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NEW FOSTER CARER NEEDED URGENTLY FOR APRIL
 11 AUGUST 2014

 

April, our gorgeous young English Staffy X urgently needs a new home or foster carer as her current carer is going away and can no longer care for her. April is presently living with  Labrador X female and they get along very well .....eating, sleeping and socialising together. April's carer takes her to the off leash park daily and on very long walks so she will need someone who is prepared to continue with at least a good daily walk or run in an off-leash park. April is quite small for the Staffy breed, loves the company of other dogs and is both well socialised and well behaved. Please email denise@paws.com.au for more information if you think you can help.

 

 

FUNDRAISER TO AID PAWS RESCUED DOGS
23 MAY 2014



Please click on the image for more information on an upcoming fundraiser to benefit the work of PAWS rescuer Denise ....

 

 

SHORT TERM FOSTER CARER NEEDED FOR ROCKY
9 APRIL 2014

 

PAWS Rescuer Denise urgently needs a short term foster carer to look after Rocky (Poodle X Maltese approx. 4 years old) as his carer is going on holidays for four weeks. Please click on the photo for more information on Rocky and email Denise if you think you can help.

UPDATE 18 APRIL:  Thanks to all who responded but a foster carer is no longer required for Rocky ....

 

 

 

 

PLEASE SIGN PETITION TO WESTFIELD SHOPPING CENTRE GROUP
8 APRIL 2014


 A petition is circulating asking Westield to no longer permit pet store retailers to sell live animals in their shopping centres. This was started after a Beagle puppy was displayed in the window of a store in Queensland, contravening RSPCA guidelines. Please click on the photo to access the petition and share on your social media pages.

UPDATE 11 APRIL:  Although more than 80,000 signatures have been recorded and despite the RSPCA statement that 95% of pet shop puppies come from abusive puppy farms, Westfield have still not responded to the petition. Please continue to share on social media and let them know this issue is not going to go away!

 

 

 

PAWS DOG SALLY FOUND SAFE AND WELL!
 31 MARCH 2014

 Thank you Team Sally and the community of Wamberal and Terrigal. What an amazing journey we have all been on and to get the result we did is just amazing! Pictured is Sally with her saviour Lynn Scott from Wamberal, taken last night just a couple of hours after she was safe in her house. Sally is off to the vet today for a thorough check up and we are sure she would want to say 'thank you' from the bottom of her heart to everyone who followed her story and hoped and prayed for her safe return.

UPDATE 2 APRIL:  Please click on the photo to read the full story of Sally's return in the Central Coast newspaper Express Advocate today.   

 

PAWS DOG SALLY MISSING IN CENTRAL COAST AREA
 21 MARCH 2014

 PAWS dog Sally, a 4 year old Poodle X, is one of a number of dogs recently rescued from a puppy farm in Stroud. Sally recently went missing from her new home in Terrigal and, despite numerous sightings, is evading capture as she is extremely timid from being kept in a caged environment most of her life with no social contact with humans. Please click on the photo to read a story about the search for Sally that was published in a local Central Coast newspaper today.

 

PAWS RESCUE DOG GEORGIE ON BONDI VET
 21 FEBRUARY 2014

 Another story  featuring our PAWS rescuer Denise and rescued dog Georgie (female Shih Tzu X Maltese about 6 years)  will be screened on Bondi Vet at 7.30pm Saturday 22 February on Channel 10. Please click on the photo to view Georgie's story when she was originally rescued in October last year.
 

UPDATE 24 FEBRUARY:  Please click here to see edited footage from the Bondi Vet episode featuring Denise with Georgie. All surgery is paid for by PAWS so we would appreciate your donations so we can continue to rescue more little Pound dogs that may need additional veterinary treatment or specialist surgery before they can be rehomed.

 

 

FIREWORK ALERT - KEEP YOUR PETS SAFE!
27 DECEMBER 2013

Keep your pets safe this New Year's Eve and Australia Day! Please click on the fireworks to read the Animal Welfare League 10 Point Plan on safeguarding your pets before and during the firework display. Please mute your PC if browsing at work because we have a sample of what your pets will hear on the night!

 

 

 

THANK YOU FOR KIND DONATION TO RONDA'S RESCUED DOGS
21 DECEMBER 2013

Our rescuer Ronda would like to thank Robyn and Ray and their Amcor Packaging workmates for passing the hat around again this year and using the money to buy food and other goodies for Ronda's rescued dogs that are being fostered in the Hunter Valley.  Robyn and Ray previously adopted PAWS dog Audrey the Terrier X (now Abbey) from Ronda and this is the second year that Amcor have supported PAWS at Christmas so we very much appreciate their ongoing support.
 

 

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS .....???
6 DECEMBER 2013

Peanuts (male Long Hair Chihuahua) and Charlie Brown (male Chihuahua X) first came to PAWS in February 2011 and, once their vet work was brought up to date, they were then listed for adoption as a pair.  We’ve had several approaches to adopt just one of them but Peanuts and Charlie Brown are soul mates and devoted to each other so it's just not fair to separate them. Their rescuer, 'Aunty Ronda' has also had four good potential owners all back out, either the night before or on the day they were set to meet Peanuts and his mate, Charlie Brown. Excuses like 'Oh we’ve decided it’s too soon to get other dogs' and 'my husband only wants one dog now or 'my mother is ill and I couldn’t possibly take on two dogs now'. These are all very plausible excuses but each time our hopes that Peanuts and Charlie Brown may at last be adopted have been dashed. As Christmas approaches again for these two, all their Aunty Ronda wants for Christmas is that Peanuts and Charlie Brown have the opportunity to enjoy this special time of year in their forever home. Surely someone out there around the Sydney, Central Coast, Lake Macquarie or Newcastle regions is looking for a pair of wonderful doggy companions? This is all we want for Christmas and our paws are crossed for them! Please click on the photo to read more about Peanuts and Charlie Brown or to obtain more information from Ronda about this lovely pair .....


 

 

UPDATE 6 MAY 2014:  Santa may have taken a little longer than usual but Peanuts and Charlie Brown have had their Christmas wish come true and have gone to a lovely new home together!

 

 

 

 

 

SEASONS GREETINGS FROM PAWS
5 DECEMBER 2013

 

Happy new year graphics

The PAWS team of Sheila, Christine, Rebecca, Samantha, Veronica and our three wonderful rescuers Denise, Ronda and Tania would like to wish all our supporters a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and thank everyone who has helped us during the year. Special thanks must go to the staff of the vet hospitals who assist us with our rescue dogs, our auditor Flavio Meoli, our major and corporate sponsors and of course our wonderful foster carers. Thanks also to everyone who has made a donation during the year as your support is very much appreciated.
 

 

THANK YOU TO MEOLI AND CO. CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
10 OCTOBER 2013

PAWS would very much like to thank Flavio Meoli of Meoli and Co. Chartered Accountants in Burwood, NSW for providing pro bono auditing of the annual accounts for donations to our rescuer Denise. Flavio's generosity means the fee normally charged for this work can go towards helping more of Denise's rescue dogs and we are very grateful for his kindness!
 

 

FOSTER CARERS URGENTLY NEEDED FOR SHIH TZUS AT RENBURY POUND
18 JULY 2013


If you have been thinking about becoming a foster carer now would be a good time! These little darlings (Shih Tzu and Shih Tzu X) are in Renbury Pound and we have rescued two already but at this stage don't have enough carers to take them all. Please click here for more information on fostering ...

UPDATE 29 JULY:  These five are now in foster care so please visit Denise's page to see Leo, Pippa, Cindy. Timmy and Little Doug!

 

 

PAWS RESCUE DOGS GIZMO AND LITTLE JACK ON BONDI VET
 8 JULY 2013

 Another story  featuring our PAWS rescuer Denise and two of her rescued dogs, Gizmo (male Shih Tzu X Maltese about 6 years) and Little Jack (male Shih Tzu X about 9 years) will be screened on Bondi Vet at 7.30pm Saturday 13 July on Channel 10. Please click on the photos to view stories from when Gizmo and Little Jack were originally rescued in September last year.

UPDATE 17 JULY:  Please click here to see edited footage from the Bondi Vet episode featuring Denise with Gizmo and Little Jack (scroll down the page). We would appreciate your donations so we can continue to rescue more little Pound dogs that may need additional veterinary treatment or specialist surgery before they can be rehomed.

GIZMO

LITTLE JACK


 

PAWS RESCUE DOG ANDREW ON BONDI VET
 26 APRIL 2013


A story  featuring PAWS rescuer Denise and little Andrew, a 3 year old Maltese X Shih Tzu, will be screened on Bondi Vet at 7.30pm Saturday 27 April Channel 10. Andrew was rescued in September 2012 with a fractured pelvis and his surgery at was filmed for the TV show. Please click on the photo to view Andrew's story from when he was originally rescued.

UPDATE 28 APRIL: Please click here to see edited footage from the Bondi Vet episode featuring Denise and Andrew (scroll down the page). The surgery to repair his fractured pelvis was kindly done at a reduced rate of $3500 by SASH but we would still appreciate your donations so we can continue to rescue little Pound dogs like Andrew that may need additional veterinary treatment or specialist surgery before they can be rehomed.


 

SHARE YOUR PHOTOS AND STORIES ON FACEBOOK!
19 MARCH 2013

  

  PAWS  people love to see photos and read stories about our adopted rescue dogs with their new families (both human and doggy!) so we would like to invite everyone to post them on our Facebook page (and us if you haven't already).

Or perhaps you are fostering for us and have some photos to share .... then we want to hear from you!  Please note that there may be a delay of up to 24 hours before your photos will appear as the page is monitored to avoid spam.


FINDING A NEW HOME OR TEMPORARY CARE FOR YOUR PET
 19 MARCH 2013

Every day PAWS rescuers receive phone calls and emails from people asking us to take their dogs (and occasionally cats) into foster care and find them new homes. On occasions there are more people wanting to surrender their pets to us than adopt one from us!

Some people are genuinely unable to keep their dog or cat due to financial hardship. Others may have ended up with an elderly relative's pet after they died or gone into care. However on many occasions the dog has become a problem due to barking or escaping and their owners just want to be saved the expense, inconvenience or guilt of taking it to the Pound.

Unfortunately we are rarely able to help these people owing to the shortage of foster carers. We do however accept adverts on the Private Adoptions page from our supporters and may be able to advertise dogs and cats as 'free to a good home' if you can keep them till they find a new home. Please click here for more information or to see some of the animals currently available for adoption.

PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to find temporary accommodation or a foster carer for people who are going on holiday overseas or trying to find a home where they are allowed pets for instance. We are always short of foster carers and if we have one available then we will rescue a dog from a Pound who is going to be killed rather than give them your pet so please do not ask us as refusal often offends!!
 

 

THANK YOU CHATSWOOD GRILL'D HEALTHY BURGERS
22 FEBRUARY 2013

Our rescuer Denise would like to thank Chatswood Grill'd Healthy Burgers and their customers for their month long campaign on behalf of PAWS rescuer Denise. This is the second time they have been selected and Denise very much appreciates their support!
 

 


WELCOME NEW SPONSOR 'KOPYCUT' PET TAG ENGRAVING'!
11 FEBRUARY 2013


PAWS would like to welcome a new corporate sponsor Kopycut for providing discounted pet tag engraving for Denise's rescued dogs. Kopycut also provide many other engraving services so please click on the link to visit their website.

 

 





 

 
THANK YOU FOR DONATION TO RONDA'S RESCUED DOGS
26 JANUARY 2013

Our rescuer Ronda would like to thank Robyn and Ray and their Amcor workmates for spending some of their Christmas present money on a donation of food and toys for her dogs being fostered in the Hunter Valley. Robyn and Ray previously adopted PAWS dog Audrey the Terrier X (now Abbey) from Ronda ...

 

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