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Gloria (All Dogs Matter, fostered London)
8/5/16 – Gloria has sadly passed away :(
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Help us help ‘battered’ to beautiful Bella!
Hi, I’m Bella, a beautiful Spinone cross type of a girl, who came into Oldies Club care in 2015, as an unclaimed stray from the pound. I was in a terrible state then. Very underweight and it’s thought I have been used as a breeding machine and then left unclaimed :-(. I am deaf and […]
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*Please help Chester and his very poorly ears*
Hello, I’m Chester, a GSD cross Collie boy who came into Oldies Club care in March 2016 after my previous owner and I sadly lost our home. Unfortunately after arriving in Oldies Club foster care it was immediately obvious that, along with not being in the greatest condition generally, I have VERY poorly ears :-(. […]
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Woof Factor 2016
Oldies Club is celebrating older dogs! We are holding a fundraising photo competition for the eighth year running especially for dogs age 7 and over. The winning dog will represent the Oldies Club for the following year. The only rule for this competition is that dogs entering need to be veterans, they do not necessarily need […]
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Shiva (“Sheeva”) (Wythall Animal Sanctuary, Birmingham)
28/5/17 – Such sad news about Shiva. She suffered a massive stroke and was left so debilitated there was no choice but to help her across the bridge. :(
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Celebrate Mother’s Day with Oldies Club!
As we approach Mother’s Day here in the UK, we hope you will join us in celebrating this week and make a donation to help with the care of our older dogs.
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Gertie (Senior Staffy Club, kennelled Staffordshire)
Gertie sadly was found to have cancer and she has now passed away. Rest in peace beautiful Gertie.
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We’re Celebrating Love an Oldie Day – please join us!
We are celebrating Love an Oldie Day again and we invite you all to make a donation on our Love an Oldie Day fundraising page to help us continue our work rescuing and rehoming older dogs. Today is a day for celebrating our love of older dogs and we would love for you to celebrate […]
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Sweet little Milo (Oldies Club, fostered Northamptonshire)
After a happy, fun-filled month in foster care, little Milo suddenly became extremely ill. There was nothing the vets could do for him and sadly he had to be put to sleep. His lovely foster carer was by his side when he left us. Rest in peace little chap.
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Toffee (Dunroamin K9 Rescue, South Yorkshire)
12/2/2018 – Sadly Toffee had tumours in her stomach and chest and had to be put to sleep. Run free beautiful girl. :(
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Treat your dog to a jumper in February & an oldie will receive one too!
For this month of February 2016, for every doggie jumper ordered from Edie and Reggie, they will very kindly make and donate a jumper to Oldies Club :-) We have a number of little dogs in foster/sponsor care who we feel would love to be snuggled up in one of these gorgeous jumpers in […]
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Chuckie (Greyhound Gap, Staffordshire)
18/7/20 – Chuckie has found a home at last!
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Brandy (Dunroamin K9 Rescue, South Yorkshire)
1 June 2017 – We just had this sad update: Unfortunately, we lost Brandy very suddenly, he was out walking with his foster dad early Sunday morning when he collapsed. It was his heart and the vets could not save Brandy so he has made his journey over the rainbow bridge bless him, he’s very much missed.
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Petition to introduce compulsory scanning for microchips for ‘found’ dogs
People have their beloved dogs (and other animal companions) microchipped with the belief that, along with wearing a legally required ID tag, they have the best chance of being reunited with their dog, should he/she go missing. We know many vets, dog wardens/local authorities, rescue centres etc. do already scan incoming dogs for a microchip […]
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A New Year’s Wish
We’d like to wish all of our volunteers and supporters a (nearly) Happy New Year and all the best for 2016. Thank you all SO much for all you have done for our oldies this year. We couldn’t continue our volunteer work, rescuing and rehoming older dogs, without you :-) We also have a New […]
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Collie Princess Kate reaches her teens (Oldies Club)
Happy Kate has settled really well into her perfect new home – and now she’s a teenager!
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A very Merry Christmas from the Oldies Club
Just a quick message to all the many lovely Oldies Club supporters, donors, volunteers and friends to say: THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT and HAPPY CHRISTMAS!
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Christmas Virtual Street Collection ~ help us raise £ before Christmas
Hello! We have prepared the scene for our Christmas Virtual Street Collection, which has just opened, in the run-up to Christmas, to raise as much money as possible to help the dogs in Oldies Club care. We’d be very grateful if you’d make a donation to our virtual collection by clicking HERE. Please tell your […]
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Kasha (NAWT, Berkshire)
1/9/16 – Sad news, Kasha had to be put to sleep as she was losing the battle against cancer which had spread quickly into her back legs and hip.
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Casper (Senior Staffy Club, kennelled Stafford)
21/02/2016 – Casper found his home 6 weeks ago but he started having fits last week. He had a fit last night and was taken to the vet. While he was sedated, they found a brain tumour and his ownerss had to make the difficult decision to let him go. At least he got to live out his last few days in a warm, loving home.
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