Henry & William

Henry & William

Just look at these two magnificent boys. They were adopted by Royal Park Shires, along with Lizzie a beautiful grey mare.

Here they are pulling a charabanc…It is wonderful when the owners keep in touch.

Sadly it is not always the case. Last year one of our ponies was shot, they never contacted us for advice or help. They just took matters into their own hands. They did pay dearly for it. They settled out of court.

Last week another of our adopters sent a long email in asking if they could sell their adopted pony as they wanted to recoup their costs. They said they would split the money with us though as they knew we needed the money. Needless to say, said pony was back in the yard the same day.

I had no reason not to trust these people, none at all. Just goes to show how wrong you can be.

So when this picture came through it was just lovely and very, very heart warming in these awful times.

Deb

 

Sponsor Sunday 3rd April

Don’t forget you are all invited to come and visit your sponsor animals before they head off up North.

10am – 2pm.

We will have some bits for sale too, Mr Mole prints, tea towels, pens and poo bags..

 

Look forward to seeing you….Deb & Bronia

Too many dogs

The temporary kennels are up, eight days it took,  but we simply don’t have enough to accommodate all the dogs.

We really need homes in the next couple of weeks for Rupert, Elias, Arlo, William, Layla and Ada.

 

Ada

Ada

This is Ada, she is 5 years old on the 3rd April and was sold on Pets 4 Homes a few days ago for £200.

Fortunately a lovely lady saw her, bought her and then rang us.

Ada has allegedly been in a home for two years…lets find her a better one shall we?

 

 

Bale squeeze

For sale at the farm.

Bale squeeze, for square and round bales.

£600

Ebay shop

We have had to close the Ebay shop as moving forward we have no one to run it.

Poo bags and other bits can still be found on the shop on the website.

Thanks Deb

Our neighbours

https://www.macbethshillock.co.uk/

From the 13th April the dogs will be up at the new farm in their temporary kennels and the horses are going up on the 15th. That will be an impressive sight, we have booked the whole of Gillies Horse Transport Fleet.

If anyone wants to come up and help, Karen & George our neighbours own Macbeth’s Hillock and it is dog friendly. You would have to visit their page to check availability and book . The pods  look lovely and are within walking distance of Tia…It really would be appreciated as I have no idea if we will be able to afford any staff in the immediate future.

Thanks Deb

 

Sponsor Sunday

Sponsor Sunday

We are having a Sponsor Sunday here at the kennels on Sunday 3rd April,  10am – 2pm

We are just inviting all our lovely sponsor people to come and visit their sponsor animals before they head off up North.

Some of the dogs can go out for walks in the orchard, the ones that can’t you can visit in the paddocks.

If you want to fetch sardines, ham or sausage rolls they will appreciate it.

Deb & Bronia

 

Cariad, ex-Tia girl winning at Crufts!

Cariad, ex-Tia girl winning at Crufts!

April took Cariad down to Crufts on Friday, and this is what happened…

She was an absolute angel and took it all in her stride, you’d think she did it every day.I honestly can’t believe it, we went along with the mindset of how many people get the chance to show at Crufts and never imagined we would come away with a first (Special Racing) and second (post-grad)! Everyone loved her and she lapped up all the attention and treats and especially loved her ostrich bone reward. After all the excitement of yesterday she is back to practicing her favourite past time which is snoozing on the sofa! Thank you for entrusting her with us and we hope we’ve done you and Tia proud!

The first load..

The first load left 3 weeks ago…Bob’s tractor and the new kennel partitions that were made eighteen months ago. We have had vans and wagons up and down the motorway since then. It’s all systems go. I will keep everyone updated…

Thanks Deb