And there there is this little one. Squirt. She is now 9 years old. She came off a council estate in Doncaster, she was left tied up in park. She was only a baby when we got her, around three we think. She has always looked older. It was discovered a few years ago that she has a really poorly heart. She also has awful Sarcoids, (skin cancer). We did get a specialist to look at her a couple of years ago but due to her heart condition and where they are they couldn’t be operated on. We have now got her under going treatment with our new vets, Moray Coast Vets. They are coming out every other day for 10 days initially to administer medication. As you all know, all our animals get whatever they need once they are here at Tia. Whatever it is from routine care, to very expensive sarcoid cream…Ouch!!
We have recently lost Rebecca, she was 22yrs old but the damage that had been done to her feet before we got her in 2016 was horrendous. Rob Bedford, who had been our farrier for over twelve years in Yorkshire did a wonderful job managing to keep on top of them but the pain had become too much for her and we had to let her go.
The worst shock was Beano, my little donkey. He was fine one minute, then gone the next. I don’t know how Dandy is going to cope. It was heart breaking, he was only 10 years old.
Avril has supported Tia since we began from volunteering in the Meltham shop, running lots of events and her coffee morning which she holds every year.
This year it is on Saturday 30th July 9.30 -12noon at Meltham Church Hall.
It is £1 admission and that includes tea or coffee and biscuits.
There will be a raffle, a tombola, cake stall and lots of plants for sale ( which she grows herself )
Please come and support Tia and especially Avril….Thanks Avril…
We have 27 horses and ponies on site at the minute. The lovely Angie & Celine are going to live on Bernera in September. A far cry from the over 100 cobs that were left to die in the fields on Wroot Road in Doncaster. They nearly did die to be honest but we persevered and then some.
What lucky ponies they are and very soon they will have a small girl human to call their very own….
We always knew that there would be some Tia dogs that would need our help when we moved.
Here is Melvaig, he is coming up 7yrs old and has been in a home for the past 18 months. He is not happy with the new baby and is looking for a foster home asap.
No cats or small fluffies but he is okay with other greyhounds.
Update….Melvaig is now in a foster home with a greyhound girl and what can I say, ” he is besotted “
He would really like to go and live with a greyhound girl.
He is in foster in West Yorkshire, please message the rehoming page if you are interested in our lovely gentleman…
The writing was on the wall soon after he came up the drive back at Moorside. Came last in both his trials in Ireland and ended up here so long ago, we had to dig out the file to find his name.
Tarzan had sponsor dog written all over him. We cannot remember even risking him in a rehome. Still he has been blissfully happy all these years and the staff love him.
It was Tarzan’s birthday a couple of years ago…i cant believe he is 11 years old.
Six and a half years he has been at Tia. Still absolutely nuts with other breeds but an absolute gentleman who loves his life at Tia. Please click on the video….
We are looking for a volunteer to look after the sponsor scheme. You must have a good understanding of excel and word to be able to manage the database, process new sponsors & renewals etc. You should be able to communicate with the fundraiser and the farm for updates on the sponsor animals
If you think this may be of interest, then please email me to discuss further
A massive thank you to Animal Friends Pet Insurance for their kind donation of £5000 towards our fundraising for building a new kennel block at Easter Hardmuir Farm.
UPDATE…he hadn’t been right for a while and had started to lose weight. Just a week after the dogs move to Scotland we lost him, he had a tumour on his spleen and had fluid in his chest and around his heart. Just a couple months shy of his twelfth birthday….he was never any bother our Simon. If he’d ended up anywhere else he would have been pts years ago. Thanks to all his sponsors for allowing him to have been happy…very happy.
Simon would be an out of court settlement waiting to happen, so it is far better that he lives here He is the sole remaining resident of the scabby five that came a few years ago and likes the joint so much, he elected to stay
A terrible waste but not worth the risk. Even worse than Jones, his DNA is hardwired to remove any animal from the planet whose lineage doesn’t go back 4000 years.
Carolreagh Pup. dob 8/6/2010 – 21/04/2022
A terrible waste but not worth the risk. Even worse than Jones, his DNA is hardwired to remove any animal from the planet whose lineage doesn’t go back 4000 years.