Our dog and Bonfire Night

A few years ago our dog, Sally, was found wandering the streets on November 6th. She was extremely distressed and as a result found her way to our kennels and we adopted her a few days afterwards. It was not long before we discovered that a bang of any kind caused her to cower and shiver violently, it was clear that she was petrified. Most of the time she would soon come round by attracting her attention elsewhere but come bonfire night it was different. We closed all windows, shut the curtains and put the telly on loud. That certainly helped but she could still hear some of the bangs. At one stage we even put an old fleece round her ears to act as ear plugs though that didn't help much.
Over the years we were able to calm her but sadly firework night often extended over a week and at other times of the year fireworks could be unleashed, causing poor Sally to become a shivering wreck.
So please spare a thought for animals when you let off fireworks.
Incidentally Sally was not microchipped so somewhere there might also have been a distressed owner. So please, microchip your pet.

Donate for Free

Yes you can make a donation to the Branch for free. All you need do is use Easyfundraing http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/rspcastaffordshirenth/
or use a search engine, Easysearch
http://rspcastaffordshirenth.easysearch.org.uk.
For more details please visit our site on
http://www.rspcanorthstaffs.co.uk/easyfund.html
and help our Branch.
It costs the Branch £4 for every £1 received for each of our animals.

Bonfire Night

Worried about your pet on bonfire night.?
Here are 6 top tips
1 Make sure that your pet has somewhere safe to hide
2 Walk your dog during the day and keep your pet inside at night-time
3 At nightfall close all windows and curtains and put some music on
4 If your pet shows signs of fear LEAVE THEM ALONE unless they are likely to harm themselves
5 NEVER punish or maker a fuss of your pet when it is scared
6  Keep your pet safe and secure so that it cannot escape

Should the worst happen and your pet escapes make sure that is already microchipped.
For more information please visit
http://www.rspca.org.uk/allaboutanimals/pets/general/fireworks

New dogs

We have three new dogs, Bella, Buster and Murphy. They are smallish dogs. They will be on our web page next week but in the meantime please contact our kennels.

Sams walk

Don't forget, there is still time to join Sam on her walk. See earlier blog or our website. Its a real challenge, are you up to it?

Dogs found new homes

Please note that whilst webmaster is away our Blogs and Facebook will keep you up to date. Five dogs, Dijon, Lotte, Smokey, Chubbs and Rory have all found new homes. Sadly their places will soon be taken.

Cats found homes

Webmaster is away so cannot update site. However three cats, Fluff, Geoffrey and Tammy have all found new homes. Sadly there spaces will be taken with new arrivals.

RSPCA Fashion Show

In November we are intending to put on a Fashion Show - venue and date being arranged. However we need your help for donated goods. As an individual if you have any surplus clothes that you wish to donate please help by donating them to the Fashion Show for sale. Better still, if you work for a large employer could you persuade them to hold a special day when everyone at the firm can donate an item of clothing if they wish. We would then collect. Alternatively if you could arrange to do the same thing with a group of friends or colleagues, that would help immensley.
Although items could be donated directly to the shop it would help us if you could let Sam, the Organiser know. She can be contacted by phone on 01782 788292 or er mail her on samrspcans@hotmail.co.uk or through our Office.