Newsletter - November/December 2008

Hello and Welcome!

First of all we would like to say a big thank you to all of our volunteers for their continued support and take this opportunity to welcome all of our new volunteers.

We have had lots of help with transport and fundraising over the last month. We really appreciate all the help, we wouldn't have a rescue without our volunteers.

Thank You to the Pet Undertaker

German Shepherd Rescue Scotland - First Ever Sponsored Walk

We can now tell you that the Sponsored Walk raised a wonderful £1,200. Thank you to everyone who joined us and everyone who donated.

Carboot Success

A big thank you to Heather who raised £140 at a car boot sale in Ayr. Also Gillian who raised £100 at a car boot sale in Lanark.

If anyone is interested the Lanark boot sale is INDOORS and takes place almost every Sunday at Lanark Auction Market. It's not a huge venue so you need to turn up at 6am. Doors open at 8am and close at 1.30pm. If anyone would like more details of the boot sale please contact the rescue.

Can Recycling

We would like to say well done and thank you to Tracey from Lanark for her wonderful can collecting. She has the Tillietudelum Inn in Crossford and the Jade Palace restaurant in Hamilton collecting for us, not to mention her work collegues! Her desk is constantly covered in cans!

Thanks to all the other volunteers who are collecting too.

Fantastic Donation

The Rescue has been given the fantastic donation of a beautiful caravan from Brenda and her Dad. We are going to be selling raffle tickets for this amazing prize very soon. Details will be posted on the website.

Dog Cages

Does anyone have a dog cage they don't need any more? If you have we would love to hear from you.

Do you need a dog cage for a short term loan? The rescue can now offer a limited number of 48" cages available to hire. For more information please contact us.

Donate Monthly

If you would like to give the Rescue a monthly donation please get in touch using the form on our Contact page. We will send you a Standing Order form. All you need to do is complete the form and hand it in to your bank. The donation amount is entirely up to you. Every donation helps no mater how large or small, and every donation is greatly appreciated.

Plastic Bags are Deadly to your Dog!

The following was circulated in an email and we thought it was well worth mentioning in our newsletter:-

In honor of our precious Ella's memory, I am crusading an effort to let everyone know that this can and does happen and hopefully I can save someone else from the same agonizing pain!

Our 9 month old Sheltie puppy, Ella, suffered a tragic, sudden, senseless death this past Friday. She suffocated to death on a bag liner that was inside a box of Cheez-its snack crackers. We were out for the evening and someone had left a box of Cheez-its within Ella's reach. She put her head in the bag inside the box to get to the crackers. The bag came out of the box but she couldn't get the bag off of her head. We came home and found her dead from suffocation. It doesn't seem possible, that a dog couldn't get a bag off their head, but they can' t.

I have since learned that this occurs more often than you would imagine. There was also a family whose 6 year old Labrador got hold of a Doritos bag when they weren't looking. They found him dead with the bag over his head, having died the same way as Ella. I also learned from the man that is cremating Ella for us that he has had FIVE other dogs that have died like this in the PAST MONTH! Make sure that ALL PLASTIC BAGS AND BOXES WITH BAG LINERS IN THEM (chips, snack crackers, cookies, cereal, etc.) are WAY out of your pets reach!!!!!!

This tragedy has been a tremendous blow for our family! I have tried to be strong, but the whole scenario has played out in my head over and over and I have been a total mess! I cannot begin to understand the senselessness of this and my heart is absolutely broken! Ella was so young and full of life...an adorable, sweet, smart, loving dog, and her life was cut short way too soon!

Please help me honor Ella and save someone else from this horrific tragedy by passing this information to as many people as you know!

Forever Homes

Here are some of the lovely boys and girls we have helped to re-home since our last newsletter!

Saffron	Keira (now Shadow)
Glen	Kisla
Tookie	Sheba
Prince	Ulric
Zelda	Lexi
Breagha	Chrissy
Reeko	Blue
Molly	Rosie
Gypsey	Sammy
Clarra (previously known as Kara)	Tara
Also Mirren.

A Happy Ending for Sammy

Sammy is proof that there is a home for every dog. He was found abandoned in a yard with a Rottweiler, he is an older gent and he has CDRM (a degenerative disease that causes dogs to slowly lose the use of their hind legs). The volunteers were desperate to get this old boy out of kennels and into a lovely home to live out his last years, after all he hadn't had much of a life.

Well as you can see he now has a new family and it hasn't taken him long to find his way onto the sofa! He really is a lucky boy and everyone at the rescue wants to say a great big thank you to his new family for giving him a warm home and all the love and affection he needs.

Print Off Your Own Copy Of Our Poster

If you would like to print off a copy of our poster to display in your work place, or local pet shop just click the link.

Download German Shepherd Rescue Scotland Poster

You will need a copy of Abobe Reader to print the poster. This is free software and can be downloaded by clicking the image below.

Yellow Moon

Don’t worry, we’re not asking you to donate! Instead we’ve found an ingenious way for you to buy wonderful products to keep your child entertained and help their development - plus help us raise the funds we urgently need too. It’s called the YELLOW MOON fundraising scheme.

How does Yellow Moon help us?

Simple really. For every purchase you make from the Yellow Moon fundraising scheme, we will receive up to 25% cash-back (excl. VAT and p&p). So the more you, or your friends and family order, the more cash-back we’ll receive. And if you think the products from Yellow Moon are expensive, you’d be wrong. Browse through the website and you’ll see hundreds of quality creative products and toys from just £1.99.

Here’s how you can help us - and your child.

• Browse the Yellow Moon website, (www.yellowmoon.org.uk) choose from the hundreds of wonderful products and place your order direct with Yellow Moon either online or by calling 0844 826 8677.
• Yellow Moon will send your products direct to your door.
• All orders placed using the unique Source Code for German Shepherd Rescue Scotland will have the cash-back amount pooled.
• Yellow Moon will send us a cheque for the collective amount, which we can use to help re-home German Shepherds in Scotland.
• IMPORTANT - when placing your order, please remember to quote the unique Source Code WGE03905 (three letters then five numbers) to ensure the cash-back amount is attributed to German Shepherd Rescue Scotland.

We hope you enjoy purchasing from this fun-packed, educational fundraising website and would like to thank you in advance for your valued support.

German Shepherd Calendar 2009

Check out our fantastic 2009 calendar. If you love German Shepherds you'll love this on your wall next year! Simply visit the website; www.21i.co.uk/germanshepherdrescuescotland to view our unique calendar and buy online... Calendars cost £9.99 and at least half of the sale price of the every calendar is donated to the rescue.

Money For Nothing! Help Us By Collecting Postage Stamps

There are lots of things people can do to help us raise money for the rescue and this has got to be one of the easiest. We are collecting postage stamps and get a donation for the rescue for every kilo we collect. All you have to do is cut round the stamps leaving about 1/4" of the backing paper.

Collect stamps at home. Collect stamps at your work place. Collect stamps at Christmas! Once you are ready send your stamp collections to:- German Shepherd Rescue Scotland 30 General Roy Way, Carluke, ML8 4LP.

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