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URGENT home appeal for a little terrier called Boxer
Oldies Club urgently need to find a new permanent foster home for Boxer, a 15 year old terrier who is in our care in Devon. Boxer is fit and healthy, but he can be grumpy and seems to be finding it difficult to settle after the sad death of his owner. Boxer needs a home…
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Fabulous new foster home found for Ben!
Update 18/5/2011 : We’ve had a BRILLIANT response to our call for foster home for Ben, huge thanks to all the Edinburgh area people. We now have a few options for Ben and are just checking a few details. If you’ve contacted us, we will get back to you very soon! Thank you to everyone…
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Ruby – has now found a permanent foster home :)
Update 12 March 2011 – we’re very pleased to let you know that Ruby has now been moved to a permanent foster home as an Oldies Club sponsor dog. Her page in our sponsor dog section will be updated soon. Thank you to those who have enquired about her :) Sadly since arriving in her…
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Smiling Sal (Oldies Club Sponsor Dog)
Sal came into Oldies Club care as an emergency case at the grand old age of 18. She is a beautiful lurcher girl whose owner was sadly unable to continue to care for her, and was within a few hours of being put to sleep when an Oldies Club volunteer stepped in.
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Spiralling Vet Bills – Oldies Club Needs Your Help
Oldies Club currently has 14 sponsor dogs in care, the most we’ve ever had at any one time. As a result our vets bills are hitting the roof and we are unable to help other dogs that are waiting to come into our care. Please can you help us raise much needed funds so that…
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Information for Adopters
This information is taken from our information sheet for adopters who adopt dogs that are in the direct care of the Oldies Club. Bringing a new dog into your home can be very exciting for the family but for your new dog it can be a daunting occasion, to say the least, and even frightening…
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Online Raffle for Oldies Club – win a pet portrait
The lovely people at Sighthound Welfare Trust are running an online raffle this February to benefit the Oldies Club, as part of their Oldies Month when they are celebrating how great older dogs can be! First prize An A4 portrait of one of your beloved companions kindly donated by the talented Wendy Paulton, (mooandboo) Click…
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Jasper’s very happy New Year
Just over a week ago, things were looking pretty bleak for Jasper, a 12 year old Collie cross. His owner was seriously ill and the family were unable to keep him. He was taken to a vet to be put to sleep the day before New Year’s eve. As Jasper was in good health, the…
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A Wombling Merry Christmas from the Oldies Club
Meet Womble. Gorgeous Womble sadly found himself in an overcrowded council pound this December. More and more dogs were coming in so Womble was at risk – unwanted dogs that cannot be moved out to rescues may be put to sleep once they have ‘done their time’ and nobody has claimed them. Womble’s owner had…
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Christmas 2009 Newsletter available now!
Packed with all the latest Oldies Club news, photos and information, our Christmas newsletter is here: click to download. You will need to have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to read this PDF newsletter.
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Special plea: can you help either of these lovely Active Oldies?
Updated: 21/11/2009 We now have a lovely foster home for Jerry! Sadly, however, Beethoven has had to move to kennels. He has been a very good boy in kennels and so far has got on well with the dogs he has met there. If you are interested in fostering or adopting Beethoven, please do get…
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Short term summer foster help needed – Devon & Redditch
Over the summer period, some of our wonderful fosterers need to take a well-earned break and cannot take their foster dogs with them. Could you help out by offering a temporary foster home to an Oldies Club dog for a short period while the normal fosterers are away? At the moment we are particularly looking…
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Terrific Titch (Oldies Club, fostered Newcastle)
11/9/09 Sadly poor Titch has been put to sleep today. She had been unwell for a few days and the vet found an inoperable stomach tumour. Thanks to her wonderful foster mum, Titch has had plenty of love and TLC. Sleep well Titch.
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Max – (Oldies Club, fostered Berks)
19/8/09 Max has very sadly had to be put to sleep. Oldies Club and his fosterer tried very hard for him, but poor Max never really recovered from the loss of his beloved owner. He suffered terrible Separation Anxiety and was constantly stressed. Rest in Peace now Max.
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Summer Newsletter now available!
Packed with all the latest Oldies Club news, photos and information, our summer newsletter is here: click to download. You will need to have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to read this PDF newsletter.
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The Woof Factor – Winners announced
Congratulations to Ellie who (apparently after considerable debate in the Blessed household) was given overall winner and Alan who came in as reserve!! Thanks to Brian Blessed and all the regional judges for their help in choosing the Face of the Oldies Club 2009/2010! The Winner is ‘Ellie’ Age 15. Second – ‘Alan’ , the…
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What about a middle aged oldie? 7-8 year olds overlooked…
People who visit Oldies Club stalls at events are often surprised when they see 7 or 8 year old dogs promoted by the Oldies Club. After all, 8 isn’t that old for most breeds of dog. It’s often more a case of ‘middle aged’ than ‘old’ dog. The answer that at that age, dogs are…
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New Oldies Club Patron: Marc Abraham
The Oldies Club is delighted to announce that TV vet Marc Abraham has agreed to become the official Patron of the Oldies Club. Marc will be helping us to raise the profile of older dogs everywhere, in the hope of encouraging more people to consider adopting an oldie. Read a message from Marc about becoming…
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Oscar (Oldies Club)
Oscar was put to sleep on the 17th March after giving his owners “the best 3 1/2 years of our lives”.