Take your partners please! Lots of dogs like to dance and we hope you do too – it’s our Disco on 17th March at The Boundary, Lea Vale, Broadmeadows, South Normanton, Alfreton, DE55 3NA – there’s a hot buffet included and tickets are available from Val – phone – 07702053162 – they’re priced at £20 […]
Our shop is open Thursday and Friday afternoon every week – between 12.0noon and 4.0pm. We’re still feeding hay, the blacksmith’s coming to trim feet again this week (always a mega bill), we need a huge amount of dog and cat food, (we have lots of big dogs – can anyone bring us some […]
Delilah likes to go out – but not for long when the weather is bad. She’s back at the window within five minutes, saying ‘can I come in now please?’ Delilah is a couch potato and, although she likes a stroll down the fields, she is mostly quite sedate, no wild-wooding for this middle aged […]
Congratulations to Pet Samaritans sponsor Victoria Pendleton on her recent gold medal win in the cycling team sprint competition at the Olympic Velodrome in London. Victoria rode a magnificent race to beat the Australian World Champions and together with partner, Jess Varnish, stunned their rivals with a world record time of 32.754. Victoria is a […]
Lovable Laddie – When a stray dog comes in to us there is always a period of time when we evaluate them, assess their personality and find out if they have any health problems. Laddie, a whippet x shown above, looked fine except for being very thin and underdeveloped. He certainly has a lovely temperament […]
A shiny coat, healthy digestion, lots of energy and best of all, no need to visit the vet – that’s what we want for all our pets. So many dogs are abandoned because their owners can’t afford vet bills. Keeping our dogs healthy is so important – it seems obvious but like humans, a lot […]
Our pets are members of our family and the grief we feel when they pass on, as all creatures must, is often overwhelming. But all life is a preparation for death and there is nothing we can do to alter this fact. It’s natural to grieve and it’s a process that can help us to […]
A few years ago and we’d have said ‘no’, this is an impossible concept – goats are animals that above all love freedom and to be able to wander about – goats do roam! There’s even a red wine with this name. The demand for goat’s milk which is now sold in supermarkets has led […]
Easter Fair Sunday 1st April Coal Aston Village Hall – It will soon be Spring, it’s official on March 20th which is the equinox, when the earth tilts slighty towards the Sun and the days begin to get noticeably longer and the weather warmer. It’s also when we see baby rabbits, chicks, foals, goat kids […]
They came in one after another, all found in different places and what breed are these strays? Yes, they are all staffordshire bull terriers. To have four staffi strays come in on the same day is unusual. In fact it’s bizarre. Have they all run away from home? Slipped out of the garden gate and […]