Well the tiling is finished and all the kennels look really wonderful. With their new beds the dogs have real clean and comfortable rooms now.
It won't take long to fill up to our normal capacity now that the work is finished so this week will be busy arranging dogs coming in no doubt.
With 150 following us on Facebook and 139 on Twitter they continue to attract interest in our work and it might just be coincidence but visits to the website and especially the Collie Shop have also increased.
If you will be using the motorways this summer and looking for somewhere other than a service area to take a break and exercise your dog then do take a look at the new book in The Collie Shop - Motorway Walks - short walks for drivers and dogs. It's certainly become a very popular item already.
The BBQ summer they forecast hasn't quite made much of an appearance here at Colton and our new water butts have shown just how much rainwater falls on the house roof and the special needs kennel block !!
Bye for now
Ben
Sunday, 26 July 2009
Monday, 13 July 2009
Tiling
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Two wings now completed and dogs enjoying not only the tiled kennel but also new beds.
Sponsor Dog Jess enjoying his new accomodation
Sponsor Dog Jess enjoying his new accomodation
Bye for now
Ben
Ben
Thursday, 2 July 2009
It ain't half hot Mom
Never happy with the weather are we? Well gives us something to talk about I suppose.
Work on the tiling is well underway and they are now working their way through the second block of kennels. And what a difference, I might move in myself :-)
After a slow start to June homing caught up and 33 dogs found new homes. Unfortunatly after our waiting list was reduced so well only a few weeks ago it has quickly grown back to normal and we've had to close it for a short while to see if we can catch up.
Social networking is a popular phrase and seeing how some other rescues used sites like Facebook and Twitter to promote rescue work, dog ownership and in fact anything that comes to mind got me thinking.
So for the last couple of weeks we've been found on Facebook and Twitter (sounds like a firm of solicitors in a Charles Dickens novel doesn't it?). We already have 68 "friends" on Facebook and 43 "followers" on Twitter so people must be interested !! Facebook has already developed it's first interest in rehoming a collie from us. I'm sure supporters do like to know what's going on and this is just an extension of our quarterly magazine and the website. To find out more follow the links from the website, even if you don't want to get involved with Twitter you can follow the updates on the website homepage.
Finally a new addition to our Collie Shop is entitled Motorway Walks, offering ideas for short walks and facilities close to motorway junctions the book has been published by Driving With Dogs an website featuring the same information. We are grateful to Lezli and David from Driving With Dogs who are supporting us with a donation from every copy sold. The book is available in our Collie Shop for £9.99 (+p&p). For those who do use the motorways and take their dogs with them, the book will be a very useful reference and remember - every purchase from our Collie Shop helps collies in need.
I shall be at Dogs Trust, Roden, Open Day on Sunday and we've a number of other shows lined up as well to visit. Catton Park in July and August and Kelmarsh Hall, Northants for the Kennel Club Agility Show from 14th to 16th August
Bye for now - keep cool
Ben
Work on the tiling is well underway and they are now working their way through the second block of kennels. And what a difference, I might move in myself :-)
After a slow start to June homing caught up and 33 dogs found new homes. Unfortunatly after our waiting list was reduced so well only a few weeks ago it has quickly grown back to normal and we've had to close it for a short while to see if we can catch up.
Social networking is a popular phrase and seeing how some other rescues used sites like Facebook and Twitter to promote rescue work, dog ownership and in fact anything that comes to mind got me thinking.
So for the last couple of weeks we've been found on Facebook and Twitter (sounds like a firm of solicitors in a Charles Dickens novel doesn't it?). We already have 68 "friends" on Facebook and 43 "followers" on Twitter so people must be interested !! Facebook has already developed it's first interest in rehoming a collie from us. I'm sure supporters do like to know what's going on and this is just an extension of our quarterly magazine and the website. To find out more follow the links from the website, even if you don't want to get involved with Twitter you can follow the updates on the website homepage.
Finally a new addition to our Collie Shop is entitled Motorway Walks, offering ideas for short walks and facilities close to motorway junctions the book has been published by Driving With Dogs an website featuring the same information. We are grateful to Lezli and David from Driving With Dogs who are supporting us with a donation from every copy sold. The book is available in our Collie Shop for £9.99 (+p&p). For those who do use the motorways and take their dogs with them, the book will be a very useful reference and remember - every purchase from our Collie Shop helps collies in need.
I shall be at Dogs Trust, Roden, Open Day on Sunday and we've a number of other shows lined up as well to visit. Catton Park in July and August and Kelmarsh Hall, Northants for the Kennel Club Agility Show from 14th to 16th August
Bye for now - keep cool
Ben
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