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  • Barley (Labrador Retriever Rescue Southern England)

    29/12/05 Sadly, Barley has recently passed away. However, he spent his final months having happy times with his wonderful new owners who doted on him.

  • Funds urgently needed for an operation for Dan

    Loveable oldie Dan has a perineal hernia. Dan’s foster home has offered to lend the Oldies Club the £650 for his operation so he can start getting better quickly, but they can’t afford to pay for it out of their own pockets permanently, so we are now desperately looking for funds to cover this. If […]

  • Sweetie (formerly Hetty) – Derby

    Ginger - staffie - Derby Handed into a Derby vet, Sweetie, formerly known as Hetty, had only a few short months with her new family. We are sad to report that she passed away in October 2005.

  • Storm (Dan)

    Storm came to the Oldies Club in June 2005. Nursed through a perineal hernia by Oldies foster carer Jan, Storm is now in a new home – find out more here.

  • Lottie (formerly Erin)

    Originally found as a stray in Rathgar, oldie terrier cross Erin came to the Oldies Club under The Alice Project. This is her story.

  • Alfie

    Collie cross Alfie was taken in by Limerick Animal Welfare after one of their volunteers found him staggering, dehydrated, in a busy road on one of the hottest nights of the year. This is his story.

  • Augusta & Victoria Plum

    In June 2005, the Oldies Club received a call from Meadow Green Dog Rescue, Norfolk. They had been asked to take in two oldie terrier bitches whose owner had been hospitalised and would not be able to care for them in the future, but had no room to accept them. It normally takes much longer to rehome pairs of dogs, but these beautiful girls were off to their new mum in Derbyshire within just one week – read how here!

  • Registered Charity – Your Member Votes Needed Now!

    At last, the Oldies Club application for registered charity status is almost ready to go, but there is one thing that needs to be done before it can be submitted. We need to adopt a constitution and elect Trustees and Officers. We are doing this through the Oldies AR forum, as a virtual meeting of […]

  • Oldies Club passes 100 dogs rehomed!

    July has seen the number of dogs featured on the OC website that are now rehomed cross the 100 mark! It never ceases to amaze me how rapidly some of the dogs get rehomed. We had Amy, the staffy with a severe skin condition for only a couple of weeks before her new owner came […]

  • Blindness & Sight Problems in Dogs

    From the effects of old age to conditions like cataracts and glaucoma, many things can cause sight problems in dogs. Read about some of the causes, how they affect dogs in the home, and what you can do to ease the transition of a partially-sighted or blind rescue dog into his new home.

  • How Many Stray and Unwanted Dogs?

    In the UK, we breed and import more dogs than we can find homes for – see our articles on Greyhound racing and Puppy Farms to find out more about this. The Dogs Trust monitors the numbers of stray dogs collected by local authorities, and reports that 105,349 stray dogs were collected by local authorities […]

  • Tigger

    28/12/05 Tigger has found a new home!

  • Joe

    28/12/05 Joe has found a new home!

  • Bobby

    28/12/05 Bobby has found a new home!

  • Lukka

    14 year old Old English Sheepdog Lukka spent four long years with Celtic Animal Lifeline, waiting for a new home. At last, he has found the perfect home with new dad Mark – this is his story.

  • Martha

    Originally found as a mange-ridden, emaciated stray in Ireland, 9 year old Rottweiler cross Martha is now happily settled with new mum Nats – this is her story. :-)

  • Jaffa (Croftview Rehoming Kennels, Kent)

    4/2/2006 Very sadly, Jaffa passed away suddenly and unexpectedly this week. The poor boy never had a chance to experience life outside kennels.

  • Lou (Croftview Rehoming Kennels, Kent)

    11th May 2005 – Sadly, Croftview have informed us that Lou has passed away. She never found a permanent new home. Our condolences go to everyone at Croftview who had so hoped this special girl would have another chance at happiness.

  • Ward

    24.06.05 – Ward did not make it out of the pound, although help had been offered for him. Run free.

  • Dogs & Deafness

    Hearing loss is something that many oldies – human and canine alike! – have to deal with. Some level of deafness often affects dogs whom the Oldies Club helps, and it can take various forms. Learn what to look out for in your dog, and how to deal with deafness.

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