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Paws and Claws Refuge and Boarding Centre - Port Douglas

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Paws and Claws Refuge and Boarding Centre - Port Douglas

Animal Refuge | Dog Boarding
07 4098 5721
www.pawsandclaws.org.au
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Founded in the 1980s, Paws and Claws is a non-profit, no kill, dog and cat rescue organisation that runs under the auspices of The Homeless Animal Society and Boarding Kennels Incorporated . The organisation rescues and rehomes neglected and homeless dogs and cats in the Douglas Shire Region. The organisation is about to open its new shelter after 16 years of fundraising and still requires assistance to fit it out and continue its work rescuing animals.

13/11/2024

11/11/2024

How time flies! ⏰ Exactly one year ago today a beautiful dog named Niya from Mareeba Animal Refuge gave birth to 8 puppies at the shelter ❤ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BLUEY LITTER!! 🎁 Hank (Stripe) has made his way back to us and is ready for adoption again! Thank you to all of the owners for sending through updates and always keeping in contact ❤

11/11/2024

Meals for Mutts and Hypro Premium all back in stock 😊

10/11/2024

🤎COCO🤎A local council save!
Coco has been with us for a few weeks now, and although she isn’t available for adoption (yet!), we still wanted to share her with you all!! 😀
Coco lost her way and was picked up by the council in Mossman, not tagged or microchipped 😢 She is very cuddly and loves food! Coco is available for daily walks (9am-3pm) but she must remain on a leash and in a walk (no running) 🦮

08/11/2024

I wish I worked this fast…but now we are fully stocked with all varieties of Dr B’s BARF (raw food) 🥩 only $30.45 for 12 individual patties 💵 Simply let them defrost in the fridge the night before use! Suitable for adults and puppies 🐶

08/11/2024

Goat horns and emu necks are back in stock at the shelter! 🐐

05/11/2024

For further details go to https://pawsandclaws.org.au/annual-general-meetings/

02/11/2024

And just like that, the Dalmatian X puppies have been adopted! 😭 Thank you to all the volunteers who took them out on adventures 🦮 Freckles, Jewel, Peppa and Rolly have got the rest of their lives ahead of them! 💙 Keep an eye out for another puppy post soon… 🤫

30/10/2024

With Halloween just around the corner, the shelter animals were keen to get into the spirit of it all 👻

21/10/2024

We also have an Instagram! Head over there to follow us 🐕

Remember to tag us on your adventures with our shelter dogs too! 📷

https://www.instagram.com/pawsandclawsportdouglas/profilecard/?igsh=dG90cnMwOW12cjU=

21/10/2024

💡SPOTLIGHT SHELTER DOG💡
This is Nevaeh! Her name is heaven spelt backwards because she is an angel 😇 She was originally from a remote community named Wujal Wujal before making her way to Paws and Claws. Nevaeh is still a puppy in her mind sometimes, she gets very excited meeting new people. Nevaeh is a social dog and gets on well with almost everyone. She has proved she is smart and food motivated, so an easy dog to train when she is adopted 🤓
Nevaeh is very interested in meeting you, so come down to the shelter between 9am and 3pm to take her for a walk. Call the shelter for more information or visit our website ☺️

19/10/2024

💜 ADOPTIONS 💜 Freckles (pictured) and Jewel have been adopted this week! We wish them the very best in their new lives 😁 Their siblings Peppa (female) and Rolly (male) are available for adoption too! Let’s find them homes before Christmas 🎄

17/10/2024

MAKE WAY ➡️ for the queen 👑 NOVA! She got the dog park all to herself today. Nova loves splashing around in the water and enjoying the beautiful weather ☀️ Nova is available for adoption although she does have some extra requirements ❤️ come by the shelter any day of the week between 9am and 3pm.
Dog Direction Country Club

13/10/2024

💡SPOTLIGHT SHELTER DOG💡
This is Skyla! 🐕 She is a kelpie x and is almost 2 years old. Skyla has been with us at Paws and Claws for a whole year! 😮 She has grown up to be a very sweet dog, learning to socialise with a range of other dogs (both young and old, big and small). She loves running along the beach and getting her toes wet, but usually doesn’t go much past that. Skyla would suit someone who would have the time to train her (because she is very smart 🤓) and take her on 1-2 walks a day. If you’re interested in meeting Skyla, you can take her out for a walk any day of the week between 9am and 3pm. Call the shelter for more information or visit our website ☺️

10/10/2024

🚨‼️ RESTOCK ALERT ‼️🚨
🐟Meals for Mutts🐟 Super premium, all- natural, hypoallergenic hollistic dog food
🐓Hypro🐓Specifially formulated to help maintain the health and well-being of all dogs
🧸Kong toys 🧸 mentally stimulating toys offering enrichment by helping satisfy dogs instinctual needs
🍗Prime 100 treats🍗 ‘Ingredients with purpose’ deliver functional, nutritious and tasty treats every time
👃Snuffle mats👃 Scent- based hide and seek with a built-in reward system
Come check us out at 6-8 Teamsters close, Craiglie, free cat cuddles for every visitor! 🐈

07/10/2024

We seem to be missing some water bottles for the dogs here at the shelter 🤔 If you've forgotten to bring one back after walking a dog, we would love it if you could bring it back 😁 Thank you!

Address

6-8 Teamsters Close
Craiglie, QLD
4877

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 4pm
Tuesday	9am - 4pm
Wednesday	9am - 4pm
Thursday	9am - 4pm
Friday	9am - 4pm
Saturday	9am - 4pm
Sunday	9am - 4pm

Telephone

+61740985721

Website

http://www.pawsandclaws.org.au/

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We also have an Instagram! Head over there to follow us @pawsandclawsportdouglas 🐕 Remember to tag us on your adventures with our shelter dogs too! 📷 https://www.instagram.com/pawsandclawsportdouglas/profilecard/?igsh=dG90cnMwOW12cjU=

WARNING‼️ If you don't like looking at really good dog food, please scroll on... 🐶 We couldn't feed such incredible meals to our shelter and boarding dogs without the support of Malone's Butchery PD!🥩 This amount of food we're making here may last us up to 2 weeks 😱 Full ingredients: sweet potato, pumpkin, oats, spinach, flax seeds, hemp seeds, blueberries, yogurt, minced chicken frames, crocodile, emu, lamb, kangaroo, turkey & sardines! 🫐🐟

Kitty & Lola are available for adoption! 🥰

Bundy getting his morning run in.

🐕 Thank you to everyone that came down to the Pooch Party yesterday to celebrate all things dogs! The event just gets bigger and better every year!! 🙏🏻 A massive thank you to all our volunteers, demonstrations, sponsors, prize givers and of course, all the Paws and Claws supporters. We couldn’t do it without you! 🥰 A special thank you to @raywhiteportdouglas and @portdouglasvets for being our major sponsors. Thank you Cassie at Ray White for playing such a huge part in organising the event. 🏆We will be contacting the raffle winners over the next couple of days and will also post the winners and their prizes on our socials. #poochparty #portdouglascarnivale2024

🐶 We are looking forward to seeing you all at the Pooch Party this year on the 25th May. 🐾 Make sure you check out: Malone's Butchery 🥓Sausage sizzle and bacon rolls! Duke's🍩 Port Paws Dog Training and @cairnscitykennelclub dog training demonstrations 🐕As well as: Snufflemats made by the Port Douglas CWA, all natural dog treats, doggy icecream, facepainting and much more. 🤗 Don’t forget to pick up your raffle tickets and of course enter your dog in the competitions on the day. ❤️ All proceeds from the Paws and Claws stands go towards the shelter. 🙏🏻 Thank you to our sponsors Ray White Port Douglas and Port Douglas Vets for helping to make it all happen! #portdouglascarnivale2024 #poochparty #portdouglasdogshelter

Introducing Dotti 🦋 Feels strange introducing her because she’s been at the shelter since January following a major surgery to fix her leg 🤕 She has grown in size and also confidence! 💪🏼 Now roughly 8 months old, Dotti is looking for her fur-ever home 🏡 Come down to the shelter to meet Dotti and take her for a walk! Open 7 days 9am- 4pm.

🐶 Meet Dorothy, she is a 5 month old, small sized, deaf boxer. 🐾 This little girl is adored by everyone at the shelter and who comes to walk her. 😉 Don’t be put off by her being deaf, she is super smart and is great at training. 👏🏻 She is great with dogs, people, children and just loves to be with you! #deafpuppy #boxerpuppy #portdouglasdogshelter

☀️Dr Any from @comfortvetfnq was back again today. This time to do some free laser treatment on Nova and give her a remedial massage.🕶️Laser therapy applies low-level lasers to the surface of the body to relieve pain, stimulate and enhance cell function. 🥰 We have all noticed Nova’s mobility and strength in her rear legs have increased in the last week, after her shockwave treatment.🐶 If your dog has mobility difficulties, needs canine rehabilitation or fitness, requires canine remedial massage or at home palliative care. Dr Andy @comfortvetfnq is the lady to see. She has gone above and beyond to help Nova. Thank you 🙏🏻 🐕 If you would like to meet Nova or interested in adopting her, please get in contact to find out how. #alaskanmalamute_photos #malamute #adopt #caninerehabtherapist #caninemassage #portdouglasdogshelter

No fear with lil Indie as she guides one of our boarding dogs Knox out to the exercise yards.

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A new Home

The committee of the Homeless Animal Society and Boarding Kennels has once again put its future in the hands of the Douglas Shire Council and its local residents. A Development Application currently being assessed by council staff has been lodged which will allow them to convert the previously occupied LOTSA Printing factory Teamsters Drive into a modern indoor animal facility.

The association after 10 years of searching has come to the conclusion that an indoor soundproof building is the only option after numerous failed attempts of constructing an outdoor facility. With the assistance of a planning consultant and a recognised Acoustic Engineer firm they are confident that the facility will not impact any of the nearby industrial businesses.

We appreciate that some may have concerns from the history of the previous refuge, which was literally an old house and some cyclone fencing. This is the extreme opposite, on completion the property will have cost well over the million-dollar mark and will consist of a soundproof housing facility and monitored run areas acoustically designed where limited dogs will be rotated and able to leisure outside during day light hours.

The association entered into a contract of sale for the premises with the condition of a Council Change of Material Use. The new planning scheme allows for public comment on the assessment and they are looking forward to being given the opportunity to answer any concerns locals may have. We are expecting to receive the same types of comments as we have in the past Noise and Smell. We have searched examples of the many indoor facilities that there are now in Australia and have taken the best practices to ensure we can successfully cater for both these issues. Any animal lover knows that dogs bark when they are stimulated, a person walking in or past, or another dog interacting for example. These modern facilities are built to ensure the minimum opportunity for that occurs whilst using the most modern technology to entrap any noise that may be made.

After the failed attempt at Killaloe, Miallo and Yule Point and the inability of council and State Government staff to locate land that would be suitable, the association is hoping that this premise within an industrial estate will be the change in the tide they have been waiting for. We realise its not the perfect answer, the ideal situation would be for dogs to be able to run around and enjoy the sunshine in an open facility, unfortunately that has not happened and does not look like it’s going to happen. So, we as an animal welfare organisation have to do the next best thing, other than that it’s just keep having them euthanised. Every animal facility in the region is full. The longer we do nothing the worst the situation will become. That is for the animals and the environment.

If the Change of Material Use is accepted by Council, the association will be buying the freehold of the premises and will then work with the acoustic engineers and council to renovate the main building to a state of the art facility. Once we have a premise, a design and costings, we can then get further funding to complete construction. At the moment grant funding is limited as we don’t know where we are going, what we are doing or when we are going to do it. With the purchase of the property and building we are confident we can gain the funding required to renovate the facility and be ready for operation within 18 months.

The association is extremely grateful for the support it continues to receive and it is clear that the love for the association and the animals that it has cared for is abundant. The association believes that it is imperative that the supporters of Paws and Claws also put pen to paper during this public comment period and notify your local councillors of the importance, need and want for this facility in Douglas.

The previous Paws and Claws site in Craiglie was an old house with cyclone fencing, not a designed animal facility and had no noise restraints or acoustic designs.

The facility we are creating will be a state of the art acoustically designed soundproof facility within the building that already exists. Total cost of over $1million.

Facility’s such as this are becoming more common in built up areas as populations increase in CBD areas and the demand for boarding rises.

The property will have a 24hr caretaker living on site.

There will be four individual runs divided by solid 2meter fences that will have a maximum of two dogs in each at any time.

The runs will only be used between 9am and 5pm

Bark deterrents such as static collars will be used on persistent noise makers as per the facilities Noise Policy

The facility will offer boarding as well as rescue

The facility will hold a maximum of 18 Boarding dogs and 20 refuge dogs at full capacity.

The facility will operate with paid staff and volunteers

The inside will also be acoustically sound designed

Previously all rescue animals were walked twice daily off site by locals and back packers, we anticipate that this will occur again alleviating the need for excessive use of the runs.

The facility will have 24hr video and audio surveillance

The property will not open half finished. The building must be completed before opening.

Noise reduction methods are non-negotiables and will be conditioned as part of the continuing trade of the facility regardless which committee members are overseeing the facility.

Sound engineers have measured the current noise levels of the area to set as a bench mark

Once open and with occupancy of at least 80% sound testing will be carried out by the acoustical engineers again to ensure the facility is in no way impacting the area. These will be compared to tests completed prior to opening.

Paw and Claws is paying cash for the premises at 6-8 Teamsters, has not accrued debt in the purchase and does still have funds required to commence renovations. Further funding will be needed to complete the build but we anticipate that this will occur within 18months

Many policies and procedures are already being created to ensure that the locals will not be impacted. These include a complaint policy, acceptable Noise Policy, Dog Walking Policy, Animal arrival and departure Policy, it is also in our best interest being a business to also have the best reputation possible

A copy of the application will be found here once it has been processed by council

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