Percy

Hello, my name is Percy and I have a story to tell you….

For the last month I’ve been fending for myself, it’s been very scary and I got cold and hungry. Eventually I found some kind people who left some food and water out for me. I was too worried to stay long and kept running away so these lovely people phoned St Giles Animal Welfare. Between them they managed to get me safe and warm to the kennels where I am currently being very well looked after. I’m making friends with the staff and dogs at the centre. Now all I need is my forever home 💚

One thing the people at St Giles said I need is something called a tracker! I do get worried sometimes and I’m a bit of a monkey for running away, hence the reason I was on my solo adventure for so long. As much as I don’t want to be on my own again, this tracker will help my new family find me if a do get scared and go into flight mode!

I’m told I’m very polite, I walk beautifully on my lead, I don’t bark much, and I’m respectful around other dogs. I do love a play once I settle in too!

If you could help by getting me a tracker to take to my new home (when I find it!) I would be ever so grateful.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/tractive…/dp/B099SF2X9L…

Please get in touch if you think I could join your family.

Lots of love,

Percy 🩷

FOSTER HOME NEEDED

Hello,

My name is Rory and I am new here at St Giles.

I am finding the kennels quite scary at the moment. For the first few days I spent a lot of time in the outside area of my kennel. I would try barking in fear to make myself seem like a confident dog, but this is not the case and really, I am a big softy.

I am a big boy, weighing around 38kg currently but I am just under a year old, so I am likely to still get a bit bigger. Apparently my Microchip doesn’t show my breed, but the kind people here think I am possibly a Rhodesian Ridgeback X Rottweiler, what do you think I might be?

I am looking for a foster home. I would like somewhere quiet where I can gain confidence and build bonds. I have started making great friendships with the lovely people who care for me at St Giles. I even had cuddles today, this was my first time feeling brave enough to have cuddles since I have been here. I love eating food and treats. I also love playing with toys, which I will do with any potential fosterers too once I am feeling more myself.

As I am nervous currently, I haven’t met any dogs yet at the Centre but the people at St Giles have seen me passing dogs and currently have no concerns, however I would benefit with being the only animal in the home for my foster period whilst I continue my assessments.

If you think you might be able to offer a foster placement for me to come out of my shell and show my true potential, then please fill in a foster application form and note my name on the form.

I’m looking forward to cuddles with you soon X

Join us at our 2 main events!

St Giles Animal Welfare are holding 2 main events this year to raise money for the animals in our care. We will be bringing our famous dog show and agility course and we need stall holders to join us!

Looking for:

* Crafts

* Demonstrations

* Homemade Items

* Inflatables / Kids Games / face painter

* Music / Live performers

* Classic Cars

* All welcome!

If you are interested in knowing more – follow the link below:

https://forms.gle/rnjYzkpXfBDRYvJK9

Do you have any unwanted gifts?

Do you have any unwanted gifts that could make a fantastic raffle prize? We are desperately in need of items for our raffles, tombola, craft stalls etc for the coming events season. Bottles also gratefully accepted from those taking part in Dry January, and chocolates from those who are kicking off a healthier start to the year!

Please consider donating them to us at St Giles Animal Welfare to raise vital funds. Your generosity will assist us in raising funds for the animals in our care.

You can drop them off at the centre or alternatively we have donation bins at Sainsbury’s Hankridge Farm and also the Town Centre.

Thank you for your ongoing support. 🎁❤

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Volunteers wanted!

Fancy working with a great bunch of people and promoting St Giles Animal Welfare? We are looking for event volunteers to help us with our many events we will be going to this year. If you are interested and want to know more – please email Mel, marketing@stgilesanimalwelfare.co.uk

Unwanted gifts – Donate to a good cause!

Do you have any unwanted gifts that could make a fantastic raffle prize? We are desperately in need of items for our raffles, tombola, craft stalls etc for the coming events season. Bottles also gratefully accepted from those taking part in Dry January, and chocolates from those who are kicking off a healthier start to the year!

Please consider donating them to us at St Giles Animal Welfare to raise vital funds. Your generosity will assist us in raising funds for the animals in our care.

You can drop them off at the centre or alternatively we have donation bins at Sainsbury’s Hankridge Farm and also the Town Centre.

Thank you for your ongoing support. 🎁❤

Join Us!

St Giles Animal Welfare are holding 2 main events this year to raise money for the animals in our care. We will be bringing our famous dog show and agility course and we need stall holders to join us!

Looking for:

* Crafts

* Demonstrations

* Homemade Items

* Inflatables / Kids Games / face painter

* Music / Live performers

* Classic Cars

* All welcome!

If you are interested in knowing more – follow the link below:

https://forms.gle/rnjYzkpXfBDRYvJK9

Big Donation!

A massive thank you to @grovesnurseries who have donated all of these wonderful goodies to us. The animals will have full and happy bellies.

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Welcome BrewTwo!

We are excited to welcome BrewTwo at The Cleve to the St Giles Animal Welfare family! They are now proud supporters and will be working with us on different activities. BrewTwo is a cozy cafe based in Wellington that offers the best views, they offer a wide variety of delicious coffee & food options and is a dog friendly cafe! We are kicking off our relationship with an exciting doggy coffee morning in March so keep an eye out for more info!

#welcome#supporters#dogfriendly#food#wellington

Cat Companion Launch!

We are so excited to have launched our ‘Cat Companion’ project – matching elderly people with a comforting cat! What better way to launch than to have our information displayed proudly in our local North Curry shop window!

We are trying to combat loneliness in our local community. If you, or anyone that you know, would be great for this initiative, please do get in touch – 01823 490333

Alfie

Alfie, you are a very handsome, senior chap 🩷

Alfie, a 10 year old JRT, has recently come to us for rehoming after his owner has fallen ill and will no longer be able to look after Alfie.

Dog Friendly: We have had feedback about Alfie and that he was happy to go on walks with other dogs but doesn’t like dogs in his face or touching him so he would prefer to be the only dog in the home.

Cat Friendly: We are unsure on how Alfie is with cats.

Small Animal Friendly: Unsure due to not being able to safely assess this at the centre.

Has been around Children: We would be looking at an adult only home for Alfie as he can be worried around children.

Crate Trained: Has not been crate trained at the centre, but this may benefit him in the home so he has a safe space which means leaving the crate door open at all times so he can choose when to go in and out. We can give any potential adopters advice and training on how to do this

How long can the dog be left without issue: From what we have been informed, Alfie has not been left for long periods of time but does seem to be quite settled when he is in the kennel on own for short periods throughout the day.

How do they walk on lead: He walks well on the lead and we are doing some harness touch training with him.

Any reactive behaviour seen: Alfie is a little touch sensitive and is quite independent. We are still currently assessing him at this time.

What are they fed: He is fed soft food twice a day

Weight: 6kg

If you think you can offer Alfie his loving home in time for Christmas, please do click the link below to complete an online application form. 🐾🏠

Thank you to Fiona for the photo @fionawalshphotography ☺

Alfie – St Giles Animal Welfare

What a gorgeous boy you are, Bramble

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Alice and Zoe took Bramble offsite to Staple Dogs on Wednesday and expelled some energy. It’s clear that he had lots of fun The kennel environment can become stressful and overwhelming for dogs and some breeds struggle more than others.

Bramble got straight in to the van and did well on the journey. Bramble was clearly very excited to be in a new location and was running around but soon settled and started sniffing and exploring more.

Bramble is a lovely character and would love to be in his forever home in time for Christmas so he can be snuggled up and getting some Christmas presents which he really does deserve 😍

Bramble – St Giles Animal Welfare

Winnie’s Winter Wish

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Thank you to our wonderful volunteer Jeff for capturing Winnies outing.

Jeff has been working with Winnie, one of our more nervous dogs and had a breakthrough moment! Winnie went for the first time to Fivehead community cafe after months of gentle training, encouragement and familiarisation with the outside world. What a huge success and rewarding moment for Winnie and Jeff👏💕

Winnie is a very special and sensitive soul who is in search of her forever home with a dedicated and patient owner who will be able to tend to all her needs.

Winnie will need a quiet adult only home and environment. She is sensitive with dogs and is still undergoing further training. Winnie would also be best as the only animal in the home and would need someone around most of the time to help her settle in.

Let’s get this special girl the forever loving home she so ever deserves!

Winnie – St Giles Animal Welfare

Big Thank you!

We are so lucky to have wonderful people like Angela at Rottweiler Friends Rescue & Soul Man Sanctuary. Angela is an incredible dog behaviourist, a busy lady who gives up her free time to help the dogs at our centre. Angela has been working very closely with many of our dogs and in particular Teddy. He recently went for a sleepover and posed for some photos.

Every week Angela works her magic with a different dog and our team, foster carers and new owners and we want her to know how grateful we are.

Thank you Angela 💕

Beth Branson – Always in our hearts

We were honoured to have Amy & Ben Branson and their family join us at the centre to celebrate Beth’s Birthday and to remember what a wonderful person she was. Beth’s family are incredible and have never stopped fundraising for us since we lost Beth. This years fundraiser raised a huge amount of money and we were presented with a cheque for £5,250. We are so very grateful for their continued support and love and can not thank them enough for all they do.

The Beth Branson BARFC Memorial Match & Fundraiser

£500 donation – We thank you!

A huge thank you to Somerset Freemasons based in Langport who have kindly donated £500 towards our Education and enrichment programme. This money will go towards renovating the student area. Thank you so much – we appreciate this support as it enriches both our animals and our students who use our facilities.

We are so thankful!

A huge thank you to Somerset Progressive School for such a generous donation of dog food and treats.

Podge our puppy got lots of cuddles too🐾🐶

We are always so grateful for the donation provided 💕

A big thank you!

Thanks to our friends at National Highways for providing us with 5 brand new benches for around the site! We are so grateful for this wonderful donation. From all of us here – THANK YOU! ❤🐾

Volunteer Appreciation Post

Volunteer Appreciation Post☺🩷

We would like to thank all of our lovely volunteers who come to us and able to help us on a weekly basis. The animals completely adore you all and enjoy seeing you, knowing they are going to have a fun filled time out of the kennel or in the pen if with the gorgeous cats here.

You all do so much for these animals which is just incredible and we can’t thank you enough 🐾

#volunteersmakeadifference

Help with Donations while you shop!

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Corporate Volunteering Days

A huge thank you goes out to a group of volunteers we had this week from LV=. They got to see what we do here and help with dog walking, cat cuddling and also did some painting for us! A good day had by all.

If any businesses would like to come and help us for the day, please do get in touch with our volunteer coordinator to find out more – volunteer@sgaw.co.uk

TOMBOLA & RAFFLE PRIZE APPEAL!!!

To help us continue our much needed work rescuing and re-homing the county’s unwanted pets, we are in desperate need of tombola and raffle prizes to help boost our funds.

Bottles, tins, cosmetics, toiletries, pet toys, new soft toys – in fact any brand new/as new items that we can put a ticket on will make all the difference to our animals!

If you have anything you would like to donate to us please drop off at the kennels or, if local, our Volunteers are very happy to come and collect.

Thank you x 😍🐶

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Buy A Virtual Gift!

What is the perfect Christmas gift? 🎁 We say a Virtual one!

Buy a virtual gift today and your donation could:

🐾Feed an animal

🐾Purchase toys

🐾Pay for treatment & care for our animals

PLUS, you receive a gift certificate to download and keep or send to a loved one. What better way to help the animals in our care this Christmas. ❤🐾

https://stgilesanimalwelfare.co.uk/product…/virtual-gifts/

#HeatAKennel #HeatAPen

We need your help!

It costs around £10 to heat one of our kennels or cat pens for 1 month. We have set up a donation link below and are asking our loyal supporters to donate as much as you can so we can keep the animals warm and safe this winter.

With the worry of the current climate and costs of electricity, we are already seeing the effects of more animals needing our help and we face a very hard financial winter. Your donation of £1, £3 or whatever you can spare would go a long way to securing our future.

How to Donate

Online:

Click HERE and enter the amount you wish to give.

Via text:

To donate £1, text DDHD012 to 70201

To donate £3, text DDHD012 to 70331

To donate £5, text DDHD012 to 70970

To donate £10, text DDHD012 to 70191

https://platform.nationalfundingscheme.org/DDHD012…

Every donation is gratefully received.

THANK YOU 🐾