We’ve had some especially useful items brought in recently – a cat cabin was one – it appeared outside Reception and we don’t know who brought it.  This is just to say that the cats adore it.   We need lots more, there’s a rota to get into it.   Because it’s made of thick insulated plastic [...]

  She’s a natural mother – Rosie loves puppies and especially patient and kind with them.   We’re giving her frequent meals -  she looks as though she’s the kind of dog who ‘gives’ all her nutrition to the puppies, already they are little butter-balls! Yesterday Rosie did leave them for a few minutes, while they [...]

We are a wildlife sanctuary as well as one for pets and we see foxes nearly every day.   One family has a den next door to the badgers, it’s in a sett they abandoned some years ago.   To see the badgers you have to get up while it’s still dark, they are nocturnal and don’t [...]

Rosie has perked up a bit – she’s forgetting the ordeal of giving birth and all she thinks about now are her beautiful puppies.   Getting her to go out for a little walk takes some persuasion, she doesn’t want to leave them for even a minute. Some dogs are very protective of their puppies and [...]

Rosie gave birth to five beautiful puppies yesterday and all are safe and well.   She managed everything on her own, we kept a close eye on her just in case, at the same time being careful not to disturb her.  Birthing is best to be a private thing for animals unless they need help.   But [...]

  All Rosie wants now is lots of fuss – and her new puppies!    When Pet Sams supporter Julie called in she had an overwhelmingly friendly greeting from this little pregnant lady.   Rosie loves everyone but she especially seemed to like Julie, even though it was time to go in for tea, it was hard [...]

Normally the strays brought in to us are emaciated.   Just occasionally we get one who is a bit plump.   That’s a fat tummy!  We study them and begin to wonder whether the dog is pregnant.  There was just no doubt at all when this little lady turned up.   Not only is she full of puppies [...]

We don’t just rescue cats and dogs – campaigning against the enormous amount of cruelty in the animal world, especially in the farming industry, is a large part of our work. Slaughtering lambs, sheep and goats by ritual slaughter has appalled us since we saw it done (and were unable at the time to prevent [...]

Great sadness when we read this articile in the Daily Mail 28th April.    The greatest joy in the life of animal enthusiast David Brown was the wild habitat he owned opposite his cottage that was home to foxes, badgers, hedgehogs and squirrels. So when he wrote his will, Mr Brown chose to leave his property [...]

A big thank you for all your help this week – this year has so far been a struggle and it’s been wonderful to see pet food arrive and donations and all sorts of good things brought in to raise money for the animals.   We’ve had so many strays arrive recently (thrown out because of [...]