we went to visit a new fosterer for Pawz today and Dave made friends very quickly with the dog of the house "Scruffy" is a gorgeous little rescue dog that the family adopted and they are very lucky he wouldnt fit in my handbag or he would have been home with us !!!

Welcome Sarah and Graeme, and thank you for volunteering with Pawz, we promise to only send you the nice doggies !! (yeah right ! )

Looking after a dog and then having to say goodbye as it goes to its new home is never easy, but although we find it difficult it is heartbreaking for my grandaughter Sophie. Dave and I have always felt it is really important for children to have a pet while they are growing up it teaches them to respect life and also shows them how sometimes putting others before themselves is a worthwhile thing to do.
Poor Sophie has fallen head over heels in love with every dog we have had in foster with us so far, and when I told her last week that Luke may be going to a new home she was inconsolable, I did wonder if it was fair to keep doing this to her , as it happens Luke is still here :) but when and IF he ever finds his forever home, after the initial grief at him going Im sure Sophie will be waiting for the next dog to come and make her fall in love with him too.
love from Linda and Luke x

Topping up the tan

Luke really loves this rug, we put it down for him when he goes in the garden it stops a bit of the grass contact on his sensitive skin and he treats the rug like a long lost friend every day, he rolls on it then licks it for 10 minutes then eventually settles down to snooze on it. As you can see he has filled out since he arrived, trouble is he is getting lazy so we will have to find some new activities for him. We thought we had found the perfect owner for him this week but a new more suitable dog arrived at the last minute so he is going to go live with the lovely gentleman instead. we are happy though because they are perfectly matched and I know they will be very happy together and thats what matters. so Luke is here for a bit longer, we of course dont mind, but it would be nice if he had his own forever home.

love from Linda and Luke x

Luke helping out

Luke came along today to help us at the aircraft museum, we had a great day and there were some fantastic exhibits, model tanks and steam engines .we met some lovely people and lots of animal lovers who were very interested in the work pawz for thought does.
we are looking forward to the jets and jeeps weekend where we will have a chance to dress up 40s style and go to the dance in the evening.
once again many thanks to the aircraft museum staff for the generous donation to pawz.

Back to the Aircraft museum

we will be back at the north east aircraft museum tomorrow 15th June to let people know about pawz for thought, if your out and about please come and say hello, I think the museum charges £3 entrance but its worth it, the Guinness book of records is there tomorrow as they are trying to see how many mini coopers can fit underneath the vulcan bomber, that should be worth seeing. please keep fingers crossed for good weather.
Love from Linda and Luke x

our day at the car show

The weather was fabulous for our day at the car show, unfortunately we were in a big tent so were melting by the afternoon. Lots of people were interested in the work Pawz for thought does, and hopefully we have spread the word a little bit further.

Because face painters had already arrived before us, we werent allowed to do it today, but the event organiser at the Aircraft museum has very kindly asked us to go back next week where there is a special Fathers day event and she has promised us a prominent position to display the boards and face paint to raise funds for Pawz. This fantastic lady gave us a donation of £20 and we are very grateful.

So if you are looking for somewhere to go next sunday, please come along and support us, and have a look around the aircraft museum, its a fabulous place , with loads of planes to look at and you can even sit in a couple.

P.S spot the spelling mistake on the T shirts. !!!!

Love Linda and Luke

see you at the car show

This Sunday 8th June, we are having an information stand for Pawz for thought at the Sunderland and District classic car show , Dave is a member of the society and will be there with our Hillman minx Hilda :).
This year it is being held at Sunderland aircraft museum, near to nissan and the three horse shoes pub ( great sunday lunches there!! )
We are hoping the weather is good and would love to see you there if you can come, there are over 200 exhibits of vintage cars vans bikes etc quite a few of which have appeared on tv , last of the summer wine , heartbeat etc.
Myself and my daughters will be at the information stand, Louise is face painting cat, dog and rabbit faces and we will be on hand to spread the word about the wonderful work Pawz for thought does for the animals, so if you do come, and we really hope you do, please come and say hello, we would love to meet you .
11. am - 5p.m sunday 8th June
Special thanks to the sunderland and district historical vehicle society commitee for allowing us to have the stand free of charge , it is very kind please support their fundraising for the air ambulance too if you can , thank you
Also thanks to Hustler fashion in frederick st sunderland for the fantastic t shirt printing, if you would like your very own Pawz t shirt or any other design you wish, please go and see Sean there and tell him Linda sent you, :)

P.S, I am very happy to report that Lukes foot is now healed beautifully and the antihistamines and low pollen count have given the poor itchy boy relief at last , Hurrah !!!!

Love to you, from Linda and Luke xx