Pawz for Thought

29/11/2025

Wow! Thank you so so much to this wonderful vets! 🙏🏼 🐾 🥰

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AQLKibbRD/

We are very proud to say that we have been able to give a Community Grant to a very deserving charity, Pawz for Thought! Pawz for Thought has helped us help animals over the years. Thank you for all you do!

This is what they had to say:
"We are absolutely delighted and deeply grateful to hear your wonderful news! Please pass on our heartfelt thanks to everyone at Sheriffs Highway Vets for choosing to support us with this incredibly generous £1,000 donation.

Your team’s continued help and partnership mean so much to us — it’s always a pleasure working with you to care for local wildlife. This grant will make a real difference to the animals we look after."

Pawz for Thought relies entirely on volunteers and public support so if you think you can help at all, please get in touch with them. 0191 580 8880 or have a look on their website for more information.

28/11/2025

“We’re participating in the Pets Foundation’s Santa Paws Appeal! We’re being supported by Sunderland Pets at Home. Visit between 1st and 24th December to support us, donate, and meet some of our lovely fundraisers!”

26/11/2025

I am mindful that the last Auction only finished less that a week ago, and already I am announcing the launch of the last one of 2025. But just how many places can keep reminding us of how many days there are to go until Christmas??? The Pawz Family have endured more than their fair share of upset and heartache this year, the majority of it behind the scenes. And so, it gives me even more impetus to see this year out with one heck of a bang for the animals – in the nicest possible way. I am working flat-out right now, but I WILL get Auction No. 22 of 2025 launched by the end of the weekend. Oh yes I will! 🥳 Ps Thank you for your continued many donations, that keep these auctions going. I collected a whole load more from the rescue this week. 💕 Michelle B x https://www.facebook.com/groups/182386280617630 (Admin Assist will now automatically decline members if Questions aren't answered and Rules are not agreed to). It's not a lot to ask!

26/11/2025

Thankyou so much to the Admiral team who were with us today at Pawz supporting us through local business 🥰

26/11/2025

A huge thankyou to Laura Pendleton & Max Rocholl for raising £296 cycling a huge 530 km for pawz 🥰

26/11/2025

🌟 Release Day! 🌟
This little female sparrowhawk came into Pawz for Thought after a suspected mid-flight collision. She arrived a bit dazed and confused, but after a few days of rest, quiet, and some tasty high-protein snacks, she perked right up.

Today she was ready to head back home to Seaham, where she was originally found — and off she went without so much as a backward glance or a thank-you! (Typical raptor attitude 😉)

🦅 Did you know?
• Female sparrowhawks are larger than the males, sometimes up to 25% bigger!
• Because of their size, females often hunt bigger prey such as pigeons, thrushes, and starlings, while males focus on smaller birds.
• Their striking chestnut-brown barring and fierce yellow eyes make them instantly recognisable.
• They are incredible ambush hunters — capable of weaving through trees and hedges at high speed to surprise their prey.
• A healthy female sparrowhawk can live over 7 years in the wild.

We’re always happy to see a successful recovery — fly safe, girl! 💛🦅

24/11/2025

🛑 A Huge Thank You From Pawz! 🛑

We are so grateful for the incredible generosity our community has shown. Thanks to your kindness, we are currently overflowing with towels, linen, and quilts for our animals.

As we’re also in the middle of some building work, we need to pause donations of these items for now.

We’ll be sure to let everyone know as soon as we’re able to accept towels, linen, and quilts again.

We are as always still accepting food donations for the animals though

Thank you for your support and understanding! ❤️🐾

23/11/2025

This is Mr Mister. He’s a lovey boar looking for a little buddy. Guinea pigs are social creatures and like the company of their own kind. Please consider a friend for your guinea pig if they are all alone.
We also have a trio, pairs of boars, and two single neutered boars who would like to live with a sow or two or three…
Unfortunately, we can’t take anymore in until we have rehome some of our existing piggies.

20/11/2025

In case anyone would be interested. A small business doing lovely things. 😻 These little blankets are apparently incredible! My friend’s two cats have them, and they are great for calming nervous cats or just as a thing for them to play with. They work for any scenario and last about a year. They are also good to put into traps to encourage cats in!

🎄🎅🏻Our first Christmas offer is now available and it’s a much loved favourite, returning for a third year in a row.😻🎁

🎁Gift a rescue! -
Order a Happy Kitty Blanket for a cat rescue/animal charity of your choosing. Pay the offer price of just £8.30 then let us know which charity you would like the blanket to go to. That’s it, no p&p and we will post it directly to them along with a Christmas card to let them know who the gift was from (unless you wish to remain anonymous, in which case please state this when ordering).
The offer will run until 5pm on 6th December. This is to give us enough time to collect all the orders together and get them sent out to the charities in time for Christmas. 🎅🏻
You can find the offer on our sumup store link below. PLEASE, if only ordering the Gift a rescue, remember to select the correct postage option to avoid extra p&p charges.

https://happy-kitty-blankets.sumupstore.com

T&c: 🐈‍⬛you will not receive a blanket yourself. The Happy Kitty Blankets are sent directly to the cat rescues.
🐈We will not be posting the blankets out one by one. We will wait until after we close the offer and send all the blankets out together. Often a rescue has multiple gifts so it makes far more sense to send them all in one big parcel.
🐈‍⬛If you do not specify a particular rescue you would like your gift sent to then we will pick one for you from our list.
🐈 Please remember to select the correct postage option on the sumup store to avoid p&p charges. We will not be going through every order to refund any accidental p&p payments. Usually we do but at this time of year it’s just not feasible.

19/11/2025

Huge thankyou once again to Ken Allen who kindly was back again today with cat food and washing pods. We use so many of these each day this is a lifesaver !