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19 Sep

Thanks to our Fun Dog Show supporters!

Class Sponsors

Best Condition Veteran
Four Paws Hydrotherapy Hydro swimming therapy pool for dogs.
Best Condition Adult
Central Bark Dog Training North East in the beautiful Morpeth, Northumberland countryside! Offering a bespoke range of services for your canine friend.
Best Condition Youngster
McLean Painting Services All painting services. No job too big or too small. Ceilings, glosswork, full rooms, full houses.
Most Appealing Eyes
Bark ‘N’ Banter Dog Meet North East  A friendly and social dog walking group and advice forum based in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Best Rescue
The Travelling Bee Company The finest honeys and honey-based organics products.
The Scruffiest Mutt
Seven Mile Livery Old Great North Rd, Seaton Burn,NE13 6BS.
Best Child Handler 
Newcastle K9 Group is a dedicated, truly luxurious, state of the art day care centre for dogs.
Best Trick
Bloumers Dog Car Seats for a more elevated seating position for your pet enabling you to safely take your best friend with you when you travel.
Prettiest Bitch
Four Paws Hydrotherapy Hydro swimming therapy pool for dogs.
Most Handsome Dog
Four Paws Hydrotherapy Hydro swimming therapy pool for dogs.
The Waggiest Tail
Bark ‘N’ Banter Dog Meet North East  A friendly and social dog walking group and advice forum based in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Best Fancy Dress
J&K Crafts Handmade pet supplies such as dog treats, pup-cakes (cup cakes for dogs!), handmade rosette hangers, pet bandannas and doggie play mats.
Best in Show
Trophy Pet Foods Northumbria offers a one stop, local, mobile shop for all your pets needs

 

Show Sponsors

Alpine Dog Food
A premium, grain free dog food with a high meat content and an ingredients list that adds up to 100%.
Collaborative Portfolio
The team delivers secure online business services at significant savings by removing the headaches of running technology infrastructure. Collaborative Portfolio allows you to run your business and concentrate on your core business activity.
GN Coaching
One of our greatest supporters is Geoff Nicholson, who runs GN Coaching. Geoff is an internationally acclaimed coach, mentor, trainer and speaker, supporting entrepreneurs to get the most out of their business and their life. We are very grateful for his support.
Jollyes – The Pet Superstore
The Newcastle store has friendly and knowledgeable staff on hand to offer advice on everything pet related.
MacKay MacPherson
NEXUS IT
A shout-out to one of our Show Sponsors and our own IT Guru, Paul Young of Nexus I.T. Paul provides IT consultancy covering the wide range of needs of individuals to small business. Whether it’s a hardware, software or network problem Paul can help – and we couldn’t live without him 😁. He can be contacted on 07730 571234
Oscar Pet Food
Your local OSCAR franchise, delivering British made pet foods to your door. Mark will stay in touch too in case you need help and advice for your pet family.
Wade Financial Services
A financial planning company that thinks differently about money. How? Well, they believe the truth about money is that it’s simply a means to an end. So they concentrate on that end: your aspirations, goals & family security.

Trade Stands

  • AC Funfairs & Events – A traditional fun fair with lots of things to do for the little ones.
  • Alpine Dog Food – A premium, grain free dog food with a high meat content and an ingredients list that adds up to 100%.
  • Aspiring Futures
  • Brysons Animal Shelter
  • Canine Camp – A new professional day care centre based in North Tyneside, offering a friendly and comprehensive service that caters for all your dogs’ needs.
  • Central Bark Dog Training North East – Dog daycare in the beautiful Morpeth, Northumberland countryside! Offering a bespoke range of services for your canine friend.
  • Choco Kebab from Sweet Occasions Darlington – Delicious chocolate kebabs with a choice of wonderful fillings.
  • Deliverance
  • Doggy Delish – Delicious home-made natural dog treats.
  • Dragon Collars – beautiful hand-made dog collars
  • Dynabite – Street food that is a break from the norm: high quality handmade burgers, sandwiches, wraps and vegetarian options.
  • Evie’s Pupcakes – Delicious home-made dog treats that can be delivered to our door.
  • Geordie Racers Flyball Team – There’s lots for you and your dog to see and do at our Fun Dog Show on Sunday, including have-a-go flyball. Hosted once again by Geordie Racers Flyball Teams, they will be demonstrating the sport using their own very talented dogs, and you can put your dog through its paces too. You never know, maybe you’ll discover you’ve got a natural flyball racer
  • J&K Crafts – Handmade pet supplies such as dog treats, pup-cakes (cup cakes for dogs!), handmade rosette hangers, pet bandannas and doggie play mats.
  • Jolly Pet Portraits – Beautiful pet portraits in a choice of pen, pencil and watercolour.
  • Jollyes – The Pet Superstore – The Newcastle store has friendly and knowledgeable staff on hand to offer advice on everything pet related.
  • Kanny Crafter
  • Mrs B’s Button Art – Beautiful artwork by Mrs B and her daughter
  • M.U.S.H.E.R.S. – We are so pleased that for the third year running we will have the pleasure of seeing Siberian Huskies doing what they love to do – M.U.S.H.E.R.S will be showing off their beautiful dogs next Sunday and will be putting them through their paces on a 100m track. A sight not to be missed.
  • Newcastle K9 Group – Providing a comprehensive range of services around doggy day care, hydrotherapy and raw feeding, from their base in Camperdown, Newcastle.
  • Oscar Pet Food – Your local OSCAR franchise, delivering British made pet foods to your door.
  • Paul McGuiness Portrait Photography – A North East based photographer specialising in pet portraiture and event photography using medium format and full frame digital mediums.
  • Paws Press Play – Representing our friends at WeCare Worldwide a UK Registered Charity (reg no. 1162386) set up by Westway Veterinary Surgeons to help animals in desperate need around the world.
  • ProFleece – The ‘professional’s choice’ for all your pet and vet bedding, based in Ashington, Northumberland.
  • Puppy Sue’s K9 Kitchen – Tasty hand-made and home-made dog treats and confectionary.
  • Purple Ribbon Company
  • Roo’s Journey  – We first met Roo at Four Paws Hydrotherapy, when she was a tiny pup in her new mum’s arms. It was the first time we’d met Nikki and Ian and we were in awe of the work they were doing. We still are ❤️ We have followed Roo’s Journey since that time and we are honoured to once again welcome Roo and his team.
  • Scents of North East – Scentsy electric scented wax warmers are flame – free alternative to the traditional candle. With 40 warmers and 80 fragrances to choose from!!!
  • The Curiosity Box – an abundance of treasures including giant bath bombs which are vegan and cruelty free, olive oil natural soap and so much more.
  • The Money Tree – Hand-painted pots and hand-made soy wax melts.
  • The Travelling Bee Company – The finest honeys and hive-based organics products.
  • Forever Living
  • Tiggy Mable’s – On-line and mobile confectionery shop selling all your childhood favourite sweets
  • Toonices – Traditional ice-creams from a traditional ice-cream van.
  • Trophy Pet Foods Northumbria – Offeing a one stop, local, mobile shop for all your pets’ needs, including best quality dog food made in the UK.
  • Van-illa Treats Coffee And Cakes – Millie the travelling Coffee Van brings you refreshments and sweet treats. Everything is baked and decorated fresh for you.
  • Westway Veterinary – Providing quality Veterinary care across the North East.

Other Supporters

Holywell Farms Limited
Holywell Farms Ltd produce high quality hay, haylage and straw for all year round availability and every bale is fully guaranteed.
Jacana Limited
Nature’s Finest Fruits
Fresh fruit and vegetables every day at Heighley Gate Garden Centre.
Nixon Hire
provides a one-stop-shop for construction plant related products with service that is second to none.
Planet Sports & Trophies
Supplying individuals and clubs with sports equipment and a wide selection of trophies and rosettes,based near Killingworth, Newcastle.
Your Print Department
a printing tool box crammed with digital printers and copiers, litho printing, wide format and a huge range of finishing systems.

 

Helpers on the Day

Gemma Fowle
Guest Judge
Mandy Simpson
Compere
Naluna Photography
Based in Newcastle, Jess specialises in animal photography both on location and in her portable studio.
Nicole Mallerby Photography
A North East based photographer, specialising in canine photography and digital graphics.
20 May

Off to visit the Cyprus dogs

This is why we do what we do.

Two of our team are self-funding a trip to Cyprus on 14th June and SOS is one of the sites we will be visiting.

We want to take as much of the donated goods with us as we can, we need YOUR help to do so.

Everything you donate goes to help dogs like these and that why sending so many doggy goods over is so important.

Rescue Dog – our mission to help

On 14th June, our co-founder Sue Nuttall and Take Away The Tears friend Kellie Wills are self-funding a trip to Cyprus to see how the support TATT provides is helping on the ground. They have booked additional luggage space and hope to fill suitcases with:

  1. Flea/tick treatments
  2. Wormers
  3. Dog treats and toys
  4. And they will be buying food once over there to help feed the street dogs.

You can help by donating treatments, treats or toys and dropping them off at a number of places:-

  • The Financial Planning Centre, 75-79 Howard Street, North Shields
  • Gosforth Pets & Aquatics, Wansbeck Road, NE3 3HQ
  • Four Pays Hydrotherapy, Whitehouse Farm Centre, Morpeth, NE61 6AW
  • Happy Planet Creative Arts CIC, 3 Ilfracombe Gardens, Whitley Bay, NE26 3ND
  • Take Away The Tears HQ – Hedgehog Cottage, North East Mason Farm, Seaton Burn NE13 6DN

You can buy online and have them delivered direct to TATT HQ at the address above.

You can donate a monetary gift here.

We can also arrange collection if required.

We’d be very grateful if you’d share to try and get those suitcases as full as possible.

Thank you.

Please donate what you can.  Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

19 May

Leishmaniasis Kills – Help Save A Life

Leishmaniasis

Leishmaniasis kills – please help save a life

It costs a minimum of £14 to buy a Scalibor Collar which will prevent a dog getting bitten by Sand Flies. They are the main transmitter of Leishmaniasis.

You can help us take as many collars across as possible when we visit Cyprus in June. Donate now and consequently help save a life .

What is Canine Leishmaniasis?

Canine leishmaniasis (LEESH-ma-NIGH-ah-sis) is a zoonotic disease caused by Leishmania parasites transmitted by the bite of an infected phlebotomine sandfly.

Canine leishmaniasis was first identified in Europe in 1903, and in 1940. Thought of as a disease only found near the Mediterranean basin, 2008 research claims new findings are evidence that canine leishmaniasis is currently expanding in continental climate areas of northwestern Italy, far from the recognized disease-endemic areas along the Mediterranean coasts.

Especially relelvant to Take Away The Tears is the fact that leishmaniasis is prevalent in Cyprus.  Eppey Gunn describes her experience:

Leishmaniasis

Eppey’s dog Amelia was found with Leishmaniasis

“Leishmaniasis is the result of sandfly bite on a dog, not the type you can get in the UK.

The so simple solution is to use a collar such as Scalibor or Seresto, but many out here do not bother to protect their dogs, especially their hunting dogs.

Many rescue groups end up with those sick dogs, flung out as they are sick and to some they are ‘just dogs’!

Currently I have 2 such furbabies; one is a failed foster, Princess Amelia, who came to me last August – she is family now. The other is a hunting dog who turned up at my gate so sick and starved.

Both have had treatment and both doing very well….but all for the sake of a collar!! This is how Amelia was found…I am posting this to raise awareness…so many dog rescues out here just can’t afford to provide collars as they have to raise money for food, vet bills, medications, shelter etc etc.”

10 May

Cyprus delighted to receive donations!

Read what some of the recipients of the generously donated doggy goods had to say.

  • “SOS would like to send their huge thanks to Sue Nuttall and her supporters for arranging and sending this absolutely massive palette of doggy stuff, which is coming in extremely handy. You are AMAZING!!!”
  • Marina Nicolaou says, “Thank you soooo much to everyone for supporting our doggies!!!! With your kind donations many, many doggies will have a nice bed to sleep and yummy food and treats and warm blankets…making their lives better whilst waiting to find their loving homes!!! Thank you to Take Away The Tears and the wonderful Sue Nuttall for making this happen!!!! You have given all the furry babies soooo much happiness xxx”
  • “What a fantastic day, airport run with 5 dogs in total flying to new homes and then went and collected a pallet of donated goods for our pound dogs. Blown away with the generosity of Sue Nuttall and the group Take Away The Tears team and can’t thank them enough for selecting Paralimni Dog Pound to be one of the groups to benefit. Huge thank you to everyone who donated items to send to Cyprus. We’ve received dry food, tinned food, dog bowls, leads, collars, harnesses, bedding, plastic dog beds which will be great when the new pound is finished! Plus so much more stuff to go through yet the list is not finished. Thank you on behalf of all the volunteers for your generosity. Thank you also to Alan Fryer, Chris Cooke AND Zena Cooke for your help today.

Please Donate Now, alternatively you can help by donating treatments, treats or toys and dropping them off at a number of places:-

  • The Financial Planning Centre, 75-79 Howard Street, North Shields
  • Gosforth Pets & Aquatics, Wansbeck Road, NE3 3HQ
  • Four Pays Hydrotherapy, Whitehouse Farm Centre, Morpeth, NE61 6AW
  • Take Away The Tears HQ – Hedgehog Cottage, North East Mason Farm, Seaton Burn NE13 6DN

You can buy online and have them delivered direct to TATT HQ at the address above.

We can also arrange collection if required.

We’d be very grateful if you’d share to try and get those suitcases as full as possible.

Thank you.

 

26 Mar

Sue at Dogs Trust Worldwide ITP

We were lucky enough to be chosen by Dogs Trust Worldwide to attend the International Training Programme (ITP) in March 2017 – four days of training and fun with delegates from all over the world.

Sue Nuttall at Dogs Trust Worldwide

Sue Nuttall attends Dogs Trust Worldwide’s International Training Progamme – March 2017

Dogs Trust worldwide hosted ITP for delegates from Nepal, Cape Verde, Mexico, Bulgaria, Romania, Spain, Portugal, Zambia, Russia, Poland, France and the UK! Delegates attended workshops held by leading experts in education, running a shelter, dog behaviour, fundraising strategies and so much more!

The next ITP takes place on 4th September 2017 and we’d heartily recommend it – for more info and how to apply: http://www.dogstrustworldwide.com/t…/international-training/

 

04 Dec

2017 Fun Dog Show Date Announced

Keep Sunday 24th September 2017 free and prepare yourselves for another super fun day with your furry friends! Click here to find out more.
Celebrity Judge Trai Anfield 2016

Celebrity Judge Trai Anfield – 2016

Our third annual Fun Dog Show will be held in the same venue as last year, there’ll be a good selection of stalls, competitions and demonstrations, as well as catering vans, free parking and onsite toilets.

In 2016 you helped raise over £1,000 to help dogs get a second chance in life.

Take Away The Tears provides support, wherever in the world it’s needed, to help relieve the mental and physical torture that so many dogs endure every day of their lives.

Check out the photos from Take Away The Tears Fun Dog Show 2016.

 

03 Dec

Used Stamps Appeal

Would you donate your used stamps (and unwanted stamp collections) to help Take Away The Tears causes around the world?  USED STAMPS APPEAL

We’ve teamed up with a firm that takes them and all monies received from them will go straight to help our causes.

If you have just a few you can send them to us and we’ll forward them on.  If you have a lot of used stamps or a collection, you can send them direct using a free post address. You MUST address it to Take Away The Tears if it’s going directly to the company.  Details coming soon.