Top of the morning to you

According to the Pedigree Adoption Drive, 107000 dogs are abandoned each year, here at Bulldog Rescue we see approximately 150 a year, in reality that's only 0.14% of the total number but it's still an awful lot. As the Summer holidays approach we can start to think about things slowing down a little for us, we seem to see a pattern come the beginning of the Summer holidays - an inital rush of people who give up their dogs because they are going on holiday and now can't get them into boarding kennels, then it slows down. We guess because the kids are home and the weather is nice so looking after a dog becomes easier. However, come September things will rise quickly again - the kids are back at school and it's not so easy to keep the dog outside. It'll be October before many of these dogs start to arrive with skin conditions and neglect issues so we really do make the most of our Summer!!! and as I love my garden it works well - for me anyway.
As promised, Reggie's Den has had it's stock take and we have lots of offers - go to the web site at www.reggies-den.co.uk and see if there's anything on offer that you could make use of - we've also now got a face book page so join up to that for exclusive offers, discounts and news!
Enjoy the day, many of the dogs in the kennels are shortlisted for homes so lets hope they have a great Summer too!

Hold on to your sun hats

If the weather forcast is right for a change it's set to get much hotter. I'm sure I was a bulldog in a past life because I really suffer in this heat. This morning I was up bright and early collecting the Reggies Den delivery, at last I hear you all say as I know there are a handful of customers still waiting for stuff that we hadn't realised we sold out of, but as a reward for your patience I've listed a number of things on Special Offer, these are mainly overstocks so it's first come first served, but feel free to browse the den and see if there's anything you usually buy that's cheaper!

AS THE SUN WOULD SAY ... WHAT A SCORCHER

I'm sure there's no need to remind you about the dangers of bulldogs and heat, but just in case here's a reminder - be sure to read it, print it off and stick it to the front of your fridge.
I've spent the last 2 days sweating my bits off stock taking in Reggie's Den - after sending stock out for the Bulldog Day it's put the figures in the computer into chaos - instead of the computer saying no, it's Jason who goes to fill an order only to find there's none left. It's all up todate now so if you've been waiting an unusually long time for something theres new stock expected at the end of this week. Theres even a few overstocks so watch the web site for some special offers!!!
The sad news came in yesterday that the epileptic bulldog abanonded in the vets in Lancashire, who Georgia's spent all weekend trying to railroad down to our epilepsy expert in Newhaven has had to be put to sleep as the vet felt he had a brain tumour. I'm sure it's for the best and the long journey would have been very hard for him, but sad all the same that he had no one for him at the end except the vet who's been looking after him for the past 2 weeks who I know had become very attached to him.

Soltice Blessings

Well the intention this morning was to watch the sun rise. Usually I go to St Annes Hill which is local to me but I did intend to spend this mornings sunrise in the garden. Thanks to Dawn, Luci, Peter and Beverly I managed to get the whole week end gardening which was very gradifying, but meant that I slept straight through the 4.30am alarm!!! Today is the longest day so make the most of it, from now on the nights start drawing in again - how depressing!

I'll leave you with some pics of the garden

Helllloooooooooooooooooooo is there anybody there?

Just realised that's it's been a few months since the last Blog entry - do you know I actually get complaints when it's not updated LOL. The scooter ride out went really well - over 100 scooters parked on my front grass, thankfully not a single complaint and we had plenty of donated food, nappy sacks, washing powder and of course money - a big thank you to all that took part
Both bulldog days went well too, although these events are independant of Bulldog Rescue we get the profit so it goes without saying that our thanks goes out to Vicky and her team for two very successful educational days.
We are now gearing up to launch the 2011 calendar competition so be sure to keep an eye on the web site for details.
Oh and of course the 4th September - keep that day free as it's the annual picnic on that day and we all know how much you love that.
I'll be back soon (I promise)

Here comes the sun ......?

This weather is just perfect for me, it's not too hot but the sun really makes you feel better. My little blue tit spent several days taking twigs and moss and stuff into her little house but I've not seen her for a couple of days so I guess she's sat on an egg now - I'm so tempted to take a peek but I know I can't upset her if she is in there.

For the past few months we've been running a Tail Survey on our web site, trying to ascertain what the most common bulldog tail shape is, especially after the KC refused to upgrade the tail description in the breed standard to include anything other than a straight tail as highly undesirable. The results were quite suprising with straight tails coming in at 40% and screw tails as 42%. You can see the full results here.

I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to break to my neighbours that there's a planned scooter ride out in aid of Bulldog Rescue on the 9th May planned to finish here. Dizzy was founder member and number one of the Midhurst Detours scooter club back in the early 80s up until he broke his back on his scooter on the M11 in 1984, the club decided to honour the work he now does with a fund raising ride out, so do I keep quiet and make out I never expected so many or do I tell them LOL. Info about the ride out here

There's plenty of other fund raising events planned so be sure to check out the fund raising page on the web site.

We had a lovely little girl come in from Battersea yesterday, she's only got one eye and has the most adorable personality, apparently she's a stray but she's so beautiful that's really hard to beleive. I can't see it being long before she's in a new home ....

Gardens and Spring

The equinox a few weeks back signed in the beginning of Spring and that of course brings the ground to life as the wheel clicks another notch. I put a bird box up outside my bedroom window and was delighted to see last week that it has an occupant who is very busy building her nest. It's going to be exciting to watch how it develops. And no lude comments please - I've already had those on facebook ;o)

Things are quite peaceful in rescue at present. We've just year ended and I was horrified to note that the number of dogs through has increased by almost 40 dogs on last year, I can't see things getting any easier now either with many of them proving difficult to rehome as people want a cheap dog with no problems - sadly many of them are older and come with problems. If you can help any of our dogs out please visit www.bulldogrescue.co.uk/homes_needed.htm but please dont just apply for the youngers - the oldies need love too!