PAWS Fun Day - a HUGE success!

The PAWS Team is delighted to announce that our recent Fun Day Dog Show at Judi’s Pink Tractor Field, raised the amazing sum of £1,200 to help Wolfhounds in need!

Please check out our Facebook page, where there are over 300 photos from the day. There are some more pics if you follow this link. https://www.flickr.com/.../kevkoala/albums/72157684042708596

We would like to thank the “Fergusa Dog Food Company” for providing bags of food for all our class winners; our judge Ricky Coster for wading through the enormous entry; our generous sponsors, supporters, helpers and of course, all the wonderful dogs and owners who joined us on the day and made it such a success.

Last and by no means least, our very sincere thanks to Judi Ferrbert for her kindness, generosity, enthusiasm and expertise. There would not have been a show without her.

 

Five days to go!

Our star prize for the raffle at the PAWS Fun Day Dog Show on 21st May is a wonderful huge hamper full of doggy goodies, kindly donated by Nic Keeling.
Loads of other great prizes on offer too!

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Fun Day news!

We are delighted to announce that the "Fergusa Dog Food Company" will be sponsoring our show on Sunday 21st May. All class winners, plus BIS, RBIS, BPIS & BVIS will receive bags of food.

To sponsor class rosettes, or a trophy - perhaps in memory of a much loved hound - please Contact Us

RSPCA brings further prosecution in Irish Wolfhound cruelty case

Woman convicted of cruelty receives increased ban

On Thursday 8th September 2016, the woman convicted of cruelty towards two Irish Wolfhounds in August 2015, was again in court.

The RSPCA brought a further prosecution against her for breaching her 5 year ban on keeping dogs. She was also accused of the neglect of three rabbits, found in a shed. The rabbits, along with 22 dogs and puppies – mostly Irish Wolfhounds and Newfoundlands - were removed from her property in November 2015.

This was three months after the hearing at which she was banned from keeping dogs, when she claimed to have only 9 dogs on her property.

Great Yarmouth Magistrates handed her a 6 week suspended prison sentence and increased the ban to 10 years. This time she has been banned from keeping ALL animals. She was also ordered to pay £1,000 costs.

The Chairman of the bench told the defendant: “We don’t find you a credible witness in any way.” This comment reflects the fact that this woman was demonstrated to have used a number of false names and contact details, in order to conceal her true identity, thus misleading breeders into continuing to sell puppies to her.

She is known to have bought dogs from Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy and Russia, as well as the UK. Breeders are warned to be vigilant when selling puppies and always to ask someone reliable to carry out home-checks on potential buyers.

The RSPCA officer who co-ordinated the case said he would be “keen to hear” from anyone who, in the future, thinks the defendant might be breaking her order. Anyone with information should call the RSPCA on 0300 1234 999 and also complete the “Contact Us” form to give further details

 

 

IWHG reveals "new look"

The Irish Wolfhound Health Group has just revealed its new look.

The IWHG logo has changed, to identify them more clearly as an independent group and there will be a quarterly e-newsletter from 30th September.

The innovative heart testing scheme www.iwhealthgroup.co.uk/aboutthescheme has been improved, with a new facility for publishing results (on a voluntary basis) for all hounds who have undergone the full three-stage screening with a cardiologist, whether through the IWHG scheme or not. http://www.iwhealthgroup.co.uk/test.html

Please visit the revamped website - www.iwhealthgroup.co.uk to read more about the changes.