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The joy of rescuing!
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2012
2,500+ Members!
Magazine created and edited by Tania & Peter Jones 2012 on behalf of DDB Welfare
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Our ‘Young
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Photograph
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Dogue -
Ahhh!
Practice your
relaxation!
Rescue Me!
Dogue’s who need to go
‘home’
Charlie! Finally found
‘home’
The Future is Bright...the
Future is........Peachy!!So who this lovely Cover Girl...Peachy??
Rougeamour On The Pull aka ‘Peachy’ (or Piglet, as she's often referred too!!) is daughter to ‘Soda la Rouge Diamond at Rougeamour’ & ‘Bruin's Bachelor’, grand-daughter to CH ‘Uxy Pugsy De La Tour Gelee’ & World CH ‘Moby De Legeane’.
She is nearly 5 months old. She is one half of 'IG-NORE' along with her sister Koo-gah. A nickname that best describes the pair of them!
She is one of 4 Bordeaux's that grace our home with their presence! She has a wacky personality and has the assumption that 'where my head and front feet go, my back legs will follow'.
Which is certainly the case when she's slipping in-between the fence slates and get-ting into the wrong side of the garden! I love her! Jenny Circuitt, Rogueamour Dogues
http://www.rougeamourdogues.co.uk/
Congratulations from DDB Welfare - she’s a beauty! Remember if you want your dogue fea-
tured in Dogue Magazine in the Summer issue keep an eye out on Facebook and the main
website for exciting details of competitions and events!
Index: Our Peachy cover girl....2
Bonnie by name, bonnie by nature....3
Troy Story...4-6
Poetry Corner...7-8
Dogue Whisperer, Nick Honor...9
Congratulations & Announcements...10
Dogue Traders...10
Young Hoochers Club Page....11
Dogue-Ahhh! (doggy yoga)...12
Rescue Me! Another success story...13
Dogue’s Needing Adoption & Fostering...14-15
Gone to the Bridge Notices...16
Advertising...17-19
Links and Information...Back cover
Dogue Magazine’s ‘Cover Girl ‘Winner!
Editors Message from
Peter & Tania Jones
Hello! Welcome to the new look
‘Dogue Magazine’. DDB Welfare hope
you enjoy the ‘fun’ side of this maga-
zine as well as finding the ‘serious’ in-
formation valuable. Please write with any idea’s you
have for the next issues and we will see if we can put
them in! Before we forget, a HUGE thank you to all
those who have agreed to let us put their DDB’s pic-
ture in the magazine and to those who have contrib-
uted articles and poetry etc. Most importantly, check
out the Dogue’s needing re-homing as you may find
your next best friend there. This magazine is not only
about Dogue’s it’s about the owners who would go to
the end of the world for their four legged family mem-
ber! So write to us soon! All the best, Tania and Peter
email: [email protected]
In the 12 years
I’ve been work-‐
ing in animal
rescue I can
count on one
hand how many
Dogue De Bor-‐
deaux’s I have
had the pleasure
of caring for. The
last DDB we took
in was a deeply disturbing and tragic rescue.
It was a few days before Easter 2010 when a beauDful
girl was rescued from a garage where she had been used
for repeated breeding. She had never seen daylight, nor
fed a proper diet, and she had severe mobility problems.
Despite intensive care she collapsed on Easter Sunday
and I nursed her in my arms whilst we waited for the vet
to end her suffering.
I suspect, as dedicated DDB
rescuers and carers,
this not an unfamil-‐
iar tale. Unscru-‐
pulous breeders
are something
that cause such
consternaDon to us
all, but when one
decided to throw
away a seemingly
dead new-‐born
DDB in the public liIer bin on their street,
the world soon got to know about it.
On the 17th October 2011 a wee hippo-‐
looking bundle arrived in our care.
We knew we had something spe-‐
cial to share and foolishly thought
it would be nice to set about updat-‐
ing the public on her story and development on our
Facebook site; a mistake I will never make again because
we were besieged by enquiries and hounded by other
breed-‐specific rescues who deemed us incapable of
hand-‐rearing a DDB.
Well, if I tell you that at
just short of 9 weeks of
age this liIle runt of a
pup weighed in at 8kgs I
think you’ll agree we
were more than capable!
But I learnt a very valu-‐
able lesson never to pro-‐
mote puppies like this
again and so when the Dme came to find our gorgeous
girlie a new home I wanted to avoid undue aIenDon and
knew exactly where to go for help.
The reputaDon of Dogue De Bordeaux Welfare is well
known and a credit to Doreen Joy who runs it. GeWng to
know Doreen was an absolute pleasure and it was so
refreshing to meet someone who set aside ‘poliDcs’ in
favour of animal welfare. I knew from the first
conversaDon I had with Doreen that our liIle
girl was desDned to find the right forever
home.
Doreen listened to the needs that our pup
had and carefully reviewed her waiDng list
and found a great match with a family in York-‐
shire. The family came to meet her and spent
two hours with us before taking her home.
Many tears were shed our end when she
le[ but we knew that Doreen had got it
right.
I cannot thank DDB Welfare enough for
all you do for these magnificent
dogs. Doreen is one in a million
and so are all her volunteers.
And please be rest assured, if
we ever have any more DDB’s come into our
care I’ll be sure to get in touch for your export support
and advice.
The name of the
pup?
‘Bonnie’
Because she truly
is by nature.
Bonnie by name bonnie by nature!By Susie Hughes - Manchester
After searching for a suitable companion for our girlie, in local animal rehoming centres, and fail-ing, we “googled” animal rehoming centres and came across the Dogue De Bordeaux Welfare site. As we had had no knowledge of the breed, apart from what we had seen with the film “Turner and Hooch”. I had a long chat with Doreen, and felt that at last we had met somebody who had the perfect mix of concern for our needs AND the Dogue that needed rehoming.
After filling in the application forms, we waited anxiously to see if we could be paired with a spe-cial Dogue.............not long after, Doreen advised us that after reviewing our application, Troy would be the best boy for us. We waited a while, as Troy was having an operation on his head – which the DDB Wel-fare paid for. After be-ing signed as fit by the vet – Troy came to our home.
We were very nervous as we waited for Gary ad Cheryl to bring him – we had bought a book about the breed, bought umpteen good-ies for him and were hoping that our girlie Staffie and Troy got along.....
Gary's van rolled up, and he opened the back doors......and there was an enor-mous Dogue de Bor-deaux, Troy. He looked confused at 2 daft strangers cooing over him. We immedi-ately went for a walk with Purdy and Troy – they clicked instantly. They went to the park, Purdy was running around him without a care in the world, whilst Troy was enjoying sniffing everything and look-ing. We came home ad the fun continued for Purdy and Troy – they were running around the
garden – Purdy was teaching him the rules, and Troy would run back to us for reassurance as if he was saying “this girl is a real nag” ha ha.
Gary and Cheryl left, only when we felt happy and comfortable with Troy – but to be honest, as soon as we met him, he stole our hearts.
Troy is a 3 yr. old Dogue De Bordeaux 69 cm tall, weighing 49kg – we don’t know the detail about his past but after watching him, and noting his reaction to some things we knew we had to take things slowly and let his trust in us grow, at his own pace. He would look straight into our eyes, and we could see he had a huge heart but a frag-ile soul that needed to be wrapped in cotton wool and cared for so much. He had been through a lot – in the space of a few months he had had 3 operations, a bad ear infection, a new home, new people to live with and was sharing his life with another doggie friend.
The first 3 nights he was with us, we slept on the sofa with him – so that he didn't panic or get up-set being in a strange place. Troy instinctively went to lie by himself, out of everyone's way. We let him have his own space, but we always talked to him, in a soft daft voice. He didn't react to his name, and he didn't react to us speaking to him
at all. We always hoped that this would change but knew he would come around in his own time.
We started to build our relationship together by going out walking – nor-mally twice a day. He got out of breath very easily, and it took him a while to recover from walks – and it was only when he was at the vet for something else, that the vet noticed a problem with his nose. One of his nostrils was completely blocked and the other was partially blocked. After an opera-tion – Troy was a changed boy. In fact, it was like a miracle.
Following his operation, He enjoyed his walks even more, and we started heading to the beach. He was very ex-cited, so many smells, sights and sounds – when he got home, he slept for
hours and hours. His walks got longer, and we introduced him to the town. Early in the morning when the Market trad-ers where setting up the stalls, we would meet his new “friends”, who stopped to ask questions
about him, stroke him and share stories about their dogs too. He loved this, and would lie at my feet, very very relaxed as the world passed him by.
We have a lot of friends and family around at the house – but we didn't include Troy in this initially as we didn't want to over face him too quickly. We wanted to keep him calm.
Troy loves going for car trips, he goes shopping with us and is included in pretty much everything that we do. We carefully made a note of people types and situations that made him very
frightened, and when we came across this, we tell him to sit, stroke him and kiss his head – and soothing him with our voice, talking to him all of the time. His fear would subside, and he would carry on as if everything was ok.
Slowly but surely, we started calling on family and friends with him – whilst on our walks. He would be met with treats and cuddles, and loved it. He now knows where his “friends” live, and will walk there without being prompted. He loves sneaking upstairs (well he thinks he is being crafty but he doesn't realise he is like a fairy elephant) at my mum and dads – it is like a treasure trove, and he brings little treats down to play with them. We all know that he has found something to play with because his heavy breathing due to excitement give the game way ha ha
Troy's training is coming on in leaps and bounds, and he is learning all of the time. He loves the 121 interaction, and adores my husbands best Manchago cheese that we use for treats. He is excelling at “sit, give me your paw, stay and lie down, thank-you, when we want him to leave something” – he is so enthusiastic and is over the moon when he knows he has done well and got “it” right – the look of concentration on his face is clear to see. We tried to play with toys with him, he wasn't really interested, and wondered what was happening, so we kept trying to play gently to let him know that it was ok. Purdy was the only one who could get him to play with toys interactively.
My husband and I could see that Troy was very, very slowly but surely coming out of his shell – he was like a fragile baby that needed his confi-dence building. Family and friends had com-mented that he was “flat” in his personality, meaning that he didn't show emotion unless it was in extremes i.e. nervousness or a playful Bambi with Purdy.....she was the only one who seemed to generate excitement.
Purdy and Troy's favourite time together is going to the beach – we go with my family's dogs – so there are 5 together, all girls apart from Troy, and they run, sniff, play and chase – they love it. Troy is allowed off the lead, only for a short time as we don't want to take chances as his “come to call” is
work in progress ha ha. Troy has a harem and all of the girlies love him.
In the rooms where we spend most of our time, we have a settee, and 2 armchairs – Zane and Purdy have the settee, and I have an arm chair. Troy had cleverly realised that one armchair wasn't used, so he claimed it for himself!! it didn't take long before he claimed the settee during the night too.
Troy has 2, sometimes 3 meals a day – he al-ways has chicken/beef in with his food and on a Sunday, he has a roast dinner – which he loves especially as his potatoes are made with beef dripping. He is currently weighing in at 58 kilos, and looks fantastic. He enjoys his pigs ear treats, beef and venison sausages, and chews. After watching Purdy have her breakfast, which we hand feed her – he decided that he wanted that treatment too, so now before he has his sausage and scrambled egg, he has 2 pieces of buttered wholemeal toast, hand fed....He is a tinker be-cause if any of the toast is “slightly well-done”- he spits only that bit out.
Troy has the most gentle mouth and when he takes food out of your hand, he is so careful and dainty, making sure that he doesn't catch your fingers. Then, after 3 months, we got the present that we had been waiting for.
Suddenly, our special boy has come out of his shell. He has started to get “cheeky”, and plays now. He comes with his toy to play “tug of war”, and places the toy in our hand, lap or head and his pupils are huge with excitement – he loves it! He always wins tug of war, and the game is over quickly – but he immediately brings it back for the game to start again. He enjoys a little game of football, and watching him with a chew, is amaz-ing as he leaps, chases and throws himself around until he settles down to the serious busi-ness of chewing!
He now wants to spend time with us all of the time, he no longer wants to be on his own. When we are sitting watching TV – he comes up along-side the chair and places his head on your arm/shoulder for a kiss and cuddle. He stays there until his body drops to the floor, for more strokes ad cuddles – and if you stop, he quickly taps you with his foot or head to carry on.
When I am baking or cooking, he is like my shadow. Troy lies along side me in the kitchen and I just step over him. Wherever we are, you always find Troy. Whenever we come into the room, he greets us very excitedly with a slipper, and he does the same when Purdy comes into the room too.
My niece Verity, who last saw Troy when he first came to live with us, met him again last week. She genuinely thought he was a different Dogue. When I told her it was Troy – she couldn't believe it as she said that Troy was like a big friendly and
cuddly Teddy Bear. She kissed his head and he stood leaning against her – waiting to go for a walk.
He has showers in the downstairs bathroom, and we dry him with a towel and hairdryer – he loves it. He now responds to our Daft doggie voices and moves his ears and his head from side to side – and he knows his name - and if I talk about him, he lifts his head as if to say “i know you are talk-ing about me you know”. He responds to the question “are you coming for a walk” with much gusto!
We are due to go on holiday in the new year, and so we have been frantically trying to find a special place for him to stay – we have searched all of the kennels, taking him with us so that we can see his reaction to the people and vice versa – as well as obviously looking at the accommodation etc. We have found a very special place, with people who adore Troy, and who he is happy with them too.
He has just been for his annual vacci-nations at the Vets – we were given the best com-pliment ever as the vet asked us what food we gave Troy – so I listed every-thing we gave him, and asked that vet if he thought that was ok – he said that Troy was in the most per-fect condition – his coat, muscles, body fat, eyes and teeth all tip top – he said that he didn't get the chance to say that about many pets.
As we feel that we have grown our special bond, we took him to West Lancs Canine Dog training for his assessment to agree the best training pro-gramme for him based on his personality. He ar-rived at the Centre, lots of dogs were barking ad running up and down their pens – but Troy didn't batter an eye – he was casual, and cool and stayed right by my side.
There was a lot of building work, and workmen in dark clothes carrying poles etc. and wearing hats – this is Troy's terror, he is genuinely petrified. The Dog Trainer assessed Troy during this pe-riod, and said that Troy's behaviour was defensive not aggressive – all he wanted to do was to let people see how big he was , and he hoped that they would leave him alone, if they didn't he would run away.
We spent some time as to how I should deal with it – and literally, within 3 minutes he had already improved. The trainer was very complimentary about the training that I had already started with Troy, but most of all, he wanted to take Troy home. He said Troy was magnificent, in every sense of the word and he was amazed that Troy was such a balanced and calm character. We walked around the people and their dogs in the training class, to see Troy's reaction – he was perfect, and even lay down when we where chat-ting.
The icing on the cake was when the dog trainer said that he was so impressed with Troy's personality, that he said if we were interested and Troy was happy, he would like us to aim to be part of the Dis-play team...... he is a su-perstar!!
I can honestly say, that when I reviewed what had been said, I had a tear in my eye that such sweetheart of a Dogue was being recognised for his spirit, ability and na-ture. We are all very proud of him.
Troy has ended the year on a high, and a very happy Dogue, and I can guarantee that his life will never take a downward turn and we look forward to many many years of enjoyment with our ex-traordinarily special boy.
Doreen, you are a super-star in every sense of the word. The work that you do is extremely significant and are improving the lives of many special
Dogues. We trusted you to make the right choice for us, and you didn't let us or Troy down, well done you. Xxx
Story and pictures by Diane Jennings -‐ 2012
T h e D o g S h o w
Tomorrow there’s a dog show, a very posh affair
And all the best dogs in the land will certainly be there
The high ones and the low ones, the big ones and the small
The shaggy and the smooth ones, the dog show has them all
They come from miles around to see, which one of them is
bestAnd every one of them is sure,
he’s better than the restAll washed and brushed and pampered, they really look so
fineAll together in the show ring as the judge walks down the line
I’m not allowed to enter; I’m a rescue dog you see
I don’t have a registration or a lengthy pedigree
I don’t have a fancy kennel name to engrave upon the cupThe other dogs would laugh at me, saying look, the silly mutt
It’s not that I am jealous of the
glory and the fameI’d rather be a hearth rug dog
and play a chasing gameYou see my mistress told me
that although I’m not that grandTo her I am the greatest dog, the
best in all the land
T h i s i s s u e c o n t r i b u t e d b y
J a n e P a r k e r
W h y ? Why do we need a rescue, I often hear folks say
A question i will answer in my own poetic wayDo you see that dog across the road?
The one who looks so thinHe’s raking in the bucket, for a scrap left in a tin
His owners both go out to work, they lock the dog outsideFrom nine to five or later, that’s the care that they provide
Now look down to your left there, down by the railway track
Do you see the little puppy with the scars upon his back?His owner is a violent man, who likes to punch and kickThe biggest scar is from the time he hit him with a brick
And when the man’s been drinking, and is looking for some fun
He burns the pup with cigarettes, then ties him when he runs
If you walk around the corner, and then on down the laneYou’ll come to an old steading, which doesn’t have a name
Inside there are some cages, filled with canines by the scoreThe stench is overpowering, it meets you at the door
These dogs are bred continuously ‘till they grow old and thenThe puppy farmer dumps them and the cycle starts again
Then you have the lazy owners who want a holiday
Now rover is a problem, he’ll just get in the waySo out the poor dog goes again, people do it all the time
Of course he ends up in the pound, and who will pay the fineIf he’s young or cute or pedigreed, a new home might be
foundBut what if no one wants him, will they have the dog put down
that couldn’t happen where i live, i hear you all exclaim
No person who lives round here, would cause a dog such pain
But each and every one of you, so smug and satisfiedCould hear if you just listened, to a thousand doggie cries
In your town, my town, everywhere, the cruelty’s all aroundIt only takes a moment to see what suffering can be found
Why do we need a rescue, was the question that you asked
The answers there for all to see, a never ending taskFor every happy, well fed dog, who is loved and cared for wellThere are ten or twenty canines, whose world is a living hell
If we can help a few of them to find a better way to liveThen our reward is plain to see, for the little time we give.
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YDedicated to all those who help
‘rescue’ a Dogue in need.
Before you get started on my top tips, I would like to briefly introduce myself. My name is
Nick Honor. I am a professional firefighter, dog trainer and canine behaviour consultant.
I have lived and worked with dogs all my life growing up in a home that bred and showed
Dobermans.
I have also kept several other breeds of dog over the years; Jack Russell's, Greyhounds,
Lurchers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers and of course Dogue de Bordeaux's. I have a par-
ticular interest in working with ‘growly’ reactive dog and I also assist with the National
Responsible dog owners campaign.
As a dog trainer/behaviourist and volunteer for the DDB welfare I am often asked for ad-
vice by owners on all things dog. But before I get started I would like to take this oppor-
tunity to thank all of you who are reading this and are thinking of, or have taken on the
responsibility of, providing a rescue dog with a new forever home.
Working as a trainer and behaviourist I know that at times it can be immensely challeng-
ing, but I also know that it will always be hugely rewarding. As owners, you should never
underestimate your importance as it is you that will make the difference when it comes to
training.
To help you do this I have listed a few of my top tips, please use any or all as you wish.
Be consistent with your cues and rules, humans are not good at consistency but our canine friends need us to be!
Start feeding your dog by hand (not in their bowl) by weighing out their daily food allowance and using each piece of food as a reward for training, 50 pieces of food are 50 potential training opportunities.
If your dog is not highly food motivated find out what motivates your dog. It could be a higher value food (liver treats), praise, toys, games or just sniffing! Use these motivators as rewards for your dog while training.
Teach your dog to respond to their name. I want you to think of their name as meaning "look at me". You can teach this sim-ply by saying their name and rewarding the look with a piece of their food or game etc.
Build a strong ‘watch me’ cue, work in a quiet place before moving into more distracting environments .
Make walks ‘training sessions’ rather than just walks. Keep your dog focused on you while out: practice recalls; change di-rections; cue sit; touch etc. Do this often and randomly throughout the walk.
Always start with low levels of distraction and build up to more challenging environments. Keep training sessions short in duration and always finish with a success, even if you have to drop your expectations a little.
There is no need to use physical punishments - they can often make things worse!
Have realistic expectations. Remember, our canine friends are all different!
Finally, what food you have been unable to hand feed, place into a ‘Kong’ or similar toy and let your dog have fun working for the rest of their meal!
The above exercises are to help teach the dog focus and are the foundations for all other training.
I would also like to take this opportunity to blatantly plug another charity I volunteer for and assist which is a fantastic char-
ity called the Medical Detection Dogs. So check them out if you can, you could help change a life.
medicaldetectiondogs.org.uk/)
So finally it leaves me with nothing more to say other than get out there and enjoy you dogs, they are truly amazing ani-
mals.
Nick (NHK9)
Dogue Whisperer
Nick Honor
In his capacity as a trainer Nick works and studies as an Associ-ate of ‘Jez Rose Canine Behaviour Specialist’ w w w. j e z r o s e . c o . u k Nick is also a trainer with the ‘Puppy Stars Puppy Training Acad-emy, so if you live in Bucks, Berks or Oxon c h e c k o u t www.puppystars.co.uk
‘ D o g u e ’ Tr a d e r sJ u s t f o r f u n !
C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s & A n n o u n c e m e n t s
This issue’s competition was for YOU to copy your
dogue! Well we think Alessandro did a fantastic
job of joining in with his Dogue Harley! They
both look like they really enjoy being friends!!
Well done Alessandro, your gifts will be with you
soon! :-D p.s. did that trainer taste good? hee hee hee!!
“Hello my name is Alessandro and Im 11.
We have Harley who we rescued a month ago and he's 3. His favorite food is frankfurters and biscuits as mum uses them to train him with and he gets really slobbery when he eats them. His favorite game is chasing an old trainer and chewing it making funny squeaking noises. My favorite food is homemade fried rice my mum makes and my favorite game with Harley is throwing his old trainer to make him chase it and shake it at me. Harley doesn't really pull faces so I have sent in two pics of me copying Harley!”
‘ Yo u n g H o o c h e r s ’ C l u b P a g e
S o m e t h i n g n e w e a c h i s s u e
Under 16? Ask mum or dad to sign you up to the fun and educa-tional ‘Young Hooch-ers’ Club by emailing Roxie at: roxanne_vandervliet@ yahoo.co.ukYou could be a winner in the next issue of ‘Dogue Magazine too! Full of fun, competi-tions, training tips, recipe’s and lots more!
‘Dogue-Ahhh!’
Beccy Shields D
DB
‘Hera’ -‐ 21 months
The Caterpillar
Diane Jennings DDB ‘Troy’ -‐ 4 yrs
Mystic Floating
The Resting Cobra Snake
Lisa Portelli DDB ‘Harley’ -‐ nearly 4 yrs
The Clock - 5:45
Rebecca Boocock DDB ‘Gracie’ -‐ Nearly 5 yr
Hidden Dogue - Crouching Dogue
Sarah Bowden Gardine
r DDB’s
‘Angel’ & George -‐ 3 yr
s & 7 mths
Tony Morale
e DDB ‘Sa
sha’
The Student DogueSarah Sexton DDB ‘Baloo’ -‐ 16 mths
The Butterfly
D. Joy DDB ‘Twinkle
’
by Tania and Peter Jones
Classic Dogue-‐Ahhh! (doggy yoga) How DDB’s prac@ce a relaxed life.
Tracey Lawton DDB ‘Bella’
The Thinking Buda
Th e G i raf f e Ha nd
Greeting the Sun
Jill Fraser DDB ‘Al-‐
fier’ -‐ Nearly 4 yrs
Back in January Tracey Lawton and Tania Jones
offered to ‘convoy’ a lovely DDB called ‘Charlie’
from Manchester to Wales.
The journey was wonderful with this poorly
treated lad. Poor Charlie was due to be put to
sleep but luckily the Dogue de Bordeaux Wel-‐
fare managed to find him a temporary foster
home.
Charlie certainly enjoyed his trip to a new life
and freedom. Since Charlie’s placement with a
‘foster home’ he has found a new for real home
and new family and we wish them many years
of happy memories together.
Rescue Me!
Happy ever after!
UPDATE: Some words from his new family.
Charlie relaxing in his new forever home
I would first like to thank Doreen and the team for their support, and for giving Charlie a second chance even though he is only half a DDB.
Here is his story. He is about 13 months old, he was picked up by a dog warden near the Yorkshire border. He was an aggressive and frightened boy and did not respond to people. He was under weight and left to roam the streets. It is the policy of Manchester Council to put an aggressive dog down.
The Warden spent 5 days with Charlie and found the scared puppy gradually gained his confidence. The Warden contacted the RSPCA, who in turn contacted Doreen at DDB Welfare. Because of her love for dogues, she agreed to take him on. I am sure many of you fol-lowed his journey to Cardiff on Facebook to his new foster home.
I fell in love with him an phoned Doreen as I had to have him. I needed a friend for my girl DDB Ekko, and he ticked every box.
He is now with us and we could not ask for a more loving dog. His training is going well, he just wants to please! If 'it' moves and breathes he LOVES it. He is a barker if he wants a cuddle.
Charlie is an English Mastiff x DDB and he is a handsome boy. He is real evidence that with love and understanding the best of any dog can be found!
Thanks again to everyone who helped to give Charlie a second chance.
Dogue’s Needing Adoption and Fostering
KIA needs a family- Call for information
on 07812357740
Dogue’s Needing Adoption and Fostering -2
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Our sympathy
and love for the Dogues’ that
have ‘Gone to the Bridge’
!
IF IT SHOULD BE - Darren Lund
If it should be I grow frail and weak,
And pain should wake me from my sleep,
Then you must do what must be
done, For this last battle can't be won,
You will be sad. I understand
Don't let your grief then stay in your
hand, For this day more than all the rest
Your love and friendship stand the
test. We've had so many happy years
What is to come will hold no fears,
You'll not want me to suffer, so,
When the time comes, please let me go.
I know in time you too will see,
It is kindness you do to me, Although my tail it's last has waved,
From pain and suffering I've been
saved
Do not grieve that it should be you, Who has to decide this thing to do,
We've been close, we two, these
years, Don't let your heart hold any tears.
!
P O E T R Y‘Freddie’ DDB Passed away at
Christmas 2011 with his family by his
side. Our sympathies to the family.
‘Titan’ DDB PTS 14th Feb 2012.
Took his family’s love with him over
the bridge. Our sympathies to the
Van Kan family
‘Neo’ 11 y.o. Boxer PTS 26th Jan
2012. Greatly missed by his family the
‘Lawton’s’ and Bella (DDB) his pack
mate.
If you would like to post a message of sympathy or in memorial please contact ‘Dogue Magazine’ at: [email protected]
The DDB Welfare was established in May 2007 by Bev Graham. This non-profit organisation was put in place for the Welfare of the Dogue de Bordeaux in the UK, and is hoped that this will help many unfortunate Dogue de Bordeaux who may need caring hands! We also wish to share our knowledge of the breed with anyone hoping to share their life with one!
If you intend or are thinking about starting your own breeding program, we are here to advise on what makes a responsible breeder! We know we won’t stop the breeding of these dogs, but if you get the correct advice from the start, take it on board, then at least you set yourself a high standard to begin with, hopefully ones you breed won’t end up on our ‘DDB in Need’ page, which is why we are also here to help and educate breeders too!
Today Bev is still the patron and founder of the welfare but due to the breed popularity and high puppy numbers her team has now expanded greatly. Headed by Doreen Joy (qualified dog trainer) now covers all four corners of the UK and more recently Ireland.
We have a huge team of volunteers from advice experts ranging from Top breeders, Pet Owners to Top Breed Handlers. We have a great transport team, Foster homes and of course assessors. Without all these people giv-ing up their spare time and hearts it would make our job extremely hard indeed.
Contact informa:on
• http://www.ddbwelfare.org.uk/
• Doreen Joy on: 07812 357740 - between Hrs of 9am and 6pm
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001288140271
• eBay: http://bit.ly/AhBtoY
• Dogue Magazine email for submissions and subscription: [email protected]
Our GoalEDUCATE OWNERS/
BREEDERSREHABILITATE &
REHOME DOGUE'S
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Peter & Tania JonesDogue Magazine Editors