Star Rescue dog of the month - Scooby

Scooby is 8 months old an Alsation Cross, he is very loveable with a huge personality.. ! Loves the water and is good with children and other dogs. 

If you are interested in adopting Scooby ring Emma ( foster carer ) : TeL: 635 935 290.

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Dog Concert

A special concert for dogs is to be held outside the Sydney Opera house. Humans will not be able to hear it, as it will be played in a high frequency. The concert is composed by Lou Reed and his wife Laurie Anderson . Apparently they have had experience of making music before for dogs, and composed a tune for their Terrier, Loolabelle. 

Sorry but I have to say these humans sound a bit barking too me !. Don't they realise dogs only listen to Puccini and of course Bach.

I also hope there are enough public conveniences on the night, I wouldn't want to be queuing like these guys.

BBC




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La Esperanza would appreciate donations of the following...

If you have any of the following you can donate to La Esperanza it would be much appreciated.

Dry Dog Food, Blankets, Towels, Dog Beds, Toys, Treats, Bowls, Buckets, Brushes, 

Collars, Leads, Kennels, Transport Boxes, Sunscreens, Parasols, Disinfectant; other cleaning products, materials, 

Cloths, Medication including Worming and flea stuff. 


All kinds of Building Material: Blocks, Wood, Cement, Roofs, Building Tools, Wall & Floor Tiles, please don't throw used ones away as they can be re used for more kennels.


email:   laesperanzadelsur@gmail.com
tel: Marisa 0034 679161682






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Veterinary Surgeons are to take campaigns in Pet responsibility into schools.

Found this News Item on Janet Anscombe's blog. The Canarian College of Veterinary Surgeons are to take campaigns in Pet responsibility into schools.

Click here to go to Janet's site





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Agility Training run by Karen Clack

Get your athletic paws on and get down to Aktiontier for some agility training, you need to be in tip top shape for the agility competition on the 20th of June at Aktiontier's Summer party, and remember to bring a human !  I won't be able to attend the training session as I am getting on a bit, but the younger pups amongst you, have no excuse...!


Directions to Aktiontier
On the TF1 going north from the airport towards Santa Cruz take the turning off for the Granadilla Industrial Port, exit A. Head towards the sea and windmills go straight across one roundabout when you reach the next roundabout veer right up towards the Ecological centre. You will stop and see a hut ( you can't go any further as their will be barrier and somebody outside the hut) Aktiontier is up a track on your right about a 100 metres...




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La Esperanza

I Visited La Esperanza in Adeje, with Stuart who often volunteers his time in the rescue shelters .  Marisa Traen met us at the gate of her refuge and we walked past an area where most of the dogs are allowed to run around, they all seem to be happy and they certainly had plenty of room. We were then shown around the kennels and were glad to see only a few dogs in each kennel, except for the 5 puppies and their surrogate mum a male pooch !

 Marisa President of La Esperanza holding a rescue pup

Five rescue pups being looked after by their surrogate mum, a male pooch !

Marisa started the refuge approx 8 years ago, It developed from opening up a boarding kennel 'Petsworld Dog Hotel' and finding unfortunately some people started to leave abandoned dogs on her doorstep. So then La Esperanza was born. Marisa  has established connections with many other rescue centres in Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and France, with whom she has established close and ongoing contact. 

Stuart holding a couple of rescue puppies

 A photograph taken through the fence to the large plot where the dogs run free

 Kennel area

 Hola its me !

La Esperanza  has some great volunteers , but of course Marisa would be grateful for more help, for example with cleaning and donations of dog food, plus anyone who has building experience and is willing to donate their time that would be great. 

Marisa told me that all the dogs that come in her refuge are castrated, which is especially important for the ones who live in the open large plot. She firmly believes in sterilisation and her own dogs also have been castrated. The maximum number of dogs she will have at one time is 60 dogs

The  boarding kennels  help towards the cost of running the refuge. But funding of the refuge is largely done by fund-raising through market stalls etc. and donations. A washing machine was donated recently by a kind member of Tenerife forum .

To find out more about volunteering and making a donation phone Marisa on 679 161 682

Tenerifedogs wishes all the best to Marisa and her rescue doggies at La Esperanza...

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Summer Party at Accion Del Sol !

Sunday June 20th 2010 at 10.30am - Summer Party - Come and join us for a day of fun !

• Dog walk ( with your own dog or a refuge dog)

• Agility competition with prizes

• Spume Party

• Barbecue with music

Poligono Indiustrial de Granadilla, Parque Eolico del ITER,
Tel. 922 77 86 30 – teneriffa@aktiontier.org

How to get to Aktiontier - on the TF1 going north from the airport towards Santa Cruz take the turning off for the Granadilla Industrial Port, exit A. Head towards the sea and windmills go straight across one roundabout when you reach the next roundabout veer right up towards the Ecological centre. You will stop and see a hut ( you can't go any further as their will be barrier and somebody outside the hut) Aktiontier is up a track on your right about a 100 metres...

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Manos Amigas de Los Animales De Tenerife

I visited a new rescue shelter on Sunday, Manos Amigas De Los Animales De Tenerife in Charco del Pino. I was greeted at the gate by Regina and Dominique who run the shelter and four happy dogs .

Dominique Whitby with a rescue pup

 Regina

Manos Amigas is a small refuge offering shelter for 20 dogs and 50 cats. Dominique explained to me that this is the maximum number they can safely manage and take proper care of. That definitely sounds like a sensible approach.

The aim of refuge is to offer shelter to those animals who for one reason or another cannot remain in a normal refuge, for example, injured animals requiring special care. Traumatized dogs and cats, which have been mistreated and need careful, patient and loving handling.

Dominique is a trained veterinary nurse and her knowledge obviously is very useful, when any of the animals are sick.

The shelter is still in process of being built. Tony Tufft is constructing the kennels. A kind benefactor donated money for the kennels to be built.

MADAT often finds homes for dogs in Germany read about Tarzan's 'Happy Tail' story click here. Dominique and Regina are always on the look out for flight escorts, please click here for more information

  
At the moment there are some puppies at the shelter , ( see pics) if anyone is interested in adopting any of these cuties or any of the other dogs or cats and or would like to make a donation of dog or cat food please ring Regina on 669 668512. Regina speaks three languages German, English and Spanish.
 

Tenerife dogs wishes Dominique and Regina every success with their shelter . 

For more information about Manos Amigas visit their website. Click here.

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K9 and Wingate School

Since it’s inception 15 years ago, K9 has good reason to be grateful to many loyal and generous supporters.
Some were only active in the early years and have fallen by the wayside for whatever reason. Many of us have only been involved for the past few years.

    However, there is, thankfully, one significant group of people who have been consistently supportive for the past 13 years. They are the children, their parents and teachers of Wingate Junior School.

It all began in 1997, the brainchild of Penny Lister, a dog loving teacher at the school, who wanted to do something to help the stray and abandoned dogs at the new K9 Refuge at San Miguel.
In the first year, 21.000 pesetas was raised by the children, followed in 1998 by just under 35.000 pesetas (€207).

Sadly, Penny Lister passed away as a result of cancer, but the commitment to raise monies for the dogs, did not die with her. Penny’s enthusiasm was taken over by Mr Steve & Mrs Carol Hill at the school and the funds continued to be raised by classes 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 in the junior school. Last year, €2794 was donated, whilst in 2010  €2970 has been gratefully received.

Just after Easter each year, the Headmaster Mr Green and Mr & Mrs Hill, invites the K9 President, Elsie Clinton-Leslie to visit the school to accept a cheque from the children.
Elsie used to take along encyclopaedias and dictionary’s for example, as a donation to the school library, but we now live in a computer age and books are becoming obsolete.
Elsie converses with the children about responsible dog ownership and a number of children, have over the years, attended the kennels on a weekend to walk some of the dogs.

Over the past 13 years, a magnificent total of €10.550 has been donated to K9 for which we are always very grateful.  K9 has a lot to thank Penny Lister for, and her legacy continues in the support of her colleagues and a future generation of children. We at K9 hope this support continues for many more years to come.

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K9 Musical Gala Evening 11th May 2010

K9 Musical Gala Evening 11th May 2010

There was a sense of anticipation both inside and outside the Starlights Cabaret Bar at Coral Mar Square in Costa Del Silencio, as the previous gala evening in November 2009 had been brilliant.
The purpose of the evening was to raise awareness and money to support the abandoned dogs and cats at the K9 kennels in San Miguel. Supporters were out in force selling raffle & tombola tickets, getting punters to name a cat and a dog, selling K9 t shirts, key rings, books, DVD’s and videos.
Seven acts were kind enough to donate their time and talents to this worthy cause.

First up was John Ashford with his brilliant Buddy Holly Appreciation Show. This had the audience either foot tapping or rocking on the dance floor.
Charlie Hodge is a relative newcomer to K9 audiences but his Neil Diamond tribute went down very well and we hope to see him again in the future.
Aidy Evans received a standing ovation for his very polished 60’s and 70’s tribute where he sang some numbers publicly for the first time.
An Auction was conducted by the larger than life Geraldine who brought a sense of fun into the occasion and persuaded some generous punters to (successfully) part with their euros.
The interval provided respite and the excellent Buffet provided by Chrissy was well worth waiting for.

The K9 President Elsie Clinton-Leslie kicked off the second half by presenting a Certificate of Thanks to Christine & Raymond Berry for their fundraising activities in the UK. They visit Tenerife each year and spend their holiday by visiting the kennels each day to walk the dogs. Once they return to Bedford, Chris & Ray begin the fundraising process once again, and along with their friends, have raised several hundred pounds for K9 over the years. Ray has now retired and Chris volunteers at a Cattery. Well done.
Elsie also publicly thanked the K9 committee and volunteers who were present and insisted they join her on stage to accept a round of applause from the audience.
Rosemary Eden had a touch of the Bette Midler style about her and her trademark rapport with male members of the audience in particular, was appreciated by those on the receiving end!
Christine Kay belted out songs that suited her style to perfection. Over the years she has become a favourite to K9 audiences with her extraordinary talent. Small body with a huge voice!
Jesse Goran provided a wide variety of old favourites ranging from Country & Western to Rock & Roll and brought the enjoyable evening to a close.
Mike Edwards held the whole show together with his usual witty and workmanlike performance, ably assisted by Mandy on the Sound System.

Raffles were drawn and prizes distributed to the lucky winners.

Thanks go to lots of people, principally the artists, the bar staff, Gloria & Dave who arranged the show, K9 helpers and supporters, and the patrons who turned up and were generous with their cash towards raffles, tombola, book sales, name the cat, name the dog as well as the auction.
An excellent 4 hour show of non-stop entertainment, widely appreciated.
€700 was raised which goes towards the care of the dogs and cats at the kennels. Thanks very much.
 
LOVING HOME URGENTLY WANTED FOR REX

The Guardia Civil found this lovely boy Husky wandering on the main road with a heavy chain round his neck. He had a microchip so they were able to trace his owner in Adeje, who was distraught to hear about his dog and told the following story.
Rex’s owner is leaving Tenerife in June and cannot take his dog with him. A ‘friend’ offered Rex a home on his finca where he can run free. Instead, he was confined on a heavy chain which he managed to snap and go in search of his master.
The two men from the Guardia were real dog lovers and fell in love with Rex. It was evening and Guia de Isora does not have a dog pound. They were unable to contact the owner at that time so they took the dog to Barbara & David Smith (of Friends of the Animals) for help, who arranged for Rex to stay overnight at a boarding kennel. The dog’s owner agreed to pay the boarding fee and his dog is still being cared for at the kennel.
This Husky is used to a loving home so we are making this plea…
IS THERE ANOTHER LOVING HOME WAITING FOR REX?
IF YOU ARE THAT PERSON, PEASE RING KARIN ON 677 885 634 OR
DAVID AND BARBARA ON 922 852 182

Mikey k9
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Star Rescue Dog - Tonto.

Meet Tonto, he is 8 years old. Will make a great companion and Tonto is suitable for an appartment. To find out more about Tonto go to K9 website. Click here

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Why People Do Rescue

Came across this article on a online Dogs Magazine, it explains about the situations and people who unfortunately are more concerned with their own personal gratification than the welfare of the rescue animals.

Honestly some humans its an absolute disgrace.! Fortunately there are many kind rescue people who do care about us pooches and do things in the correct way, thank goodness..!

The examples given in this article, are people who take on pure-bred dogs from a rescue shelter for the sole purpose of breeding and making money by selling. Often they inbreed the dogs so inevitably the dogs end up with severe health problems

People who spend a lot of time talking about how great they are , and rescue everything and subsequently end up with a huge collection of animals which they can't possibly look after properly, and they don't spay, castrate, take the animals to a vet. Also don't euthanize sick or aggressive animals because they '"love them too much"

Click here to read more

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Safety - Children and Dogs

Here's an interesting article on the BBC website concerning the safety of children around dogs, according to this article in 2006/07 over 900 children aged under nine were admitted to hospitals with injuries caused by dogs in the UK.

So take heed kiddies no pulling of our tails, running around and screaming at us and leave us alone when we are eating that is definitely a big no no !. Doggies do not like being disturbed when munching their dinner. Treat us with respect please and we will be your best friend..


Click here to read more on the BBC Website



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Another problem caused by de forest-station

Someone sent this to me in an email I thought it was funny :)

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What to do if you need to take your dog back to the UK from Tenerife:

No matter how much you might convince yourself that you will never leave this island, sometimes situations are beyond your control. If you have a dog then it is best to be prepared, after all, why leave you best mate behind when it is so easy to take them with you now?

In order to get your dog into the UK you will need to ensure they are microchipped and have their annual vaccination up to date (this is the one which covers Parvovirus, Distemper, Leptospirosis, Hepatitis, and Parainfluenza). Also you will need to have vaccinated them against Rabies AND carried out the blood test.
 

There is a 6 month period from the date the blood is taken for testing where the dog is not allowed to set foot on UK Soil. (They can be flown back in this time however they will be immediately quarantined at the other end for however long remains). Once you have had the initial blood test you WON'T need to keep this up each year. As long as the Rabies vaccination is administered over here annually on exactly the same date or shortly before, the blood test need not be done again. So, as long as you have seen to all of the above prior to the decision to move, there is no reason why your dog can’t travel with you.

When it comes to actually leaving, be sure to obtain an Airline Approved Container which allows the dog to stand and turn inside it, also ensure that the airline does actually accept dogs (if you wish to take them on the same flight as you). Twenty to forty eight hours before flying, the dog will need to see the vet for one final check up to ensure he is healthy enough to travel and has been de-flead and wormed.
 

So, be sure to take your fluffy friend with you if you return to the UK. As long as you are prepared, they are just as welcome on board the plane as you are. 

Written by Steph Tufft - Dog Groomer and Trainer -Ring on 628859973 website for appointment

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Puppies who need homes

Here are are a selection of puppies who need homes, to see more puppies go to Tenerifedogs.com click here

Introducing ten puppies ! 3 male and 7 female they are mixed breed and going to be medium sized dogs about four months old.
If you are interested in adopting ring Pete or Kate at Poochie Pet Hotel
Tel: 661099365 poochiespethotel@hotmail.com

Two pups they are approx 4-5 months old. Mixed breed cross Dandie Dinmont and spaniel.If you would like to adopt one of these pups or both, contact Steph 628 859 973.

Introducing Tommy he is 5 months old, a wired haired terrier. If you are interested in adopting Tommy ring Pete or Kate at Poochie Pet Hotel

Tel: 661099365 poochiespethotel@hotmail.com

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Poochies Pet Hotel a short Video

Here's a shore video of Poochies Pet Hotel and dog rescue. I stay at this Hotel and its well wooftastic !


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K9 need volunteers !

K9 need volunteers to walk the dogs, help with fundraising and in the kennels - can you spare a few hours , please ring the kennels on 667638468 or Pat 608121081.

Please help if you can, the doggies at K9 would really appreciate it..

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