos of the event here and details of their other fundraising efforts on their own website here.
The launch of this website was celebrated with an Art Competition for young people (aged up to 18) in the Worcester / Malvern area. This photo shows Christopher, the winner of the pre-school section with his picture of Jasper, the dog in the foreground who was found a new home by the Shelter. Also in the photo are Anne Dicks, the previous author of this website and Annette Payne (on the right) who was one of the judges. Malvern pet portrait artist Annette Payne, said
'The best pictures were those where the artist had thought about the
animal and its character. The little touches such as texture of fur and
the eyes are important when portraying any creature. I particularly
liked those who also included a little humour in their picture.'
'We were delighted with the response to this competition and with the variety of types of pictures we received,' said Mr Alex Husband, Site Manager. 'We were expecting to see mainly dogs and cats, but we had elephants, fish, insects and a variety of exotic birds as well as cartoons. We would like to thank all the entrants for their hard work - we enjoyed looking at all the pictures.'
This is a photo from the Malvern Gazette, showing a student from
Malvern Girls' College presenting a cheque to Alex (and Ned!). The
girls from the Mount House have organised several fund-raising
activities for the Rescue Shelter as well as becoming volunteer
dog-walkers (one girl is doing this as part of her Duke of Edinburgh
Award).
Volunteers and friends of the Shelter enjoyed a wonderful evening's
entertainment organised by Anita on Saturday 17th November at Stoulton
Village Hall, which raised a grand total of £150 for the Shelter in a
variety of ways. Unfortunately the flash on my camera was not working so I cannot show you photos of the singing group 'Echo' as they enchanted us with their voices, or of the wonderful food or the competitions! The knitted dog which was the prize for 'Guess the name of the dog' was admired by everyone and we hope Alex organised a Home Check for him before he went to his new family!
![]() This was the scene on 13th November when 32 trees were donated by St Peter's Garden Centre to be used as a windbreak, protection from the sun - and soundproofing (!) for the kennel block. One of the Shelter's volunteers had the bright idea of asking for this support from the Garden Centre, and she also organised the transport back to the Shelter. ![]() Here you can see Tony from the Garden Centre helping Alex to put the rest of the trees into the Shelter's vehicle. Back at the Shelter, more volunteers, Rosemary and her husband, planted the trees with Alex and Sally. We really appreciate all the help and enthusiasm we get from our volunteer helpers. You can find out more about St Peter's Garden Centre by clicking the link to its website on our links page. You will be delighted to know that the dogs at the Shelter celebrated with real turkey and sausages on Christmas Day, and that they all received two presents! Thanks to donations, all the dogs were given two new toys of their own and special biscuits, so spare a thought for the celebrations which took place at the Shelter while you were enjoying your own Christmas festivities.
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