Amy's Pack

31/07/2024

When the heat is high, a short walk and a long chill together is just what’s needed 🥰

21/07/2024

please please can we keep pushing for help with this girls surgery on tuesday we have raised £100 but iv a way to go yet !! please help 🙏🙏

17/07/2024

17/07/2024

16/07/2024

Please sign 😊

Sign our petition. It’s time to stop dog exploitation.

23/06/2024

JUST A REMINDER, TO ALL DOG OWNERS.

⚠️🚙⚠️ Despite the warnings, hundreds of dogs in the UK die every year after being left in a hot car. Someone you know may need to read this very important message. ⚠️🚙⚠️

SIX MINUTES is all it takes for a dog to overheat in a hot car.

Your dog could suffer serious injury or die in a matter of minutes if left alone in a car.

• The temperature inside a closed vehicle left in the sun can double within 12 minutes.

• At least 75% of the temperature increase in a closed vehicle occurs within 5 minutes of closing the vehicle, and at least 89% of the temperature increase occurs within 15 minutes of closing the vehicle.

• Temperatures exceeding 104˚ F can lead to death or serious injury for the occupants.

• Temperatures in a closed vehicle sitting in the hot sun can reach 160˚F and above. An animal will suffer immeasurably and may die before the temperature reaches 150˚F.

• Even when parked in the shade, the vehicle temperatures can exceed 104˚C.

• Leaving windows down more than 2 inches on an unattended vehicle will not prevent a car from reaching extreme temperatures.

• Even if the animal is revived, they can die due to severe internal organ damage.

Your dog trusts you to have their best interest at heart ALWAYS.
Please don’t risk their safety.

If you are not taking your dog inside your destination with you, PLEASE leave them at home where they are comfortable and safe.

19/06/2024

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18/06/2024

This is a tough read but please do it. 😢 A dog is for life!

Please 🙏 💔🙏Read

I think our society needs a huge Wake-up call.
“As a shelter manager, I am going to share a little insight with you all...a view from the inside if you will.
First off, all of you breeders/sellers should be made to work in the "back" of an animal shelter for just one day. Maybe if you saw the life drain from a few sad, lost, confused eyes, you would change your mind about breeding and selling to people you don't even know.
That puppy you just sold will most likely end up in my shelter when it's not a cute little puppy anymore. So how would you feel if you knew that there's about a 90% chance that dog will never walk out of the shelter it is going to be dumped at? Purebred or not! About 50% of all of the dogs that are "owner surrenders" or "strays", that come into my shelter are purebred dogs.
The most common excuses I hear are; "We are moving and we can't take our dog (or cat)." Really? Where are you moving too that doesn't allow pets? Or they say "The dog got bigger than we thought it would". How big did you think a Great Dane would get? "We don't have time for her". Really? I work a 10-12 hour day and still have time for my 6 dogs! "She's tearing up our yard". How about making her a part of your family? They always tell me "We just don't want to have to stress about finding a place for her we know she'll get adopted, she's a good dog". Odds are your pet won't get adopted & how stressful do you think being in a shelter is?
Well, let me tell you, your pet has 72 hours to find a new family from the moment you drop it off. Sometimes a little longer if the shelter isn't full and your dog manages to stay completely healthy. If it sniffles, it dies. Your pet will be confined to a small run/kennel in a room with about 25 other barking or crying animals. It will have to relieve itself where it eats and sleeps. It will be depressed and it will cry constantly for the family that abandoned it. If your pet is lucky, I will have enough volunteers in that day to take him/her for a walk. If I don't, your pet won't get any attention besides having a bowl of food slid under the kennel door and the waste sprayed out of its pen with a high-powered hose. If your dog is big, black or any of the "Bully" breeds (pit bull, rottie, mastiff, etc) it was pretty much dead when you walked it through the front door. Those dogs just don't get adopted. It doesn't matter how 'sweet' or 'well behaved' they are. If your dog doesn't get adopted within its 72 hours and the shelter is full, it will be destroyed. If the shelter isn't full and your dog is good enough, and of a desirable enough breed it may get a stay of ex*****on, but not for long .
Most dogs get very kennel protective after about a week and are destroyed for showing aggression. Even the sweetest dogs will turn in this environment. If your pet makes it over all of those hurdles chances are it will get kennel cough or an upper respiratory infection and will be destroyed because shelters just don't have the funds to pay for even a $100 treatment. Here's a little euthanasia 101 for those of you that have never witnessed a perfectly healthy, scared animal being "put-down". First, your pet will be taken from its kennel on a leash. They always look like they think they are going for a walk happy, wagging their tails. Until they get to "The Room", every one of them freaks out and puts on the brakes when we get to the door. It must smell like death or they can feel the sad souls that are left in there, it's strange, but it happens with every one of them. Your dog or cat will be restrained, held down by 1 or 2 vet techs depending on the size and how freaked out they are. Then a euthanasia tech or a vet will start the process. They will find a vein in the front leg and inject a lethal dose of the "pink stuff". Hopefully your pet doesn't panic from being restrained and jerk. I've seen the needles tear out of a leg and been covered with the resulting blood and been deafened by the yelps and screams. They all don't just "go to sleep", sometimes they spasm for a while, gasp for air and defecate on themselves. When it all ends, your pets co**se will be stacked like firewood in a large freezer in the back with all of the other animals that were killed waiting to be picked up like garbage. What happens next? Cremated? Taken to the dump? Rendered into pet food? You'll never know and it probably won't even cross your mind. It was just an animal and you can always buy another one, right? I hope that those of you that have read this are bawling your eyes out and can't get the pictures out of your head I deal with everyday on the way home from work.
I hate my job, I hate that it exists & I hate that it will always be there unless you people make some changes and realize that the lives you are affecting go much farther than the pets you dump at a shelter. Between 9 and 11 MILLION animals die every year in shelters and only you can stop it. I do my best to save every life I can but rescues are always full, and there are more animals coming in everyday than there are homes. My point to all of this DON'T BREED OR BUY WHILE SHELTER PETS DIE!
Hate me if you want to. The truth hurts and reality is what it is. I just hope I maybe changed one person's mind about breeding their dog, taking their loving pet to a shelter, or buying a dog. I hope that someone will walk into my shelter and say "I saw this and it made me want to adopt".
THAT WOULD MAKE IT WORTH IT.
~Author unknown

15/06/2024

Busy week with the pack 🥰

06/06/2024

04/06/2024

Please give this local greyhound rehoming organisation a follow, so more doggies can be as loved as our Oscar!

https://www.facebook.com/share/EPqazWPaZQEUUKkk/?mibextid=LQQJ4d

A small independent Greyhound Rehome Trust

04/06/2024

Just a few of my lovely pack 🥰

23/05/2024

Lorsque vous accueillez enfin vos chiots de 10 semaines, veuillez garder cette image à l'esprit. Leurs os ne se touchent même pas encore. Ils marchent si joliment avec de grosses pattes souples et des mouvements bancals parce que leurs articulations sont entièrement constituées de cartilages, de muscles, de tendons et de ligaments recouverts de peau. Rien n'est encore bien ajusté ou n'a encore de véritable prise.

Lorsque vous les faites courir de manière excessive ou que vous ne limitez pas leur exercice pour les empêcher d'en faire trop pendant cette période, vous ne leur donnez pas la chance de grandir correctement. Chaque grand saut ou course bondissante et excitée provoque des impacts entre les os.
En quantités raisonnables, ce n'est pas problématique et c'est une usure normale qui s’opèrera.

Mais lorsque vous laissez le chiot sauter du canapé ou du lit, l’emmenez faire de longues promenades, vous endommagez cette articulation en formation. Lorsque vous laissez le chiot se déplacer sur des carreaux glissants , vous endommagez l'articulation.

Vous n'avez la chance de les faire grandir qu'une seule fois. Un corps bien construit est quelque chose qui vient d'un excellent élevage et d'une bonne éducation. LES DEUX, pas seulement un.

Une fois adulte, vous aurez le reste de votre vie à passer à jouer et à vous engager dans des exercices à fort impact. Alors gardez le au calme tant qu’il est encore petit et offrez lui le cadeau qui ne peut être offert qu'une seule fois.

21/05/2024

Oh George…🥰

Good morning. We have some beautiful dogs waiting for homes but please don’t forget about the ones that have been waiting a few months 😔. George has had very little interest and as you can see such a handsome boy. He is very excitable when you meet him so probably doesn’t show himself at his best. Loves life 💜. He would love an active home and the chance to have all the fun and love he is so patiently waiting for 🤞

George is a lurcher type approx 18 months. More info has been posted but you can also call us 07709 036103

21/05/2024

Patsy is safely home with her family 😃 xx

PE7 Whittlesey near Park Lane School x

19/05/2024

Good morning everyone. My name is Sleepy and I have had no interest sadly 😞. I have settled into kennel life now and showing my cheeky side 😉. I am now 10 months old and would love a home that can continue my training and give me guidance, exercise and lots of love. I am a big boy but a lovely walk.

I hear that Dobbie and Eddy have gone off to their new homes so hoping my time is coming 🤞

18/05/2024

Now home and safe 🥰

We know roughly where she is but any sightings from afar are helpful, so please share with us. This is now with rescuers, so it’s vital that we all stay away and don’t call her name in order for the process to work.

16/05/2024

Now home and safe 🥰

Update from Willow’s dad. Please share!

16/05/2024

It’s been a busy week for the pack, covering lots of miles not only to exercise and sniff, but to do our bit to try and find Willow!

15/05/2024

Thursday update the eastrea cat isn’t Zack Sophie will attempt to
Trap and we will scan

please keep looking for Zack he’s friendly and vocal as he’s deaf ….

15/05/2024

Now home and safe 🥰

Saturday update: We know roughly where Willow is but any sightings from afar are helpful so please share. Please do not attempt to find her by walking the area or calling her name. Rescuers are now handling this and it’s vital that she is not spooked anymore. Thank you 🥰

Update: Willow has been seen on the wash fields south of the river in Whittlesey today (Thurs). We thought we had her but she keeps running. If you can help with spotting please bring some binoculars, the swans are not helping with their white feathers!

Please check your outdoor spaces in case poor Willow is hiding. She bolted from Whittlesey vets yesterday morning and was last spotted on Stonald Road this morning without her collar or lead. If you find her please call her owner Andrew on 07961 290733.

14/05/2024

It’s been a busy (and sad - love you Reg) couple of months since I last did a big photo drop. So here we go, spot your faves!

14/05/2024

Welcome to the pack, Ted pup! Ted will get a little Amy time each day to cuddle, play and do his business. If you need a regular drop in slot please get in touch! 15 mins / £9.

14/05/2024

This coming Wednesday 15th May we will be at Stanground & Farcet C of E Churches from 9:30 till 11am. Send us a message to book a slot if you're in need of support with pet food.