The Long and Short of It: Dog Rescue

16/09/2025

As most of you know, LAPA - Helping animals in Russia is the wonderful charity who have always helped and supported us, and amongst many other things, transported our Siberian rescue dogs to the UK 🚐🐶

Our friend and LAPA founder Natalia, is completing an awesome birthday challenge to raise much needed funds for LAPA 🐾

Please read, share and donate to this awesome charity! 🙏🏼

We have a slightly unusual appeal, one of its kind 🙏 Many of you know our founder, Natalia Chumak. Natalia will be engaging in a very personal and tough challenge in 10-12 days’ time for the benefit of LAPA.

Please read what she says about it here https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/lapa

You will also find a compilation video about our work in this link.

We would be grateful if you would support Natalia’s efforts because LAPA will receive 100% benefit from this fundraising appeal. If you would like to donate, you can do this through the same link 🙏❤️

We will of course be updating you on the result of the challenge. The timing of the challenge is provided as a range, ie not one fixed date, because it is weather dependent for safety reasons.

29/08/2025

A couple of Norfolk postcode on there, folks! Please share and help if you can! This is such a wonderful charity 🐾

Are you looking for some canine company to enjoy a morning stroll? Or some dog shaped motivation to get out for an evening walk? 🚶‍♀️🐕

Well, we are on the lookout for some volunteers to help out a number of lovely doggies who would benefit from finding some new walking buddies! If you find yourself at a loose end, missing the companionship of a dog or simply looking for a great way to give back to your community, then we have the answer.

Register to become a volunteer! Go to https://cinnamon.org.uk/how-can-you-support-the-trust/become-a-cinnamon-trust-volunteer/, call 01736 758 701, or email [email protected]. Whether you are local to one of these appeal areas or not, we would love to hear from you. We have many more companion pets that are needing support all across the UK. So, if you are considering volunteering, please get in touch! 🧡

08/08/2025

🚨URGENT!!🚨 Please help!! There must be someone who can save Chook! Our full help and support provided. Food, crate, leads etc all provided. Chook is a scared boy who needs a quiet home to learn how to be brave!! He is running out of time!!!

02/08/2025

UPDATE GONE TO THE DOG WARDEN.

‼️ PLEASE SHARE - LOST PUPPY ‼️
(Comments have been turned off, while we appreciate everyone's help and worry we will not tolerate any abuse towards us nor each other while trying to locate this puppy's owner).

We have had a female, black, Labrador puppy handed into the practice early hours this morning, around 4 months old. NOT MICROCHIPPED.

Found: Yarmouth Beach.

If you think she belongs to you, please contact the practice on 01692 403202.

Proof of ownership will be required.

24/07/2025

23/07/2025

Dear followers and friends.. we are sadly looking for a miracle for our little Chook, who is needing to find a new home.

Chook is an anxious boy and his needs are not able to be met by his current family. We are heartbroken for him and really hope that someone is willing to see past Chook’s struggles for the sweet, affectionate, playful boy that he truly is..

Chook is 3yrs old, neutered, and German shepherd sized. Chook had a really tough start to life and is understandably anxious of certain things. He is fear reactive to new humans and dogs, which causes him to bark and sometimes lunge when on lead. However, he is brilliant with children (very gentle and adores their attention) and has lived with cats. In the house he will bark at unfamiliar visitors, but he will choose to retreat and hide if able. We are working hard on helping him feel more brave in any situation and have started to crate train him to help with his anxiety. (He is perfect with his familiar humans and very much enjoys a snuggle on a sofa!)

He does have some doggy friends who he loves to play with, so we are confident that once he overcomes his fear, he would be able to build new friendships: he’s a young boy after all, and loves a play! We believe that Chook would actually benefit from another well-balanced dog in the household (with gentle introductions, of course).

He is already on a behaviour plan (which includes the crate training) that will continue to be implemented in a new home with our full support and guidance; and does so well with all his training - he is a really clever boy who loves to learn and loves treats! We are confident that with a little time and effort to encourage Chook’s bravery, his new family will feel so lucky to have him 😊

Do you think you could help a little boy in need? 🙏🏼 He is such a sensitive soul and we would dearly love to see him with a suitable forever family.. (Please note: we stress that we will support any family with all training, and provide any additional support/tools such as the crate, that they may need. This support is for life and we are always on hand to help or advise).