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Oldies Club were lucky enough to be invited back to Crufts to share a stand with our patron Marc Abraham on Saturday 12th March. 6 volunteers and 5 gorgeous Oldies (& 1 younger associate) travelled to the NEC to help promote older dogs and fundraise. We decorated the stand with our banner, posters and display board. The dogs, looking very fetching in their bandanas, were on hand to offer kisses & cuddles whilst our supporters handed out leaflets, collected donations and chatted to anyone who stopped at the stand. Oldies Club were presented with a cheque for £500 by Marc. This […]

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 foster home it has become apparent that Ruby has some health problems, so Oldies Club have decided not to rehome her and would like to get her settled as soon as possible into a permanent quiet foster home where her vets bills will be covered by […]

Blue, is a 13 year old rather handsome, male Border Collie, who recently came into the care of Oldies Club. He arrived with a large lump under his tail, which was growing fast and really bothering him :-( Oldies Club arranged for a vet to look at the lump as a matter of urgency. The vet diagnosed it as a perineal hernia which would need a major and urgent operation to repair it, with total costs likely to be around £1,000! Blue’s operation went ahead and he is doing well – though the operation was more complicated than expected and everyone […]

Oldies Club attend events around the country throughout the year to help raise much needed funds and also spread the word about dogs in Oldies Club care & find more volunteers to help us. We are now starting to look into other ways of doing this via street collections and meet & greets. Oldies Club are looking for someone to join our fundraising team by helping us to co-ordinate these types of event. We are looking for a person who is enthusiastic and motivated. Preferably someone who is used to filling in forms and doesn’t mind spending some time on the […]

Oldies Club have kindly been donated a small suppy of the book Dogs in Residence. This book is a Bed & Breakfast guide of England with a difference. Not where you can take your dog ( although many of the  B&Bs do welcome dogs) but where you can go to meet some doggie chums and have a great time. The book is 184 paged hardback with full colour photographs.  The B&B’s listed, along with some  hotels , come in all sizes and price but the one thing they all have in common is – their much loved dogs. We are offering these […]

  Due to the arrival of the white stuff we’ve decided on an impromptu snow competition. Send us your best snow creations and you could win one of these gorgeous beanie buddy dogs. Its £1 entry (please send to paypal@oldies.org.uk ) and the competition will be running until 31st December at 9pm. Photos can be sent to oldies@oldies.org.uk  Our lovely Patron Marc Abraham has kindly agreed to judge the entries of the competition. We look forward to seeing them :) Winning Photos:- Share to help find homes for old dogs…

The 2010 Christmas newsletter is now available to view here If you wish to download a copy click File and then Download Original A big thank you to all who contributed to our newsletter. We hope you enjoy reading it Share to help find homes for old dogs…

ROCK LEGENDS-SIGNED PUP AID EPIPHONE CASINO GUITAR GOES UNDER THE HAMMER TO HELP FIGHT PUPPY FARMING UK’s Rock Royalty give their support to TV Vet Marc Abraham’s anti-puppy farming campaign PUP AID by signing a unique guitar for dog charities. Kicked off in September by Liam Gallagher, PUP AID 2010 was launched with the Oasis front man kindly offering his support to raise awareness about Puppy Farming. Now a host of rock legends have followed suit by signing the one of a kind PUP AID Epiphone Casino Guitar kindly donated by Epiphone, due to be auctioned at Bonhams on December 15th. […]

We’d like to apologise to users of our website who have been trying to read about the lovely oldies needing homes, only to find that the website was down for a day or so. We’re pleased to say that everything should be working normally now, although as the site had to be restored from a backup, a few recent entries were lost. The team of web-editing volunteers will be working hard to replace those lost entries as soon as we can. If you have contacted us by email over the last couple of days, your email will probably not have reached […]

29/10/10 – We have received such tremendous response to this and all our dogs are now in the process of being allocted so we wont be taking on anymore Secret Santas. Sometimes Oldies Club comes across dogs who – because of the physical or emotional damage they have suffered, or due to terminal illness – cannot be rehomed. In these cases, which have sadly become more frequent, we endeavour to provide long-term foster placements with experienced carers who will ensure these oldies know a loving, secure home for their final years. We thought that it would be a nice idea for […]

Whittington Castle is well known for its paranormal activites. The castle is steeped in historical tales of bitter warfare, treachery, death, myths, legends and many ghosts and strange happenings. Figures seen time and time again by visitors include a hooded man, a phantom blacksmith and ghostly children.   Three Oldies Club supporters Amy, Michelle & Caroline would love to raise money for the dogs by putting their fears aside and staying in Whittington Castle over the Halloween weekend when they say the veil between the two worlds is at its thinnest. If you would like to sponsor them to have the living daylights scared […]

Oldies Club would like to say a big thank you to the Crossbreed & Mongrel Club for nominating us for Canine Capers. The show was a great success with over 120 dogs in attendance. We were blessed with good weather which held out until the show had finished. The show combined with our stall, raffle and tennis ball lottery raised an amazing £834.74. This money is already being put to good use allowing us to bring in a terminally ill Collie. Lenny has an inoperable tumour and the money will be put towards his vet bills for the time he will […]

Would you love to adopt an oldie but can’t commit to vet bills? Are you fairly active but have a quiet home and want companionship? Well here’s your chance to help a small oldie in urgent need… Affectionate, playful Snowy needs a quiet, understanding home by the end of October. Can you offer him a permanent foster home, with all vet bills covered by the Oldies Club? Photos © Oliver Kanani.

The very talented Joanne of Tarimoor Art has very kindly donated an A3 chalk pastel to help raise funds for Bouncer, an 18 year old dog who has recently come into Oldies Club foster care. The subject will be of the winning bidder’s choosing so you can opt for a portrait of your dog, cat or other animal :) The auction is taking place now on eBay – to view the listing and bid, please click here The images shown on this page and the auction listing are examples of Joanne’s previous work – the winning bidder will be put in […]

23/09/10 We’re very happy to update with the news that Jessie has found a permanent foster home – it is her original foster home and we know she will be very happy there.

Canine Capers 2010 is being held at Top End Farm Caravan & Camping Site, Little Staughton, Nr St Neots, Beds. MK44 2BY on Saturday 18th September in aid of Oldies Club The show is organised by The Crossbreed & Mongrel Club with help Oldies Club volunteers and is part of the ‘Canine Weekend of Fun’ with Scamps 2010 being held on Sunday 19th September. All day skill events commence at 11am – 50p per go. TEMPTATION ALLEY Dogs 18in & under Dogs over 18in Fast & Sleek (Greyhounds, Lurchers, Whippets, etc) FASTEST RETRIEVE HOW INTELLIGENT IS YOUR DOG (Certificate Awarded) HOOK A […]

On 26th September 2010 supporter Rachel Houghton will be running a 10km race in Preston, Lancashire to help raise funds for Oldies Club in memory of Ben.  Earlier this year her family had to say goodbye to Ben, their 18 year old loyal and loveable black Labrador who had to be helped on his final journey after fighting cancer till the end. Throughout the years, Ben was a big part of their family, and right to the end, Ben had the love of his family surrounding him and his memories will live on with all of them forever. Rachel feels that […]