PAWS and PEEPS

20/07/2024

20/07/2024

Noodles now, happy and healed.
Scroll back to see her before pic’s

20/07/2024

Hercules (PB x Shar Pei) and Rocky (GSD x Husky) were both adopted today. Both are lovely natured dogs, good with people and were a pleasure to have.

20/07/2024

Great News!!!!!! I have some Ladies interested in fostering Cara and her babies.

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Caramel was found lost on a farm in Underberg. This little girl is pregnant, very friendly and will be up for adoption fairly soon. Sadly she will be spayed, her babies will go to doggie heaven and Cara will be settled into a loving, warm and happy home.

She reminds me so much of a Corgi, maybe a Corgi cross. She tipped the scale at 11.6kg, has sparkling white teeth and is a healthy little girl, who is one year plus.

Cara was tied up judging by the ring around her neck, but is not a “damaged” dog, by that I mean, she has no issues and will make a lovely pet.

A special thank you to Lishia who brought her in today.

076 171 588

20/07/2024

Wow, look what we received, much needed towels..

Thank you to Linda and all the ladies from Umhlanga Bowling Club who gifted us with this fantastic parcel of towels.

Thank you very, very much ladies.

20/07/2024

Our grateful thanks go to St Patrick’s, the teachers, the learners and especially the parents of the children who brought dog food to support PAWS and PEEPS on Mandela Day.

Since the SPCA closed down, PAWS and PEEPS have needed to step up and fill the gap.

This gap has resulted in every sick or injured dog (whose owners cannot pay vet fees, and in some cases just won’t use private sources, needing our help. This gap has resulted in the entire sterilisation need falling on our plate. This need is extremely great and PAWS and PEEPS can only do what PAWS and PEEPS can do.

We have to take a deep breath every morning as we plan the day, meet the needs and juggle the rands and cents.

Our grateful thanks go to all the wonderful parents and children who donated to PAWS and PEEPS. Know that you are deeply appreciated.

18/07/2024

PAWS and PEEPS - Kokstad - 076 171 5887 for adoptions.

Cross breed Pups up for adoption. George and Cindy are going to be very big dogs, judging by the size of their feet.

Candy and Polo clearly have a different father.

The pups are still timid, they have had all their vaccinations and are almost ready for their new homes.

Other pups that are ready are Joey, Amber, Luke, and Milo.

After that are four more pups, including Hero, Snoopy and well who knows who. I have lost count, but we always have plenty of ups up for adoption, all or most vaccinations done, according to their surrender date.

Bimpy and Button, two brindle females were sterilised yesterday. They will be ready next week.

Rabies vaccinations are our priority, no dog goes out without a vaccination. We pride ourselves in assisting to combat rabies outbreaks.

One good thing our pups are over the puppy stage of piddling all over.

15/07/2024

All good things come to an end. On our way home from the Kruger National Park.

We never saw all of the big five. No Cheetah’s, no Hyena’s, no Wild Dog’s or Jackal.

Other sightings were excellent.

Please feel free to contact me from Wednesday.

12/07/2024

But a positive nuisance.

12/07/2024

Happy days in Kruger

05/07/2024

How cute is Lucy. Already lost 2.2kg’s. Pics to follow soon, as she needs to loose a little more.

04/07/2024

PAWS and PEEPS have two of the most amazing cats up for adoption.
Midnight is pitch black and Ghost is Snow White.

Both absolutely chilled with dogs and are very affectionate. Midnight needs to be adopted into a home, where there is no grumpy old cat.

Both cats are over the kitty stage, have been sterilised and are absolute darlings.

Please call 076 171 5887

There will be an adoption fee, plus cost of 3in1’s.

03/07/2024

A very eventful day today. One vehicle left for Matat at 7.30am, the other half an hour later. Just after the Droewig the road was closed. A Cash in Transit heist had just occurred. There were numerous SAPS vehicles heading to the sight.

When told the road would be closed for up to four hours, our plans instantly changed. We drove back to the Droewig turn off, waited for our second vehicle and the two vets to arrive and took a detour road. The road was horrendous for a short section, from the summer rains and clearly no maintenance at all. Some drivers had no clue how to negotiate roads of this condition, got stuck in the dust and held everyone up. Once we were back on the R56 it was plain sailing, so we thought.

Driving through Cedarville a pup was being held up in the air, I pulled over paid for the pup and all I could say over and over again was, nisile, meaning, you are naughty, but in the strongest way.

Then the lengthy and slow stop/goes began. What is normally a 50min drive to Matat, ended up being a three hour journey.

We arrived to a rather windy Matat, set everything up and got going.

3 spays, one highly pregnant.
1 40kg large boy neutered
4 dogs treated with TVT, who need a second shot soon. Two were already sterilised, thankfully.
Slima was sterilised and had his nasty stab wound stitched.
Last of all Spike a gorgeous, young Boerbul had her prolapse pushed back in and stitched.

Toffee came with for a ride. She has been in foster care with Leanne and has had all her shots, but is not ready for her steri. Thank you to Gideon for adopting Toffee. His little year old daughter is so happy with Toffee who is 5 months old and over the puppy stage.

01/07/2024

Please, we are appealing to the community to assist us with dog food. With sterilising costs and the delay (due to availability of vets) in sterilising, we are needing to keep dogs a lot longer and therefore using a lot more dog food.

Donations of any type of dog food or a monetary donation into our bank account will be most welcome. Ref: your name, please!

01/07/2024

When one’s family and extended family get together and celebrate a daughter’s 50th birthday, it is a happy, but rare occasion.

Thirty two family and extended family members, congregated on the small holding outside of Kokstad to enjoy a lamb on the spit, and everything else that makes up a scrumptious luncheon, to wish Lindy well.

Another nineteen family members were either overseas or just unable to come.

25/06/2024

One little stray last week. Little Jack, killing chickens in Marikana. A sweet little guy only 6.5kg’s. Up for adoption soon.

Noodles has put on 5kg in a week. She is an extremely neglected dog, with two rings around her neck from being tied up. A lovely natured soul.

Waffles had a nasty Abcess and was treated. Once it ruptures she will feel much better.

Thirty Rand had a haematoma , on his outer ear which was drained.

Lilly is just not putting on weight and is struggling to come right.

Carlie our little prolapse Staffie has recovered and I took her back home to Harding on Sunday.

Masholoza had an Abcess, TVT and a steri. He is like brand new and went home yesterday, relieved that he is a new pin.

Today Sport came in very sorry for himself, with extremely swollen testicles. Poor boy was in agony.

One dog is extremely constipated and is very sorry for himself. Jackie the constipated cat went home, on Saturday.

It has been a week of sick dogs. No sterilisations as such, but that seems to be on the go next week again.

Another two dogs were surrendered today, one was very old.

We are very grateful for the vets who assist in treating and sterilising our township dogs.

Happy day’s, my Cape Town family are arriving tomorrow 💃💃💃

22/06/2024

22/06/2024

Noodles went to her new home yesterday. James I am sure Noodles will protect your mom during the day while you are at work.

Noodles is a lovely natured dog, very good with people and just a Sweetie Pie. Her one and only issue is her hatred of cats. Problem solved, she is away from cats now.

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I never post only before photos. This time I am, as it made me furious to the core and the pics are not for sensitive viewers.

A report came in that a dog was loosing hair and has sores on her rump. It could be a food allergy, a grass allergy, it could be mange and she needed to be brought in.

To my horror it was starvation. She has two rings around her neck with no hair from being tied up. She had apparently had a litter of pups and was a sorry emaciated sight.

She was supposedly “rescued” last week and needed help. For sure she needed help, but previous history revealed that she was given a kennel on 6th December 2023 and medicated. She definitely was not thin. Funnily enough the signature this week and on the previous form was a match.

Lie after lie, does this owner deserve to get her dog back? Definitely not.

Over night this Rotti is much happier. She goes for walks in the car park and is already feeling happier with a full belly. Her weight on arrival was 24kg and will be recorded weekly.

19/06/2024

The Guud Drivers, Wellness on the Roads Initiative, is in Kokstad this week.

They offer free medicals to all commercial and other drivers, promoting wellness on roads. It is a Global Initiative and the purpose is to reduce accidents on the roads. Almost 20% of accidents are caused by unwell drivers.

They do medicals free, covering diabetes, hypertension etc and do eye tests and supply glasses free of charge. They produce medical certificates. It is in accordance with The Road Accident Fund.

They will be in Kokstad at different venues all week.

Contact Katie for the daily venue 082 737 9278

15/06/2024

This is true love, when a pitbul at that, and a cat are so connected.
Well done Elrita, I wish my dogs liked cats.

15/06/2024

When a dogs lungs look like this, you know there was something something very terribly wrong.

15/06/2024

Angel, after boarding at PAWS and PEEPS for a good 6-7 weeks is extremely happy to be back home.

15/06/2024

Sadly little ET did not make the night. A Post Mortem revealed severe lung damage.
Rambo, a huge Weimaraner, also succumbed to severe Bilary. Very sad when dogs come in too late.

Adoptions have been very slow. Not due to a shortage of good owners, but a shortage of dogs.

King, a very big dog was adopted by Rambo’s owner who was concerned about his dog Zoro who was already lonely.

The dogs always look forlorn when they are loaded up to go to new homes, but soon settle down to a mostly better life.

15/06/2024

Poor little Carlie recovering from her prolapse. 6am we were up early as a very caring, young vet came to PAWS and PEEPS to do the repair. Carlie is due to be spayed on Wednesday. She is the dearest little Staffie we collected from Harding.

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15/06/2024

Our emigrant to Australia, Rocky, on a night out with the guys.!

15/06/2024

Boys and their toys

15/06/2024