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Update on the shelter

roof

Dividing wall collapses

causing panic and chaos

24th adoption trip

Ariel being fostered in

the UK—available for

adoption

Yoda being fostered in

the UK—available for

adoption

Many new arrivals

Thank you to Anita for

submitting her dream for

RSDR to win 5000 dol-

lars in the sunsuper

comp and thank you to

all who voted for RSDR in

that and the Bigheart

bingo comp.

Thank you to the Shu-

men Trust and Walker

597 Animal Trust for

their grants which have

gone towards the shelter

roof.

Thank you to the Dutch

team for holding a stall

at Dogday, to Julie for

completing her 1 mile

swim and to Sarah and

Alice for their sponsored

bike ride.

Thank you to everyone

else who has donated,

sponsored and support-

ed us. We couldn’t do it

without you.

July 2012 Issue 44 Foundation No. 175647065

RSDR

(Rudozem Street Dog Rescue) W W W . S T R E E T D O G R E S C U E . C O M

On the 19th July we said goodbye to 12 of our dogs who arrived at their new homes on the 22nd

July. Beth, Nikolas, Deejay, Pedro, Octan, Jamie Lee, Pepita , Joey and Shane all had new homes

to go to. Bruin went to be fostered in Holland and was adopted a week later. Harold was being

fostered by the mum of one of our UK team members but days later she decided to adopt him.

Ariel is being fostered by team members in Yorkshire, England and is still available for adoption.

Lovely Ariel is 5 months old and cur-

rently being fostered in Yorkshire.

Many things are new to her as she is

seeing them for the first time but she

is doing so well.

She is doing well with her basic com-

mands and gets on so well with the

three older dogs at her foster home.

Please contact us if you are interested

in adopting Ariel .

Work finally started on the shelter roof. Thanks to everyone who donated, we raised enough for two of three sections of the roof to be

done.

(Update 13th June 2012. We have now raised the 8000 for work to start on the first part of the roof, thanks to someone who

wishes to remain anonymous, donating the final 883 Euros needed. We still have to raise 16,000 Euros (8000 for each of the

other two sections) . Thank you to everyone who has donated and fundraised for us.

Update 18th july 2012. Thanks to a grant from the Shumen trust, the prize money from the Sunsuper and Bigheart Bingo competi-

tions and private donations, we now have enough money for the second part of the roof to be done.)

Thank you to Anita for submitting her dream for the funds for the shelter roof and to everyone who voted in both competitions.

A further 200 British pounds has been granted by Walker 597 Animal Trust . Details of other fundraising events are on the next page.

This will all go towards the third and final part of the roof which we desperately hope will be done before the Winter.

Unfortunately one of the dividing walls collapsed whilst the roof was being done. This caused an absolute panic as dogs had been

moved from pens just 5 minutes before the collapse. For a while we were unable to get through to the end shed because of all the

bricks, to check that the bricks hadn’t fallen that way in any of the pens. Fortunately they hadn’t and all dogs were unhurt. Part of the

other dividing wall was taken down safely the next day to avoid any accidents. Work does have to be done on the walls but the col-

lapse was unexpected and with so much to be done we have to raise funds for each and every thing and do what we think is most

urgent at the time. Some kind people donated when they heard about the wall collapse so we are hoping to be able to start making

some of the walls more secure using those donations. At the moment work has stopped as the builder is still waiting for the roofing

sheets to be delivered to complete the second stage.

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Work on the first part of the roof

First part of the roof completed

Old roof removed ready for the second part of new roof

After the top of the dividing wall collapsed.

Freeman and Quinty had

been moved from their pens

just five minutes before the

wall collapsed.

J u l i e l e w i s 1 m i l e s w i m

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Julie completed her mile swim at Salford Quays on the 1st july and raised ap-

proximately 607 British pounds for RSDR. I was in England visiting family at

the time so went along with Sam, Nikita and my sister to cheer Julie on. I don’t

think I did very well at giving encouragement during the swim as I spent the

whole time dashing about trying to work out which swimmer was Julie. Eventu-

ally I gave up and went to the finish spot to wait, only to find Julie already there.

She did great and at least we got to see her before and after the race.

Sarah Yeadon and Alice Morgan sponsored cycle ride through

Richmond park

Many thanks to Sarah and Alice who did a sponsored bike ride for us

on the 15th July. The sun was shining for them and they came very

close to a herd of deer during their ride. The girls raised 155 euros for

RSDR.

Dutch team have stall at Dog day 7th July Holland.

Many thanks to our Dutch team who had

an RSDR stall at this event in Holland.

126.25 Euros was raised and 42 euros

from charity bracelets sold by Ineke.

Samantha Rowles sponsored weight loss

Samantha is doing a sponsored weight loss which will last 5 weeks. The aim is to lose as

much weight in a healthy way over the 5 week time frame and raise as much money for

RSDR as possible. Start date 30th July, the final weigh in will be on the 3rd September.

After numerous short lived attempts to lose weight, Samantha decided this would be the

perfect way to motivate herself to stick to it and help a great cause at the same time.

If you would like to support Sam and help her to raise funds for RSDR, please go to her

fundraising page on the website

http://www.streetdogrescue.com/samantharowles.htm

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Hvidfod and Kirstie came to us on

the 27th june. Their mother is a street

dog that we feed when we see her but

still can’t get near her. She brought

the pups to Tony then turned and left

without them. Sadly Kirstie died

after her first vaccination

Baz was rescued by luke. He was in

the town one night and found the pup

all alone.

Franny and Fleur were dumped on the

grass verge next to the shelter. Both girls

had a very nasty infection and it has been

a fight to keep them alive. They both now

appear to be on the mend.

Crosby was brought to the shelter by a group of boys who

said they had found him alone in one of the villages.

Crosby had very bad bruising and swelling to his tummy

probably caused by a severe kicking. The poor little guy

also has a very nasty infection. He is being given rehy-

dration fluids and antibiotics and we are just praying that

he survives.

Someone asked liam and

luke if they could look after

his dog for a couple of

weeks while he was away.

Months went by and despite

all efforts to contact him, he

never came back for her. Mir

is a lovely friendly girl.

Haifa and Gracie were brought to the

shelter by an old woman. We tried ex-

plaining to her that we are very over

crowded and have no room but she put

down the cardboard box with the pups in

and just left.

Luke had seen this poor little pup in the

town. He couldn’t get near him as he would

run off screaming when he saw people. The

poor little boy was brought to the house after

he was hit by a car. He is in a very bad con-

dition but doesn’t have any serious injuries

after the accident. At first he would scream

and hide when he saw us but it didn’t take

long for him to trust and become a very

friendly little boy. He is at the house being

cared for by Kerry.

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Katya was handed to Tony in the town

one evening when he was on his way

back to the shelter. She is a friendly girl.

We had been feeding a female street dog for several months but

like so many others she would only come for the food when we

backed away. We knew she was pregnant and then nursing pups

but had no idea where she was hiding the pups. Unfortunately

when the pups reach a certain age the mother will either leave them

as they become rivals for her food source or the pups will follow

the mum into town. Many of them will then get left behind and go

into a blind panic. This is exactly what happened to eight pups that

we rescued in july. The pups were running about the town scream-

ing and their mum had left them.

Unfortunately there is a very nasty infection that is rife at the mo-

ment, possibly parvo which means the chances are very high of any

pup on the streets already having it or incubating it.

All of these 8 pups are being treated but sadly we lost Kisses after

just a few days.

Bootle Sasha Mungo Harry

Dixie Kisses Peaches Magic

Y o d a

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Two year old Yoda is still being fos-

tered in the UK and is looking for his

purrfect home. He is a lovely boy

with an amazing character. He is used

to dogs and gets on well with other

cats.

Flanagan

Many people will remember the story of Flanagan. He is one of a litter of pups that were cruelly left to die in a box in the

forest. They had been there for 3 days without any food or water before we were told about them. They were in the blazing

sunshine during the day and facing freezing temperatures at night.

Sadly two pups had already died when we found them. Gunner, Muffin and Flanagan were still alive but very weak and

unable to stand. Gunner and Muffin sadly didn’t survive. Flanagan was very ill with an infection and we really didn’t think

he would make it. This little guy astounded us all though. He went from strength to strength and it is with a mixture of

emotions that we finally decided that having had all his vaccinations, he is now available for adoption.