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Winter 2013 battersea.org.uk The magazine of Battersea Dogs & Cats Home Also inside this issue: Moggie mayhem Our newest Ambassador tells us why she The cats take over as we celebrate 130 years of cat rehoming has a special place in her heart for Battersea Winter woofs Akitas, Huskies, Malamutes and Inuits are on the rise at Battersea Yule remember Favourite mistletoe memories from our staff and volunteers 01 Made in the U.K Contents Executive Editor Winter woofs Dee McIntosh Head to page 22 to read more about Editor our friends from the Caroline Stringer frozen North Contributors Jude Peppis Kate Winsall Sarah Tapsell Becky Medhurst Features Please send your pictures and letters to: Paws magazine 10 Ambassador Amanda Battersea Dogs & Cats Home 4 Battersea Park Road London SW8 4AA 16 The cats are taking over [email protected] For more information and our 22 Super cool customers opening hours, call 0843 509 4444 or visit our website battersea.org.uk 26 Christmas at Battersea Old Windsor Priest Hill, Old Windsor, Berkshire SL4 2JN Brands Hatch Regulars Crowhurst Lane, Ash, Kent TN15 7HH Patron Her Majesty The Queen 03 Welcome President HRH Prince Michael of Kent, GCVO 04 News Paws is designed on behalf of Battersea Dogs & Cats Home by williamjoseph.co.uk 15 Dog gallery Advertising enquiries [email protected] 20 Paws letters Note: Advertisements and advertising inserts appearing within or sent with Paws magazine 24 Take us home have been included at the advertiser’s request only. Battersea Dogs & Cats Home does not verify the quality, condition, validity or standard of the 28 Buy for Battersea offers, products or services advertised. Battersea Dogs & Cats Home does not in any way endorse any of the products or services offered. 29 Cat gallery Keep in touch Please help us keep our records as up-to-date 30 Ask the expert as possible and inform us of any changes in your details. You can write to the usual Battersea Toy stories address or email [email protected] If you no longer wish to receive Paws magazine 32 Day in the life and/or other correspondence from the Home, please write and let us know, including your name, The seven Lurchers of Christmas address and postcode. You can write to the data protection officer at the address below or email [email protected] Data Protection Officer Battersea Dogs & Cats Home 4 Battersea Park Road The cats are London SW8 4AA taking over Slink on over to page 16 to find out more about our latest kitty 44,918 (Jan–Dec 2012) campaign Essential Winter Healthcare A4 AD_Layout 1 05/11/2013 08:52 Page 1 03 I’m absolutely thrilled that the gorgeous and talented actor and presenter Amanda Holden has agreed to become our fourth Ambassador, joining essential winter international supermodel David Gandy, TV award-winning Paul O’Grady Welcome and best-selling children’s author Dame Jacqueline Wilson in promoting our animals and work at every opportunity. Like you, our Battersea Ambassadors healthcare Amanda is one of Britain’s most popular and much-loved personalities, are passionate and vocal supporters and we feel very proud to welcome her to Battersea. Meet Amanda and find of the work we do. out why she feels so at home at our Home on page 10. for your pets We love a Battersea Christmas. The days are at their darkest outside but here in London, and at our Brands Hatch and Old Windsor centres, our warm and bright kennels and cattery pens are sparkling with tinsel, and the calming music we play to soothe our dogs and cats is turning festive. I’ve loved reading memories of special Christmases at Battersea on page 26, and I’m sharing my favourite seasonal memory there too. The dogs and cats who’ll be spending their Christmas holidays at Battersea have only one wish on their list for Santa – a new home. If you have space in front of your fire this winter, turn to page 24 to meet some of our current residents. Northern breeds like the Siberian Husky, Northern Inuit and Akita are increasingly chosen as family pets, and this year well over 100 have found themselves at Battersea. On page 22, we look at these stunning dogs and the commitment and work they need to be good companions and pets. And there’s still time to order a gift or two from our treasure trove of Christmas 2013 Goodies, so I hope you’ll find plenty of stocking fillers to tempt you. We’ve called in some experts – including Rufus the Rottie and Sparky the Mongrel – to road test some of our gifts, and they share their verdicts on page 30. Claire Horton, Chief Executive W NE to see our complete range visit www.jvp.co.uk or for more information email [email protected] available from all good pet shops and garden centres Johnson’s Veterinary Products Ltd, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands B75 7DF Tel: 0121 378 1684 email: [email protected] www.jvp.co.uk 04 Winter 2013 05 Home Cats get a run Head start Cheering on our marathon runners Did you bag a ballot place in the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon? If so, we’d love you to join Team Battersea. Our dedicated team will support you every Heads up for cats – Anthony and Emily step of the way with regular updates from the Home with Twinkle as well as an invitation to an exclusive behind the scenes tour of our London site. If you’d like to be on our team please contact [email protected] Film star father and daughter Anthony and Emily Head have backed our Cat Takeover campaign by urging cat lovers to rehome a rescue moggy Cats cash in from Battersea. The Buffy the Vampire Slayer star and Emily, who shot to fame in The Battersea celebrated the opening of Inbetweeners, came to Battersea recently to spend some quality cat time with us. our brand new Battersea Dogs & Cats Home from Home in September, and “I have always loved cats and will definitely get a cat from Battersea A work of art when I move into my own house,” said Emily. “Whether it’s a kitten or we can now reveal the mini centre’s cat, I think it’s really important to go to a rescue centre like Battersea.” very first rehoming successes. Paws has made a budding And our late-night Purrsdays have seen lots of people doing just artist out of Battersea fan that. We’re opening the Cattery to after workers, night shfters and We’re now part of the new Pets at Home store in Ruby Cahill, from Barnet. in betweeners on the last Thursday of every month, until 8pm. Sydenham, London with our ever first rehoming spot away from our three centres. Every day a dog and a Ruby came to our London centre for a special visit Visit one of our centres to rehome, or text CATS to 70800 to cat looking for a home will spend the day at the store on her 6th birthday in August, and when she received donate £5 towards caring for our cats. soaking up attention and tucking into the odd treat her very first copy ofPaws through the post she or two before returning to our Brands Hatch centre Above Battersea set to with a box of paint and an artist’s eye to draw dogs marked the in the evening. opening of our cover star Phyllis. We showed Phyllis’s pawtrait Read more about Home from Home, to her new owner Clare Hobbs, who rehomed our our latest kitty our mini-centre Two of our feline friends, Jeffrey and Pepsi, have at the new Pets beautiful Mongrel girl in August. “What a fantastic crusade on page 16 been lucky enough to find a brand new home after at Home store in drawing, Phyllis loves it!” said Clare. Sydenham, London spending time in the store’s cosy cat room. Maggie Right Pepsi with Labrosse from Lewisham visited Pets at Home and her new owners Below Jeffrey, fell for six year old Pepsi after the majestic moggy who also found spent 53 days in our care. Friendly gent Jeffrey was himself a new home through the Further Christmas rehomed just a week later, when Daphne Brebner mini-centre from Gravesend saw him in the store and then rehomed him through our Brands Hatch centre. Are you a Santa with a sprint in your step? Then join our Battersea team for the fundraising Santa Run in Victoria Park, East London, The Home from Home doesn’t just showcase on 8 December – we’ll provide the good cheer and the Christmas Battersea’s dogs and cats; visitors can also speak costume; you decide between 5k and 10k runs. to our expert team for information and advice on everything from house training to neutering, as well For more information please call 020 7627 9339 or email as pick up some brilliant Battersea souvenirs. With [email protected] over 1,000 visitors to Battersea Dogs & Cats Home from Home in just the first week of opening, we’ve Fostering got high hopes for our Brands Hatch dogs and cats. So, if you are close by, please do pop in to see the We’re looking for companions new mini-centre and meet our staff and animals. Find us at Pets at Home for our animals, to give them a break Bell Green Park You can find out more, including how to find us, Spine Road from kennel or cattery life.