To our dear friends
2007 has been another eventful year, two successful table tops and another really enjoyable dog show which gets bigger every year. An exciting lucrative charity auction was among the many fund raising events, thank you to Kit and her team for raising over £6000 and still counting.

These events appear to those watching to run smoothly, but to get that effect, there is so much work involved. The charity’s volunteers are a wonderful group of people who work tirelessly, each in their own way, for it’s benefit and therefore the benefit of the dogs and they have my very grateful thanks.

Amazingly after trying for 6 years to get in, our Sue Lynch ran the London Marathon for us and raised £2000.Our thanks also to Debbie who ran and raised £500.

This year has, I think, been ‘puppy year’. We have had some eight litters into care, those actually born at the sanctuary and the rest from one to fourteen weeks old. It has saddened me to see the number of young dogs being abandoned and at the other end of the scale elderly unwanted dogs who really should be ending their lives in the bosom of their families.

This years has seen a very nasty strain of kennel cough, the public on the whole probably are not aware of how dangerous and life threatening it can be, particularly to the young and very old dogs and any that have respiratory problems. The cough is very distressing to the dogs also. It is highly infectious and needs veterinary treatment but please, if your dog is coughing, take appropriate precautions when at your veterinary surgery so that they don’t infect other dogs.

I thank you all for your continued support of this charity and to my wonderful extended family of volunteers, my love and gratitude for without you I could not continue with the work that is so dear to all our hearts.

God bless you all,

Lyn xx