BDRUK News June 2017

First published: Tue 13th Jun 2017 (Last updated: Tue 13th Jun 2017)

Dog of the Month -  Lou

 

 

Lou has been in his foster family in the UK for a few months and is still waiting for his forever home. He loves walks, is good on the lead and good with other dogs. He would suit a home with another calm dog to help build his confidence. See his profile here: https://www.bdruk.org/adopt/animal/197

 

News:

 

Sponsor scheme

We are developing our new sponsor packs and will be launching them soon. All current sponsors will receive a new pack. For more information about our sponsor scheme and the dogs you can support please see www.bdruk.org/sponsor

 

New online shop

We now have an online shop on our website where you can buy BDRUK merchandise - www.bdruk.org/shop We have BDRUK mugs, keyrings, badges, notecards and more. All proceeds from the shop go towards helping us rescue dogs in need.

 

Sell on eBay to help us!

Do you have old clothes/toys/household items that you no longer need and want to raise money for yourself and BDRUK? If so you can sell them through eBay Charity and choose Blind Dog Rescue UK as your chosen charity.

You can donate 10-100% of the selling price to go to BDRUK and you will be refunded the same percentage of the eBay selling fee too! For more information see http://pages.ebay.co.uk/ebayforcharity/sell.html

 

Thank you!

We are so grateful to our amazing supporters who fundraise for us. This month we'd like to say a special thank you to: 

Jade Carly Jones who raised £200 for BDRUK through her May auction.

Lyn who very kindly sponsored Sidney’s vet bills.

Huggy Dogs Food Aid for raising £117.50.

Julie for raising £80 at her vegan flower sale.

 

Photo Competition

Keep an eye on our facebook page for our upcoming photo competition. We have some brilliant categories and lovely prizes for the winners!

 

Appeal for fosters

 

We have transport sponsored for Rex (above) who has been waiting for such a long time. We would love to find him a foster so he can enjoy life in a home.

We would also love to find fosters for our lovely blind girls Belka and Sonja, and Bella. If you have space in your home to give a BDRUK dog a chance to learn what it is to live in a loving home then please get in touch by email at foster@bdruk.org. For more information about fostering please read our foster page at www.bdruk.org/fostering

 

Dogs we have helped this month:

 

  • Orson arrived in UK foster
  • Emily arrived in UK foster
  • Balkan arrived in UK foster
  • Pusa arrived in UK foster
  • Jimmy arrived in foster
  • Phoenix was sponsored by us and Kelly Hare at Safe Rescue have taken him under their wing

Dogs that have been adopted:

  • Sam
  • Caro
  • Jimmy is reserved pending a meeting of his adopters in 2 weeks
  • Gracie
  • Sylvie
  • Happy is adopted and ready for travel from Egypt after a long wait passing his titre tests
  • Rose
  • Nan

 

 Dogs we have sponsored this month:

  • Mara is safe off the streets and in a boarding kennel and has started her prep for the UK
  • Kiro is off the streets after we found out he was returned to the streets after having had an eye removed the day before
  • Quinn foster sponsored
  • Sapphire and Berne foster paid
  • Echo sponsor paid
  • Toby vet fees paid
  • Gracie vet tests paid
  • Memphis vet bills paid
  • Pusa vet prep paid
  • Foster secured for Dori
  • A new oldie was rescued before having to go to the city shelter in Bosnia - he is safe in a boarding kennel and has been diagnosed with heartworm. We will cover his costs and hopefully he will come as a forever foster when he is well enough.

 

Volunteers needed!

 We would love more volunteers on board to help us continue our work. If you have a few hours a week to help get updates from rescuers, update dog albums, fundraise or take photos of our foster dogs then please get in touch via info@bdruk.org

 

Upcoming events:

Table top events in Wales and Coventry in June - keep an eye on our Facebook page and in our next news update for more information.

In August we are going to launch our first commercial project. A silversmith jewellery artist is donating a percentage of her sales of a beautiful dog pendant to us. Full details to come.