Poochie Freak Pet Photography ~ Where love shines through

Mar 19 2011

Adopted Upton ~

Update January 2014 – I am so thrilled to be able to update various posts about the lovely Upton, with the wonderful news that he found a forever home at the end of last year. Fantastic!

The very sweet and handsome Upton (AKA Flumpy) is still waiting at Bath Cats & Dogs Home for the chance of a forever home. I wrote a full blog for him back in November, which you can read here and you can see his page on the rescue’s website here. He is looking for a special home where he is the only dog, where there are no cats and where any children are aged 14+.

Upton is now nine years old and has been waiting for around seven years for his forever homeI am a firm believer that there is a suitable home out there for pretty much every dog in rescue and I really hope Upton finds his very soon. I am not in the position to adopt him, but he has rather got to me and along with his lovely carer and his regular walkers and many others, would so love to see him find his forever home soon.

I don’t walk him regularly because I try to devote my time at the rescue to photographing new dogs on each visit, to try to help increase their chance of finding a home, but I do now have an informal agreement with him, whereby I always go and say hello and give him a treat. I’m sure he gives me a look until I have done this

If you are seriously interested in adopting Upton AND after reading my previous blog and his rescue page feel you can offer him a loving and suitable home, please contact Bath Cats & Dogs Home on 01225 787 321, or complete the Home’s online rehoming form, which can be found here. Please let them know that you saw Upton at Poochie Freak. Fingers and paws crossed tightly here for you Upton, you lovely boy.

If Upton is not suitable for you, but you are looking to adopt a dog in rescue, please look at the rescue links at the bottom of my blog and please check out the other dogs I’ve photographed at Bath Cats and Dogs Home (if they have already found a home, there will be an update in the post to say so).

Tags: Angela Chapman, Bath Cats & Dogs Home, dog photography Wiltshire, dog rescue, dogs, HeARTs Speak, Oldies Club, pet photography, pet photography Wiltshire, pet portraits, Poochie Freak, rescue dog, Staffie, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Wiltshire

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Mar 17 2011

Paws for Japan ~ World Vets – Greetings Card Auction

I blogged a few days ago about various animal welfare groups which are trying to help with relief for animals who have been caught up in the dreadful devastation facing Japan. In addition to donations made to those wonderful organisations helping people, I know the animal welfare groups are very grateful for all financial help given.

Today I have chosen to participate in Paws for Japan in support of World Vets which is mobilising a team to go to Japan and provide aid to established groups which are already present in the country. If you are able to donate anything to World Vets, please click on the above link and follow the instructions.

Update: the World Vets chip-in seems to be up and running again now so you can use that to donate, as below, or go via the above link to the website.

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Greeting Cards Auction

I have also decided to auction a set of five of my photographic A5 greetings cards to hopefully help raise a little money for this amazing organisation. Please click on the gallery below to view the cards included – there is one card each of the five designs featured; each with an envelope. These cards can be used for whichever occasion you choose as they are left blank for you to add your own message.

To bid on the cards, please enter your bid as a comment below this post. Please ensure you enter a valid email address (which only I will be able to see). You can bid as many times as you wish, provided your bid is always higher than the previous bidder’sMy blog is set so that I have to approve a person’s first comment (due to the high volume of spam sent my way) so your comment may not show immediately, but I’ll approve it as soon as I can (and see if there’s any work around).

I’m happy to accept bids from outside of the UK, but please place bids in GBP£ – I use http://www.xe.com to convert currencies. The winning bidder will need to be willing and able to donate their winning bid amount via an online donation, direct to World Vets, and provide me with proof of your donation, by email, to receive the cards.

Bidding is now open and will close on Thursday 24 March 2011, with the cards to be posted out once I have received proof of your donation to World Vets. These cards usually retail for £2.50 each and there are five of them, so please bid generously for this fantastic cause.

Thank you

Our thoughts are very much with everyone in Japan who is affected by the current situation and we are also working as a family to fundraise for a wonderful charity which is already out there and helping the people of Japan.

All content on this website is copyright © Angela Chapman, Poochie Freak Photography and Hidden Cottage Cards. Please do not copy any content, including images, without written permission from me. Thank you, Angela

Tags: Angela Chapman, charity greeting cards, dog photography Wiltshire, dog rescue, dogs, Greeting Cards, greetings cards, Hidden Cottage Cards, Labrador Card, Labrador Greetings cards, pet photography, pet photography Wiltshire, Poochie Freak, rescue dog

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Mar 13 2011

Japan ~ donating to help animals

Update 17 March 2011: I have added a chip-in link to the left hand side of my blog – just click on that to donate to the coalition I have mentioned below.

I’m sure no-one has missed the news of the devastation in Japan. My thoughts are very much with all those people and animals affected by the earthquake and tsunami.

An amazing charity called Shelterbox, which has its headquarters in the UK, already has a team on the ground in Japan. My husband is planning a fundraiser to help this charity. There are other wonderful organisations and teams out there assisting too.

In addition to those helping all the people, there are a number of organisations helping animals. I saw on Twitter earlier that the Animal Refuge Kansai, Japan is appealing for help for the animals made homeless by the earthquake and tsunami. It is asking for help in the form of both donations (there’s a PayPal link on the page for ease) and volunteers.

World Vets has also made an appeal for help. This organisation is preparing a first-responder team for deployment to Japan to provide assessment and initial aid. Again, you can donate via the organisation’s website.

These are the two groups I’ve been made aware of today. If I hear of any more I will update.

UPDATE: have just been made aware of this Chip-In for Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support, a coalition of three groups: HEART-Tokushima, Animal Garden Niigata and Japan Cat Network. You can follow the coalition’s work and updates on rescue efforts in Japan, via the facebook group here.

I am just posting the links which I have seen and checked out for myself. Please check out any links for yourself too, prior to donating your money.

Angela

Tags: earthquake, tsunami

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