08 Oct

Life-saving Operation for Moose

Take Away The Tears refers to the unseen tears of the dogs we aim to help, and the very real daily tears of those who spend all their time, money and emotional energy caring for the animals that have suffered such abuse.MooseMoose 2 Moose 3

Our very first donation is going to help Moose have a life-saving operation. You may have seen him already. Such a beautiful natured dog, rescued from Romania and brought over to the UK having had an operation to remove a tumour in his nose. Since then he has had to endure infection after infection and his forever mum Caroline has continued to love him and look after him, at great emotional and financial expense, with the support of his original Romania rescuer.

When you have saved an animal and love it, it is hard to see that animal PTS because money is the only obstacle to its survival. But that was the situation facing Caroline & Claudia earlier this year when it was decided that complicated surgery was required to stop the infections, at a cost of around £4000. Moose can’t be insured for his condition.

At this point Snoopy Rescue UK made the courageous decision to back Moose – courageous because raising that amount of money would help a lot of other dogs – but wouldn’t you do everything possible for your dog, like Caroline & Claudia have done for Moose to date? Moose 4

So we back Snoopy Rescue UK’s decision and we are delighted to make a sizeable contribution towards them reaching the target they needed to book the operation. This is being done at the renowned Fitzpatrick clinic on Tuesday 27th October.

You can find out more about Moose and the details of his operation on our web page very soon and the link below, and we will keep you informed of his progress as he recovers.

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30 Sep

Fun Dog Show – Fun Facts

We’ve finally had time to analyse the data from the show and we thought you might be interested in the following fun facts:

  1. We had 142 entrants on the day, of those, 40 dogs were under 1
    Dog The Judge Would most Like To Take Home Finalists

    Dog The Judge Would most Like To Take Home Finalists

    year old and 25 were over 7 years old

  2. The oldest dog was Millie, a 15 year old Jack Russell
  3. The youngest dogs were all 13 weeks old and were Ada and Willow, both beautiful Border Collie pups, and Tito, the absolutey gorgeous Great Dane pup
  4. The most unusual breed entered was Kage, a very handsome 2 year old Presa Canario
  5. The most common entered breed was a joint win with 10 entrants, by the Border Collie and the Dachund (taking all the Dachunds as one) and finally,
  6. The most common name was also a joint win, each having 4 entries; Teddy, Luna & Bella
20 Sep

And the Dog Show winners are…

We’re delighted to confirm the following results from the classes:

Class 1 – Best Condition Veteran
1st – Ben / Jules Gilroy
2nd – Millie / Melanie
3rd – Grace / Katie Askew
4th – Penny / Jackie

Class 2 – Best Condition Adult
1st – Thor / Ian Billett
2nd – Mini / Christine Lowdon
3rd – Roxy / Sarah Parkinson
4th – Kage / Paul Walker

Class 3 – Best Condition Youngster
1st – Ada / Tia Harper
2nd – Charm / Kym
3rd – Coco / Kelly Leadbetter
4th – Freddie / Sarah Coburn

Class 4 – Best Six Legs
1st – Jessy Bear / Mandy Bennett
2nd – Tess / J Carver
3rd – Storm / Vicky
4th – Arnie / Charlotte Telfer

Class 5 – Best UK Rescue
1st – Jess / Pamela Coombs
2nd – Harvey / Sarah Black
3rd – Chanter / Jackie
4th – Lexi the Looker / J Lee

Class 6 – Best International Rescue
1st – Shadow / Georgia Elliott​
2nd – Junior / Lynn Davis
3rd – Silvi / Sue Nuttall​
4th – Zeus / Lesley Wedderburn

Class 7 – Best Trick
1st – Ruby / N Riches
2nd Louis / Su
3rd – Zara / Emma Hindson​
4th – Nami / Carolyn Louise Hall​

Class 8 – Best Child Handler
1st – Achilles / Lilly
2nd – Skye / Stanley
3rd – Holly / Beth
4th – Bella / Olivia

Class 9 – Prettiest Bitch
1st – Sakora / Masami Aimers​
2nd – Veronica / Charlotte
3rd – Luna / Sophie Johnston​
4th – Minnie / Paul

Class 10 – Most Handsome Dog
1st – Gus / Trevor Minto
2nd – Teddy / Chris Saunders
3rd – Teddy / Caitlin McCauly
4th – Elmo / Carol Conaty

Class 11 – The Waggiest Tail
1st – Penny / Patricia Bickerton
2nd – Luna / Susanne Kupke​
3rd – Monty / Lisa Donelly
4th – Molly / Natalie Evans

Class 12 – Best Fancy Dress
1st – Lily & Luna / Chloe & Leah
2nd – Bella / Olivia
3rd – Bobby / Ingrid
4th – Milly & Tilly / J Carver

Class 13 -Dog Judge would most like to take home
1st – Ben / Jules Gilroy
2nd – Jess / Pamela Coombs
3rd – Thor / Ian Billett
4th – Gus / Trevor Minto

Congratulations to each and every one of you

31 Aug

Fun Dog Show on its way!

RaffleOverwhelmed with the support received for this new fund raising initiative, founder Sue Nuttall says, “We’ve received a lovely selection of goodies for our raffle and tombola stall. Huge thanks to those that have helped so far and especially to Lisa Mclean who is doing a sterling job in coordinating a collection from her friends.”

If you’d like to donate to our raffle, tombola or doggy lucky dip do please get in touch. We’d love to hear from you.

26 Jul

Facebook Page Launch attracts almost 150 in first week

Within three weeks of adopting Silvi, Take Away The Tears was launched as a Facebook page.

With almost 150 likes in the first week we have been inundated with people pledging their support.

The Team is still working on all the ways you can help, with most activity being put into the Fun Dog Show which takes place on 20th September.

Watch out for more details coming soon and thanks so much for your interest already.

07 May

Maggie’s Story

Maggie was found as a stray and taken to a pound where she was kept in awful conditions.

She was fortunately spotted and taken from the pound to a private kennel run by Clare Phillips of Love Cyprus Dog Rescue.

Seen to have an uneven gait, an x-ray showed that Maggie had a totally dislocated hip.

She was adopted by Sue Nuttall and further investigation showed up her horrific treatment; Her hip dysplasia was trauma related; given she was such a young dog and had already whelped and had marks on her neck consistent to be constantly chained, that trauma was most likely a kick.

Maggie’s dysplasia is so severe it is likely that she was unable to whelp naturally and given a ‘caesarean’. That would explain the ‘spay’ scar that wasn’t. On opening her up to investigate her condition she was found to have no womb, but two remaining ovaries, one of which was adhered to her inside. It looked like she’d been ‘butchered’ rather than operated on by a vet.

Being unable to be bred from she was ‘chucked out’ as no longer useful.

Maggie is now loved by Sue and has bonded with the rest of the family really well. She loves being out in the open countryside and climbing on for cuddles, no matter where you are sitting! Read More