Tuesday 16th June

Today we got to play with Talli, the new Collie pup. He's really friendly and can run very fast, he was chasing Bear up and down the run earlier.

The vet came this afternoon and started his vaccinations and 'Mum' has wormed and deflead him too.

Every dog that comes into the rescue immediately gets wormed and treated for fleas costing approx £10 depending on size, any unvaccinated dogs get their jabs at the cost of a further £30 and when ever possible dogs are neutered before being homed at a further cost of upwards of £100 depending again on size. It's no wonder that funds are running low! Even with a minimum donation of £80 per dog you can see we don't even recoup what we have spent on basic needs.

This also does not take into account the fact that often dogs coming into the centre have health related problems and will need additional veterinary care costing yet more money.

So please, please don't feel that we ought to just give dogs away because "they are getting a home" as was said to 'Mum' today. Rescuing, rehabilitating and re homing dogs is not a cheap process and we are solely reliant on donations and fund raising, we do not have a constantly refilling pot of gold hidden under the bed despite what people may think.