Meet our winners

Thank you to everyone who has entered our calendar competition. Thank you to all the people/businesses who sponsored a month. Here are our winners who will be attending a photoshoot on Sunday.

Axl

Missy

Snowy

Alvin

Bilbo

Higgins

Neo

Odie

Pebbles

Saffy

Shamus

Tommy

Beautiful Dio

Here are some more pictures of our beautiful boy, Dio.

Hair trouble

Dio the lucher gets some tlc

This greyhound/lurcher has served his 7 days in the pound after being brought in by the dog warden. He is now lucky enough to have secured himself a rather nice foster home.

Dio, as he is now named, is a little bit bald as you can see from his picture. It isn't contagious but he is on medication for it now and his hair is slowly starting to grow back. The poor lad is very confused and everything seems to be very new to him. He was fascinated by the television and loves meeting new people. His foster mum says his tail never stops wagging.

Another dog who has been picked up by the dog warden is Trixie. She is an adorable terrier mix but her coat is in such a terrible state. We have booked her in at the groomers so it won't be long before she is feeling a bit more comfortable.

You can't see the extent of it from her picture, right, but her feet are solid with mats of fur.

The positive side to this is that in a couple of weeks this pair will be looking like different dogs and would have gained confidence and know what it is like to be loved.

In an ideal world these dogs should have been loved, wanted and looked after from the start but for some reason they weren't. Now they will get their second chances.

For a look at all our dogs that need new homes please follow this link  http://forum.fourpawsanimalrescue.org.uk/index.php?board=168.0

Don't forget, folks!

http://forum.fourpawsanimalrescue.org.uk/index.php?board=273.0

Latest news

Have your entered our calendar competition yet? It is such an exciting venture for us and we are getting some fantastic entries. There are so many gorgeous dogs out there!

You still have just over a week to enter so follow this link and send us your pictures http://forum.fourpawsanimalrescue.org.uk/index.php?board=273.0

A couple of our houndy pups, Flora and Nivea were transferred to the Dogs Trust yesterday. It's strange because they've had little or no interest. They are sweetest pups, although will need lots of training as they grow up. Our two very upset foster carers who were looking after these guys have everything crossed for them finding their forever homes now they have a wider audience.

Freddie, our pound boy with the poorly paw, has also gone to the Trust where he will receive the extra care and support he needs to get over his troubles, leaving another upset foster carer.

This is one of the downsides of fostering because we always expect to be with them until they get to their forever homes. Sometimes though, this is not possible but we hope we have done a small part in preparing them for when the right home does come along.

Now, you may be wondering why we have a picture of cosmetics company, Lush. Lydia Nizibilian, who nursed Chou Chou back to health, is a member of their online forum and on that forum Lush hold many 'sales' with the proceeds going to charity. We received nearly £1,500 this year so far from their 'charity pot' and about £4,000 from their international online forum. Thank you to Lydia and all the lovely folk at Lush. We appreciate your support.

How to greet a dog

Calendar competition

We are calling on all devoted owners of rescue dogs to nominate their camera-loving canines to appear in the new FPAR 2013 calendar. 

Twelve lucky dogs will be selected by the editor of Dogs Today magazine, Beverley Cuddy, to appear in the calendar, and will take part in a professional photoshoot in Cardiff courtesy of Lann Niziblian (www.hatchlingphoto.4ormat.com)

Of this dazzling dozen, one will be chosen by renowned artist, Mary Herbert , (www.portra.co.uk) to appear on the calendar cover, and their owner will receive a framed pastel portrait of the ‘top dog’, worth £280.

The competition opens on Monday, August 13 and is open to everyone with a rescue dog - not just those from FPAR - and the closing date is Monday, August 27, 2012. Entry requires a £1 goodwill donation per photo submitted, via www.justgiving.com/fourpawsanimalrescue

To enter just email your name, address, and phone number, along with a brief summary and photo of your dog (no larger than 1MB) to calendar@fourpawsanimalrescue.org.uk

Welcome donation

We have been voted as Asda's Community Life Chosen Charity and receive £200. That is a huge help to us.

Thanks for thinking of us!

Was that our summer?

The nice weather was short-lived! It hasn't deterred adopters though and we are very happy to say that many of our dogs are reserved or have gone to their new homes already this week.

One of those dogs who is off to her new home on Thursday is Chou Chou. It has been a long road but finally she has had the metalwork removed from her leg and is now needs to build up the muscles. Obviously the care will continue in her new home but her patient new owners are aware of this and can't wait to have her with them. She will also have a new name but we don't know what it is... well, her foster carer does but she's not telling.... yet.

We have had a few events on the go recently with a stall at Blackwood Carnival, a weekend at the Big Cheese so if you popped along to see us then thank you for your support.

Just a reminder: If you have put in an application for a dog, applied to become a volunteer or anything else please bear with us. We try to process all the paperwork as quickly as we can but also have to juggle paid employment, family and care of our own pets.