See Photos of all 11 puppies in the Gallery

Decision time! Pups are nearly ready to go to their new homes. Some are for show homes, and I need to decide which one to keep myself, before everyone else comes to choose! BUT WHICH ONE?

Nina’s pups are gaining weight (colour marked to keep individual records)

Nina, bless her is also putting on a little flesh and she no longer has that gaunt, hollow look. She has even managed to smile for the camera!!

A huge thank you to you all for making our fun day a huge success. The weather was kind to us (unlike the weather in Scarborough when Gordon and Lynn Kipps set off) The Bouncy Castle proved popular with the kids, as did the face painting and hair braiding. The lolly and balloon draw went well and these stalls, together with the sweet stall and “name the doll & Teddy” raised  £94.00. A special thanks to Sarah and Riki and their friends Louise and Rachel, who manned these stalls and helped both before and after the event.

The Pet stall was a huge success and with Leanne, her sister Michelle and boyfriend Micheal in charge, they managed to take a huge £102.85. Well done and thank you.

The Tombola was also a great success. With so many lovely prizes so kindly donated, and a fantastic Sheila doing a good selling job, nearly £90.00 was raised.

The cakes were a huge success, thank you to all who baked and gave so wholeheartedly. A special mention for Alison and her Auntie Pat and Auntie Anne who manned this stall all day, we made over £85.00 on this stall alone. Many thanks to Betty who came loaded with 5 cake tins full of goodies.( Betty also brought along the whole family including my two “old boys” Harry (now nearly 14 and our Joe , nearly 13 -my old boys are Amirene Golden Retrievers of course) The boys relaxed in the garden with Bill and Tommy as the burgers were cooked (maybe they thought one would just fall off into their mouths!)

A special thank you to Linda’s mam who baked that lovely fruit cake for the “Guess the weight of the cake competition” The weight was never guessed, so the cake was sold for £15.00 which made the overall profit for the cakes at £100.00.

The barbecued burgers and sausages went well and a big thank you to Bill who cooked all day and to Jean and Derek who donated the burgers and sausages.

Thank You to Sue and Di who were kept busy all day in the kitchen where the magnificent cake stand brought by Christine ……was the centre of attention. Thank You so much Christine, I had never seen anything like it before!

Myra and Derek helped with the raffle (so many fantastic prizes – all donated thank you to everyone) The raffle, plus my plant and egg stand raised over £100.00.

Annie and her friend Maggie put in a tireless day with George, Sabre, Kai and Linda’s Megan (whose “speak on command” brought such applause!) With their lovely “Animals in Need” jackets they did us all proud!

With Ian Harris manning the impressive Castle Vets stand; Brenda with her beautiful table  of Aurora essences; Crissie’s mum, Sue with her Jamie Oliver stall and Linda with her Crafts and dog training it made for a great day out for all.

Some friends could not make it that day, but their donations have been so gratefully received.

The greatest success of the day was of course the family who came forward to give a home to Leonard, our Dog De Bordeaux. It was because of Leonard and all other animals who come to us in need of special care before they can be rehomed, that our Charity was first  created. I will be writing a separate post about Leonard and his new family later.

Overall we all managed to raise almost £1000.00. I will be forever gratefull for all the help support and encouragement from all of my friends and staff without whom I could not have put on this event

Thankyou to you all

from Margaret xxx

ps I will be putting some photos on the Gallery when John comes to help me!