The supporter magazine WINTER 2016 SUGGESTED DONATION £1 of Battersea Dogs & Cats Home battersea.org.uk Will Bud have a home for Christmas? Rehoming the breeds that often get overlooked + CAT CABINET POLITICAL CATS IN THE HALLS OF POWER POGDOGS CATCH UP FAMILIAR DOGGIES FROM PAST AND PRESENT THERAPEUTIC PETS EXTRA SPECIAL BATTERSEA ANIMALS INSIDE 22 Winter 2016 THIS ISSUE NEWS Executive Editor Contributors Dee McIntosh Sarah Hughes Editor Ceiri O’Douglas Sarah Harrington-James Rosa Steele Francesca Vitale Welcome Claire Horton, Chief Executive Paws Magazine A special day Battersea Dogs & Cats Home 4 Battersea Park Road ‘Our patient staff never give A royal opening London SW8 4AA up on their mission’ for our new [email protected] Veterinary Hospital and @BDCH Centre of Battersea Excellence p3 For more information and our the age, health, breed or behaviour of opening hours, call 0843 509 4444 or the animal. We understand that this visit our website battersea.org.uk may mean they may take longer to find Old Windsor a perfect match and a loving new home, Priest Hill, Old Windsor, Berkshire SL4 2JN but our patient staff never give up on their mission. Brands Hatch We introduce you to some of Crowhurst Lane, Ash, Kent TN15 7HH Battersea’s long stay dogs in our feature FEATURES Patron on page 8 including lovely Bud who has Her Majesty The Queen been at our Old Windsor centre for over two years. You’ll read here if he does President HRH Prince Michael of Kent, GCVO indeed have a home for Christmas, having found a special place in someone’s heart. Paws is designed on behalf of Battersea Dogs For all our Paul O’Grady: For the Love & Cats Home by williamjoseph.co.uk of Dogs fans we have a lovely round-up of Advertising enquiries some of your favourites from series past [email protected] and present on page 22, including Boxer Advertisements and advertising inserts appearing For the love within or sent with Paws magazine have been included Mary’s aim to never 12 at the advertiser’s request only. Battersea Dogs & of dogs Cats Home does not verify the quality, condition, turn away an animal in need A trip down validity or standard of the offers, products or services “ advertised. Battersea Dogs & Cats Home does not of help is one we are honoured memory lane in any way endorse any of the products or services with our offered. to follow to this day POGDOGS Keep us up to date ur staff, volunteers and dogs Claire at our Annual Carmine and Pug Peanut. Thankfully all of stars past and If you would like to let us know about any changes Reunion alongside ” welcomed a very special guest to these precious four-legged friends – some to your details, or if you wish to stop receiving Paws present Othe Home on 7 September as Her Royal Hollie Oppe and who had a really bad start to life and had magazine, email us at [email protected] Chris McLean with p22 Please include your name, address, and postcode so Highness The Duchess of Cornwall joined their newly-crowned to learn to trust again – found loving and that we can find your record. You can also write to: Battersea Ambassador Paul O’Grady Ambassadogs secure homes so that they may live out in opening our new Veterinary Hospital their days surrounded by kindness. Supporter Services Team Battersea Dogs & Cats Home and Centre of Excellence. It was such an Over on page 28, you can meet more 8 28 4 Battersea Park Road important milestone in the history of the extra-special former Battersea dogs and London SW8 4AA Home. cats that are providing their owners with Our Veterinary Hospital is a place of so much more than just companionship. ASK THE EXPERTS By sending us imagery for use in Paws, you grant FEATURES REGULARS Battersea a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free transformation and hope that will help These therapeutic pets have given their right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, and publish us realise our ambition to treat more human companions a new lease of life. Matchmaking Homes for Life 8 Claire’s welcome 1 any photos or videos. Any photographer or abandoned, neglected and unwanted A great example is Chris McLean who I Some dog breeds are more challenging News 2 videographer may retain copyright and moral rights dogs and cats long into the future. As our am pictured with at our Annual Reunion in their submitted images and every endeavour will to rehome, we take a look why Me and my Battersea Dogs 14 be made to credit the copyright holder when the animals go on to find loving new homes (above left). She takes her Battersea Little Paws 17 image/video is used and published by Battersea. and a second chance of happiness, we’ll Ambassadogs along to community The Battersea Cat Cabinet 12 Cat gallery 21 Although Battersea Dogs & Cats Home will always be sharing our expertise of animal welfare engagement events and workshops to Our trio of political cats are causing Dog gallery 27 supply the correct information to third parties through our new Centre of Excellence to educate young people on responsible dog (for example to press/media), it cannot accept a media storm! Letters 30 responsibility for any credit line errors or omissions staff from other rescues and rehoming ownership, as well as to brighten the lives Ask the Experts 33 by these parties. organisations. We’ve come a long way in of the Chelsea Pensioners. The Heart of the Nation 22 Take us Home 36 our 156 years from humble beginnings and And now, as we start to prepare for Allergic reaction We catch up with some POGDOGS if our visionary Victorian Founder Mary Christmas and the season of goodwill, Your questions happy endings from each series Tealby could see us now, I’m sure she I envisage that all our former Battersea on pet allergies Front cover would be proud. dogs and cats will be a big part of the Therapeutic Pets 28 Long stay Bud, a In fact, Mary’s aim to never turn away family festivities. But don’t forget to tune and how to deal Greyhound/Collie cross, Battersea pets provide more than is looking forward to an animal in need of help is one we are into our Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs with them just companionship for some Christmas honoured to follow to this day, no matter Christmas Special! p33 PAWS | WINTER 2016 1 News News Rehoming news From the archives When Battersea Dogs & Cats Home was just a mere 50 years old, we were left one of the biggest donations of our time after the death of wealthy city financier Leopold Salomons (1841–1915) of Norbury Park, Mickleham, Surrey. Mr Salomons (pictured right) instructed the Executor of his Will to share £60,000–£90,000 of his money between three charities in London and Surrey, to be chosen by his nominated friends. LAYLA Even if the beneficiaries received Centre History Surrey of permission by Reproduced Centre History ©Surrey £20,000 each, this would be the Ten-month old Mongrel Layla (formerly equivalent of £12m in today’s money! In country park. It is thanks to people like Mr Diamond) came in to our London centre fact Mr Salomons was well-known for Salomons that we are able to continue our Above from left HRH The Duchess of Cornwall meets Senior Vet Nurse Becky Smith and some of the patients in our new Clinic; Paul and The Duchess unveil a plaque to due to her owner’s ill health and so she his generosity. In 1914 he purchased 230 important work in animal welfare today. mark the occasion hadn’t been out much. Sweet and loving and acres of Box Hill in Surrey in order to If you would like to learn more about willing to learn, Layla caught the eye of Clare protect the area from development and how you can leave a gift or legacy and Tom Whitehead who say she is settling gifted it to the nation. to Battersea in your Will, call 020 in really well and is a very happy little lady. There is a permanent memorial to the 7627 9300 or visit battersea.org.uk/ “She has already met her walking buddy Victorian gentleman at a viewpoint at the support-us/gifts-wills A Royal welcome George and they immediately fell in love!” As the sun shone down on a glorious late shown some of the positive work that practice as so many animals come to us summer’s day, Battersea staff excitedly Battersea does through our Community as strays without any medical history. We lined the entrance to our new Veterinary Engagement, Marketing and Public Affairs are perhaps more reliant on diagnostic Hospital and Centre of Excellence, eagerly teams in helping to educate people and procedures such as radiography, awaiting Her Royal Highness The Duchess change opinions on animal welfare. ultrasound or laboratory work in the of Cornwall. Welcomed by a doggy Guard Prior to the new Veterinary Hospital first instance, to be able to diagnose any of Honour The Duchess, who has two opening, Battersea’s 32 Veterinary staff problems before being able to return them Battersea Jack Russell Terriers of her were performing around 70 operations a to full health. own, officially opened our state-of-the-art week in just two operating theatres, as well “Our previous clinic was struggling to facilities on 7 September alongside our as an average of 150 dental procedures cope with the 8,000 dogs and cats coming Ambassador, Paul O’Grady.