30/10/2021
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
(Please also refer to the last video update).
Saoirse has sadly been and is still unwell (A few know the details of what has been going on for months now and the mental and physical health issues she has been battling), and has been unable to complete the orders that were placed last year.
Many of them have been started but due to these issue they still have not been finished.
Saoirse has tried for months to get help and support to finish the mats but after posting in multiple places and even asking the local fabric stores no one came forward to offer assistance.
After the years of quality work and service she worked so hard to achieve, the fact that she has let everyone down is mortifying and weighing heavily on her.
We will be messaging those who are still waiting for mats and gear personally in the next few days to give the options of having the fabrics and supplies that were already purchased for those orders sent to the customers so they can have them completed by another gear maker, or waiting until she is able to complete them herself. But will note that she does not know what the time frame will be on that.
If you have not received an email by the end of next week please email Kobash Mats at [email protected] to provide your postal address so we can send the supplies for your mats to you.
Kobash Mats were always a nonprofit small business with Saoirse not taking any personal profit from anything made from the mats as everything went back into the business to keep it going so she could keep supplying disabled handlers the best mats she could make for their assistance dogs.
Thank you for all your support of Saoirse over the last 5 years and for understanding.
Posted on Saoirse's behalf by her support workers.