A Day to Remember Commemorative Issue Celebrating Her Majesty the Queen Officially Opening Our New Kennels INSIDE Spring 2015 THIS ISSUE
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The supporter magazine SPRING 2015 SUGGESTED DONATION £1 of Battersea Dogs & Cats Home battersea.org.uk A Day to Remember Commemorative issue celebrating Her Majesty The Queen officially opening our new kennels INSIDE Spring 2015 THIS ISSUE COMPETITION Executive Editor Contributors Dee McIntosh Lisa Bunce Editor Debbie Chapman Caroline Stringer Emma Palmer Helen Stone Louise Taylor Welcome Claire Horton, Chief Executive Paws Magazine Pet paperbacks Battersea Dogs & Cats Home 4 Battersea Park Road ‘I hope this issue paints a vivid Win yourself London SW8 4AA picture of our day, and makes you feel some Battersea [email protected] books p18 @BDCH very much a part of the celebration’ Battersea For more information and our ’m delighted to welcome you to this very Our new It is entirely due to the kindness of EVENTS opening hours, call 0843 509 4444 or special Spring 2015 issue of Paws. On everyone who so generously gave whatever visit our website battersea.org.uk I kennels will 17 March, we marked a truly historic day “ they could to make our new Mary Tealby Old Windsor at Battersea’s London centre. Our Royal be home to Kennels rise, brick by brick, that we are Priest Hill, Old Windsor, Berkshire SL4 2JN Patron, Her Majesty The Queen, came rebuilding Battersea, not just for the dogs to the Home to officially open our new legions of of today but for the hundreds of thousands Brands Hatch kennels, and what an amazing day it was. of lost, abandoned and neglected dogs 24 Crowhurst Lane, Ash, Kent TN15 7HH dogs and I only wish we could have invited all puppies we who will pass through our special Home in Patron of you to share the occasion with us. It the decades to come. Her Majesty The Queen was exciting, historic, unique, moving have yet to Our new kennels, and our amazing staff and incredibly important as the Home and incredible volunteers, will be home to President meet HRH Prince Michael of Kent, GCVO continues on its journey of transformation legions of dogs and puppies we have yet On your bike for our dogs and cats, and the care we can to meet – and to whom we shall freely and Do something Paws is designed on behalf of Battersea Dogs give them. ” gladly give our love and care. amazing for & Cats Home by williamjoseph.co.uk So I hope our colourful and descriptive Sadly, some of them will be the victims Battersea by Advertising enquiries souvenir issue of Paws paints a vivid of irresponsible backstreet breeding. You [email protected] picture of our day, and makes you feel very can read all about our campaign to help joining one much a part of the celebration. This was end the plight of dogs like Marjorie, who of our events, Advertisements and advertising inserts appearing the single most important day Battersea are forced to be mothers again, and again, within or sent with Paws magazine have been included including the 23 at the advertiser’s request only. Battersea Dogs & had experienced in a quarter of a century, in a special feature on page 12. I urge you to Cats Home does not verify the quality, condition, and I am so pleased I can share it with our join us in this fight to save all the Marjories, Nightrider cycle validity or standard of the offers, products or services good friends and supporters through Paws. Savannahs and Pollys of this world from challenge advertised. Battersea Dogs & Cats Home does not a lifetime of misery and neglect. Find out p5 in any way endorse any of the products or services offered. how on page 14. 4 And on page 24, you can meet a few of Keep us up to date the Battersea cats and dogs who have a If you would like to let us know about any changes very important place in all our hearts – our to your details, or if you wish to stop receiving Paws magazine, email us at [email protected] Please include your name, address, and postcode so that we can find your record. You can also write to: Time is precious, and FEATURES Supporter Services Team every memory made will be Battersea Dogs & Cats Home “ 6 4 Battersea Park Road a memory to hold dear London SW8 4AA By sending us imagery for use in Paws, you grant ” FEATURES REGULARS Battersea a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free beautiful, golden, oldies. There is nothing right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, and publish to compare to walking the autumn of life A Day to Remember 8 Claire’s welcome 1 any photos or videos. Any photographer or with a treasured companion, or feeling HM The Queen officially opens News 2 videographer may retain copyright and moral rights the steadfast gaze of faltering but still- in their submitted images and every endeavour will The Mary Tealby Kennels Little Paws 15 be made to credit the copyright holder when the loving eyes. Me and my Staffie 22 image/video is used and published by Battersea. Everyone who has lost their heart, as Roll models Mother Again 12 Cat gallery 23 Although Battersea Dogs & Cats Home will always I have, to an older dog or cat, knows that Top tips on Battersea is campaigning to end Dog gallery 27 supply the correct information to third parties time is precious, and every memory made (for example to press/media), it cannot accept how to help backstreet breeding Letters 28 responsibility for any credit line errors or omissions will be a memory to hold dear. Ask the experts 30 by these parties. And everyone who has chosen one of your dogs Citizen Canine 19 Take us home 32 our oldies, or who is lucky enough to have be model Helping your dogs to become seen their Battersea boy or girl reach citizens model citizens retirement age, has given the amazing gift p19 of a forever home. On page 32, you can Golden Oldies 24 meet some of the playful, mischievous, Front cover We think older dogs and cats are Our Royal dog slightly eccentric but wholly adorable that extra bit special guard of honour dogs and cats who are still waiting. PAWS | SPRING 2015 1 News News Birthday surprise Rehoming news Animal lover Dhapintha Ruprai celebrated her 22nd birthday with a visit to Battersea, bearing birthday treats for our lucky cats and dogs. Dhapintha asked family and friends to give her money to buy goodies for our animals, instead of gifts on her birthday, and her special delivery was very happily received in kennels and the Cattery. MOLLY This little black and white beauty had some baggage when she arrived at Battersea’s Brands Hatch centre as a stray – five young kittens. As well as caring for them until they went to new homes, she had to battle both enteritis and mastitis Dhapintha unwraps the goodies before she was ready to find a new family herself. “Molly is an amazing addition to the family,” says her new mum Micheala Happy ending to Jenkins of Dunmow in Essex. Kasper’s toy story John Hughes on stage with his ventriloquist’s dummy Battersea Ambassador Amanda Holden celebrates our good fortune A huge thankyou to Kasper Doig, who LIKE! raised £150 from the sale of his old toys at A last request BATTERSEA his school, Elm Green Prep School in Little Baddow, Essex. Milo the Schnauzer got A former ventriloquist who When long stay Taking a gamble the chance to give hugs of appreciation on rehomed two dogs from Biscuit went home behalf of all Battersea animals, and he was Battersea left the Home his after 689 days, rehomed the day after Kasper’s visit. entire estate when he died Facebook fans were recently at the grand age of 90. delighted: John Hughes had no on dogs and cats children, and both his wife and “So pleased for subsequent partner died before Biscuit, he is a him, so he asked Battersea to lovely dog and Do you enjoy playing People’s Postcode Tails were wagging again when players be the Executor of his Will, a deserves all the Lottery? Then we owe you £400,000 of People’s Postcode Lottery awarded us a role we were honoured to fill. love and walkies thankyous, after the first-ever funding further £200,000 for our vital community We also arranged Mr Hughes’ and treats you can for our Home from players of the charity engagement work, which teaches GIZMO funeral, and as dogs were give him” lottery. people of all ages about responsible pet the great love of Mr Hughes’ Billy soaks up the news In July, we were presented with ownership and helps tackle antisocial Gizmo was so sad he’d stopped wagging life (his Battersea dogs were “So happy for £125,000 to help us care for homeless behaviour with dogs. And at the Lottery’s his tail, but now he’s whirlier than a called Butch and Twinkle), we you boy, been cats and dogs. At Christmas, we received annual Charity Gala in Edinburgh, the helicopter in a hurricane. After six thought it fitting to attend with watching and Purr Minister £50,000, and used it to set up a Battersea good news was delivered to Battersea months at Battersea, poor old Gizmo was Battersea puppy Bruno (below) following you Stress Squad of volunteers who used that we had been awarded a further understandably down in the dumps, and to pay our last respects. on here wishing is elected sights, sounds and smells to keep our £25,000.