Wonder Paws Dog Training
We are delighted to announce that Wonder Paws in Bray, Co. Wicklow have offered a 10% discount off their full dog training course to any dog adopted from ASH. Wonder Paws offer everything from puppy playgroups, puppy training, adult dog training, and full details of their courses are available by clicking on their logo above or at http://www.wonderpaws.ie/
Flora Women’s Mini Marathon 2013
What a glorious day you all had for the womens mini-marathon! Thank you to every single one of you who took part in this challenge and “ran for rescue” … crossing that line thinking of our animals! Well done everyone – your help and support will go such a long way towards our continued care for our animals. Your efforts and contributions really do help us so much and it means a lot to all of us in ASH. Quite simply we couldn’t continue without people like yourselves helping us help them. We really needed a boost and you all came through for us!! Thanks so much!!! We’ve shared a few pics we’ve received below!
Thank you for your support at our sponsored walk
We’d just like to say thank you SO much to everyone who came along to support us, to walk ASH dogs and your own dogs in the most glorious day in a long time. We really enjoyed meeting and chatting to you all. It was so special seeing so many of our ex-pats looking so fit, well and happy and clearly loving everything life has to offer! Simply wonderful. As a direct result of all your help and support on the day we managed to raise a staggering €2,029 on the day. That’s amazing! A massive thank you to every single one of you for your support, it means such a lot to us all here in ASH! We’ve posted a few pics below of the day (click on pics to enlarge and if you’d like a better quality pic of any in particular please hover over the pic – get the pic number and email us at ashrescue@gmail.com and we’ll email these to you).
A food drop from Mars … (Mars Ireland that is)
Thank you so much to Mars Ireland who donated this delivery of food after we came along to help support the Pedigree Adoption Drive in Supervalu Palmerstown and Clarehall. Our Sadie and Dante we’re quite literally “all over it“. This is a great boost to us and we are so grateful to everyone in Mars for this donation and for holding their Pedigree Adoption Drive in the first place which we know will help so many rescue centres across the country. Thanks Mars!
A Wedding in ASH
This week one of our very dedicated volunteers will be getting married. All of us here are so excited for her and we wanted to take the time to thank Alice for everything she does for us! Alice went one step further and made a very generous donation to us today and will have ASH wedding favours. On behalf of everyone involved in ASH we want to wish Alice, Marc, Sean and their ex ASH dog Jagger years of happiness together and hope you and your extended family have a great day.
Thank you Supervalu Palmerstown & Pedigree Adoption Drive
A huge thank you to the Pedigree Adoption Drive team for their wonderful work, for asking about and listening to our stories yesterday. They were terrific and made a great team with our very own Helena and Laura (and Caroline who dropped in too) in Supervalu Palmerstown. We took along the newly named little pups Holly and Nicky (aka Jessie pups) as well as the lovely and totally and utterly adorable Jazzi (a double of our Willis) and our very own little film star, dote and poser extraordinaire … Dante. We are so very grateful to Supervalu for allowing us come along with a few animals on the day and for helping us share the word that adoption is the way! As we did our thing inside FM 104 were doing their thing and playing away outside in their huuuge truck all the while supporting the Pedigree Adoption Drive. Fantastic! OPT TO ADOPT!!!
Jasmine
Some of you will remember the very beautiful Jasmine. Jasmine was hit by a car a while back and had an extremely bad injury to her leg. It was a long and tough road to recovery but we are happy so say that she has pretty much fully recovered now … her leg can still be a little wobbly but nothing to worry about. We are also thrilled to say that this lovely girl only went and landed herself a wonderful new home. We all miss her here in ASH but it’s so great to know she is being looked after so well!
St Patricks Day draw … the result …
Everyone in ASH would like to wish all our friends, sponsors and volunteers a wonderful St Patricks Day. We hope you all were out there enjoying the day and having fun with family, pets and friends. Earlier this afternoon in ASH the draw took place for the jersey signed by the 2009 Irish Rugby Grand Slam Winners. At last we can announce that the lucky winner is …
Paudie Dowling with ticket No 0644. Huge Congratulations Paudie!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH to every single person who very generously contributed to this raffle. Each and every one of you have only gone and raised very close to €2,000 for our animals!!! That’s absolutely AMAZING … we couldn’t possibly have hoped for a better result and we (and our animals) are so grateful to all of you!!
“Remmmmiiiii … where’s the loaf gone??”
Our Angie was well and truly caught rapid after stealing some bread from the kitchen. We have to admit we were secretly quite proud of her at her very grand old age of 18 … she’s still managing to get up to a little mischief and maintain that “butter wouldn’t melt” look!! Awwww! We gotta love ya Angie!
A little bit of sporting history …
Tickets for this for this little piece of Irish sporting history are available to purchase ONLINE NOW!!!! Tickets will also be available to purchase up in ASH from next weekend and we hope also in a few pubs and clubs over the coming weeks (see below on how to get tickets).
Tickets cost €5.00 each or 3 tickets for €10.00 and every single cent will help us raise vital funds for our animals care.
This jersey is an absolute must for any Irish rugby fan …pub …club … or any sporting venue out there. The draw will take place on Sunday 17th March 2013 up in ASH (so not toooo long to wait). The winner will be notified and the winning ticket will be posted on our website/FB that evening!
Please help us raise some essential funds to help us help our animals and be in with a chance to win. Best of luck everyone!!!
Purchase online
1. Donate the amount for your desired number of tickets by CLICKING HERE
2. Email your donation details (and amount) to our volunteer Caroline on cad7@mac.com with your name and contact number (and also your address if you’d prefer us to post the tickets out to you). If you are buying tickets for other people/as a gift etc please specify in your email so we know what names to allocate to the tickets.
3. We’ll scan your [uniquely numbered] tickets and return via email to save on postage costs.
We’ll contact the lucky winner and will also post the winning ticket stubb on our website and FB.
Purchase tickets in ASH/other venues
Tickets will be available to purchase up in the centre from next weekend (9th February). All tickets are uniquely numbered so don’t loose your ticket … that’s the number we’ll post on our website and FB once the winning ticket has been picked. Please be sure to provide your name and contact number (wherever you purchase the ticket) so we can notify you also should you be the lucky winner.
BEST OF LUCK EVERYONE – WATCH THIS SPACE/FB TO FIND OUT WHO THE LUCKY WINNER IS ON
SUNDAY 17TH MARCH 2013
Jasmine
This week we got a phone call from a very nice lady to say she found a lurcher that is in desperate need of help it appeared the knuckle of her leg had been smashed and it may need to be amputated. So we knew we had to act fast and she brought Jasmine straight to our vet. After much examination and deliberation about what to do with her the vet decided the best thing to do was to plaster her leg in the hope that it may begin to heal. We can’t be sure whether this will work and she may in fact lose her leg. It might be a long road ahead for this little lady but for now Jasmine has settled into ash and is mingling well with the other resident dogs. If anyone out there would like to make a small contribution towards Jasmines vet bills we’d be so grateful. Jasmine needs a whole lot of help from us right now and we could really do with a little help from our friends to help her on her way to recovery and hopefully keeping her leg. If you can donate even a couple of euro towards her bills please do click HERE – every donation seriously does add up and every single cent would be such a support and relief for us.
YOUR LIPS CAN ONLY VOTE UNTIL MARCH – WE NEED YOUR VOTES! The Body Shop have sooo kindly agreed to donate €3.50 from every one of these lip glosses to a charity. There are 3 charities to choose from, one being ASH! Every penny really counts in ASH and especially at the moment, so if your lips need some lovin’ during this cold weather, please make your way to a Body Shop store and pick up your Lip Butter and don’t forget to vote for us. We would be super grateful if you saw fit to spread this generous campaign and donation from the Body Shop with your friends. Thanks everybody and thank you especially to The Body Shop. We are so grateful for their support and for being nominated for sharing that support.
New Facebook page
We have changed over to a Facebook page. We had no choice but to do this as we’ve had so many friend requests which we could not accept as our main FB page was full. We dont yet know the full impact for our main page and group page once we have changed over but full details will be on our website with links inviting you over to our new page. We will only be maintaining one FB page from now on – our group page will be removed soon too. Thank you everyone for your patience. (When/if you like our page please be sure to also add it as one of your “interests” – all under the Like tab – so you will see our postings in your newsfeed)
Rudi, Candy and Muffin pup 5 make their TV debut
To see Helena, Remi, Candy, Muffin pup 5 and the lovely Rudi on TV3 Ireland AM yesterday please click HERE TO WATCH
A very sad but true Christmas tale
2 days before Christmas there was a knock on the door and when we opened it there stood a lady carrying little 2 dogs. She asked could Remi please come out as there were more dogs to be rescued. Approx 20 minutes from us, there was an old car in a yard with a number of dogs in it, one very pregnant girl in the front seat and one mother with 3 pups, one of which was dead on the back seat. There was no water in the car and there was a thick layer of faeces – the smell was horrendous. Remi knocked on the door which was answered by the partner/girlfriend of the man who owns the dogs. She was asked to surrender the dogs or face prosecution as the animals lived in appalling conditions. Although she claimed not be involved with these dogs at all she agreed to come out and look and had to admit that cruelty was being committed. She chose to surrender the dogs rather than wait for the Gardai to arrive. As the dogs were being taken out and when they thought they had them all they heard a noise from the boot of the car. To everyone’s shock when it was opened there was another little dog with 6 young pups locked in there!! There was no water or bedding there either. They were all crawling with fleas and filthy. In total 13 dogs were taken from the car and the heavily pregnant girl has since given birth to 5 pups.
The Christmas season is always our toughest time of year and our resources are already so stretched. We are really hoping that we might get some assistance from the public on this one and would be so very very grateful for any donations no matter what size to try to help us get through this. Donations can be made in a number of different ways by clicking HERE
We will keep you posted on their progress (some are posted on our rehoming pages). Thank you so much for helping us help them!!
Cold caller …
Last night Willis barked his “seriously Helena and Remi something is not right out there” bark … they rarely hear it but know it well. So, Remi went/was sent to the door to find out what was going while Helena had her hand on the phone. Remi opened the door and a big lurcher/greyhound shot past him before he could move. He went straight into the kitchen dripping blood everywhere … he probably wanted to be anywhere but outside in the dark after his ordeal. (Please be aware the image is graphic and upsetting)
We phoned our vet “emergency” and the short of the story now is we have a handsome lurcher who was obviously and clearly abused and used for either badger baiting or dog fighting. We honestly can’t say whether he will survive with his injuries (open to infection) but when we look at such an accepting dog we wonder who on our earth could have done this or let his happen to him?
We would be so grateful for any donations no matter what size to help us cover the costs of his vet bill. Thank you so much.
Happy Christmas everyone
Everyone in ASH Animal Rescue would like to wish all of our wonderful and amazing volunteers, sponsors and friends a very Happy Christmas – one that’s full of lots of laughs, love, luck and of course licks … You are all special to us and without your support we just couldn’t continue to help the animals in our care, today tomorrow and in the future … Thank you SO MUCH! Happy Christmas to you and yours!
Such a special donation of food for our animals!
Yesterday we were overwhelmed when Natalie, Alan and John came up with a very special surprise for our animals. They and their friend Suzanne (who adopted her little fella Paws from ASH many years ago) pooled together and with their funds they went to great extents to try to make their funds stretch. They did remarkably well .. it was something quite special to see them arriving in ASH yesterday with 2 cars packed to the brim! These pics don’t even show all the stuff on the left – cat/dog beds and treats and even more food! It took conveyor belt type assistance from our volunteers to get it all into our storage. Just knowing that people like Natalie, Alan, John and Suzanne would go to such great lengths for our animals makes us feel not so alone and it really means so much to us all. It certainly made Helena and Remi’s day not to mention all the volunteers who were there too! Thank you guys! Happy Christmas to you and yours and thanks so much for thinking of us and for helping us out in these tough times! We are so very grateful
Daisy is hoping for a temporary foster home …
We have an exceptionally special request for a loving foster home for about a 4-6 week period? We’re really hoping that someone special will get in touch asap and offer Daisy (an Irish terrier) a foster home. Tragically Daisy and her family were utterly shattered at the sudden death of the Dad in their home. Mum is now returning to the UK with her young kids and just needs that time to get her affairs in order before returning for Daisy.
Daisy’s family are neighbours of ours and it would mean such a lot to be able to help them out in this time of need by finding Daisy a foster home. Daisy is very good with children and loves nothing more than a cuddle. She will need a fenced in garden as she like to chase cars. She’s not really familiar with cats or other dogs so its not really known how she would behave.
Her family would love nothing more than to bring Daisy who is part of their family with them but it’s not possible at this time for various reasons. Can someone out there take care of their little Daisy until they return for her in a few weeks?
If you think you can offer Daisy a temporary and loving home please give Helena a call directly in ASH on 059 647 3396. If you have trouble getting through on the phone please bear with us (it can be extremely busy during the day and we may be out and about looking after the animals) as always, failing that please do email ashlm@eircom.net and head up the email DAISY. Thank you SO much.
St John
We rarely get the chance to share such happy news … but we’re delighted to say that our most adorable, lovely, gentle and gorgeous St John has just been rehomed!!! 6 years ago St. John was discovered in a ditch by a farmer and Remi went out to rescue him. He was severely undernourished and had infected soars from lying on concrete (his shoulder bone was visible through his skin) but our vet saw potential for recovery and after many small meals, long rests on his duvet and lots of love and care he recovered amazingly. For years he was overlooked but we never gave up hope that St John might get a home but it would have to have been a pretty special home at this stage. He then got older, his chances got slimmer and was now very much part of the ASH family and settled here. However a special home did get in touch and we can happily say that despite all odds he has now found his perfect home which we are happy with and were thrilled to bits. Everyone here including all of our volunteers miss him to bits but its gotta be worth the sadness not having him here just knowing how happy he is and will be in his new home. Miss you St John, be happy lovely boy!
The latest arrivals in ASH …
Fly (a lovely Collie girl who was recently surrendered to ASH) has given birth to 5 boys and 3 girls just last night. Its far too early for pics just yet but we will post a few and some updates as soon as they are ready. Mum and pups are all doing very well.
Animal Safety Halloween 2012
Halloween is an exciting and fun time of year for kids and many adults too. We should also remember that for the majority of our animals this time of year can be quite traumatic and stressful. So please paws for thought and let’s make this Halloween a safe and secure one for all. We have put together a few points to consider for your animals which you can read HERE. We hope all our friends, volunteers and supporters (and their pets) have a happy and safe Halloween 2012.
Frank & Howard’s TV debut
For those that missed us on TV3 click on the link below and see our gorgeous old Boxer Frank and the little adorable Howard (Jack Russell) who, together with some lovely little cats made their TV debut. All of these lovelies are really hoping their big break will come soon and that someone, somewhere will see how special they really are and will take them home forever. Please come and visit Frank, Howard or any of the cats this weekend. We’d love to introduce you!
OUT NOW! Our Christmas Cards 2012
We have a fantastic range of Christmas cards available to order NOW! A pack of 4 cards costs just €4.00 (please add €1.50 p&p – or €2.50 for non EU postage). 3 packs of 4 cost just €10.00 (please add €2.00 p&p – or €2.50 for non EU postage).
Every single cent goes directly back into our sanctuary and caring for our animals welfare and ongoing daily needs.
Please see below for our wonderful cards which are available this year (huge thanks to Aisli in DesignBos).
If you would like to send us a cheque for your order please make it payable to ASH Animal Rescue and include a completed order form (download HERE).
Alternatively you can donate online HERE and attach our order form by email (or if you’re happy with a mixed bag just let us know how many … and send us your contact details) at ashlm@eircom.net
We hope to post a few names of people who have kindly offered to stock our cards below as soon as we sort out the logistics. Thank you everyone! All donations REALLY do help us get through this exceptionally tough time of year and your support is invaluable to us.
Our cards are currently on sale in Hound Haven Dog Groomers, 1 Main Street, Carnew, Wicklow.
Molly
We are delighted to say that Molly has secured herself a fabulous loving new home where she will be cared for by great people. Fantastic news! We have had so many requests since we posted Molly and her story that we thought we should post on our news site too … thank you all for asking about Molly. We are thrilled to say that Molly will be happy, safe and loved in her new home now! Fab!
RIP Molly-no-Touch
It is with great regret and sadness to have to tell you all that we lost our much loved Molly this morning.
Molly came into ASH and into our lives in August 2003. She was found with a litter of 5 new born pups by the road side. Her puppies all became well socialised and happy and all went to their homes.
Molly wasn’t like other dogs though, she would only walk around or go into the yard when nobody was facing her, we all had to turn our backs. She didn’t want eye contact ever and neither did she want to be touched, hence her name.
Our vet thought she was 5-6 years old when she came to us. Luckily she was a very healthy dog and never had a bad day before. It was always our big worry that she would need treatment or medical care which she would have hated.
She seemed fine on Saturday but didn’t eat well. Yesterday she seemed happy in the yard with her friend Percy. But she didn’t eat yesterday either and did seem off colour. She didn’t protest when Helena gave her a heat pad for the night and draped a fleece blanket over her. She drank her lifeaid electrolites during the night and seemed very quiet this morning.
Then, while we were discussing and setting out our plans to get her to the vet with as little upset to her as possible, she just passed away … peacefully and quietly. We are grateful for that at least.
We miss our little girl though. St. John her best friend and also Percy, who she loved and trusted so much will also miss her so much.
RIP Molly-no-touch, our friend forever.
The Four Marys
We have four new hens in ASH now (“the four Marys“). They came from a battery farm where they are kept for a specific length of time after which they stop producing as much eggs and are generally slaughtered. Thankfully an great woman in Wexford saved a huge number of hens and is now setting about trying to home them all. She fantastically managed to home quite a few already but still has over a whopping 1500 yet to be homed. This is a lot of pressure on her trying to find homes and feed them all. ASH and a few of our volunteers have already rehomed some but there is still a lot more to go yet. We were hoping that if we put their story out you could spread the word and perhaps even a few of our friends out there might be in a position to adopt a few. If you’d like to find out more or would like to help in some way please get in touch with Helena and she can tell you more about these lovely wee hens and how to help. Thanks a mil!
Help allow volunteers take pics of animals in the Wicklow pound (it could be yours missing)
We’ve met the people behind a recently established group on Facebook called “Chance” and we’d like to let our friends know about their efforts just to be allowed to take photos of the dogs in Wicklow pound!! They are only asking for permission to take photos and to get to know the animals personalities and then through the help of facebook and the internet put up pictures and a description of the animals to try and save lives which might otherwise be lost.
It doesn’t cost anyone a single cent (except of course for the volunteers time and efforts). Chance have a tough road ahead of them and we support them – if this posting helps them and the animals in some way we are more than happy to help. Chance have posted an free online petition for anyone who would be so kind as to sign up and help get Chance get behind the Wicklow pound closed gates to take these pics and give the animals a CHANCE.
We can all chip away and do our bit to make animals lives better but any animal pound ignoring offers to help is very hard to understand. Any assistance you can offer to make the pound and councillors understand would be terrific and help us help everyone help our animals… thank you.
Pleeeease help … we need your newspapers!
We are running very very low on newspapers supplies for our pups and other animals. We would be so grateful if people could drop up any old papers (but not magazines). If your school or employer could manage or muster up a drive to get us supplies in the next week or so it would be fantastic. We really do rely heavily on people organising collections of newspapers and our young animals in particular benefit from them. Anything at all you can do to help boost our dwindling supplies would be amazing. A Sunday Times alone would cover a pup for a day (the size of it!!) Thank you so much!
Thanks to Twomeys Supervalu in Deansgrange
Thank you to Barbara and everyone in Supervalu in Deansgrange who allowed us bag pack on 28th July. All of our volunteers met so many lovely people throughout the day. Many rescued animals themselves (including from ASH) and there were many others who knew friends who had rescued animals. The time absolutely flew by and everyone who volunteered left feeling uplifted by peoples comments. So, if you popped by on the day and had your bags packed by us thank you and a massive THANK YOU to everyone who made a donation too. We raised just under €500 on the day and everyone volunteering left with a little smile on their face. Thanks everyone who shopped in Supervalu Deansgrange that day and thanks Supervalu Deansgrange for your support for our animals!!
Please help us win 5,000 euro of food for our dogs!
In order to launch Pedigree Ireland’s new Facebook page they have started a competition which could win a rescue of their choice €5,000 food. This would be an amazing boost and a real life saver for us here in ASH. In order to enter you have to “like” their page and give your email details and name the rescue of your choice to receive the food. If each of our friends and volunteers could “like” this through their FB link, you never know? Its worth a shot and for certain the food would be a real lifesaver for us. Please click on the link below (we think you need to be on FB – but if you are not and it worked please let us know at ashrescue@gmail.com so we can tell everyone!) THANK YOU!
If you are in the area please show your support
TV3 debut for a few of our lovelies!
Ahh … how lovely was it to see little Lucky Daiz, her pups, Millie (super mum) and her adorable adopted kitten Minnie and also Stew the rabbit … making their TV debut! Click here to watch
RIP little lovely Buck Rogers
Yesterday was so tough for everyone in ASH. We lost poor little Buck Rogers. He left us very peacefully but we are all gutted, we did everything we possible could for the little fellow but it was not to be and we are feeling the defeat very acutely. RIP little boy.
Update on Buck
We are so sad to report that the news on Buck is not good. We’ll never really know just how long he was by his mothers side before he was picked up but poor young Buck had pneumonia and we’re not sure he’s going to be able to pull through from this. We are fighting for all we’re worth to try to save him but he’s not drinking at all and heartbreakingly the vets prognosis is not good. Please spare him a thought.
Buck Rogers
This poor boys mother was knocked down and killed on a road near Rathdrum. Little Buck stayed with her and was found loyally right by her side. A local man brought Buck to us. We are trying to find the best place for Buck to spend his days and will keep you posted on progress. Yesterday we posted an urgent request for goats milk on Facebook for Buck and couldn’t believe the response we received. Its absolutely amazing to see how kind, generous and supportive people were! So thank you to everyone who responded! You were brilliant. We know from the response on our request that Buck is not on his own and neither are we. Thanks so much everyone!
We’ll keep you updated on Buck
but would just like to thank everyone again for your support! We really needed you then and you delivered. THANK YOU!
Ash (one of the Newman pups)
Aww … looks like one of our little Newman pups “Ash” has settled in well in her new home with a friend keeping a special eye on her! We’re thrilled to see her starting off her little life so happy, safe, comfortable and loved by her very new best friends!
Romeo needs a home
We have been contacted by the people who found this beautiful dog, Romeo to try to help in their quest to find him a new home. Romeo has been posted on our lost and found pages (and elsewhere on found pets pages) and no owner has or seems to be forthcoming. This lovely dog is a young Husky cross and very friendly but is probably in need of some training as all dogs do. He will sit and lie down and rarely barks. He likes playing with a ball and wants to socialise with other dogs. The people who found him need to find a home for him as soon as possible as they already have a male Samoyed and 2 cats in the home. Please do consider getting in touch with them directly if you think you could offer this dog a lovely home (0872515995). Thank you.
Mini-marathon/RDS last weekend
Thank you again to everyone who supported us during the Womens Mini Marathon and to those that came along to meet and support us in the RDS last weekend. You all lifted our spirits by telling us about the animals they adopted from us, sometimes as long as 10 years ago. We did a little raffle and the winning ticket was 146 to150 and it belongs to Maureen Caffrey. Congratulations Maureen and thank you again everyone!
Thank you for your support
Thank you so much to everyone who came out on such a glorious day yesterday to support our annual dog walk. Your support means a lot to us and all our animals. We are so grateful for all your support, donations and sponsorship.
Quite a few of our ASH dogs spent a day to remember with people they will never forget … they got all the love, attention and hugs that all animals deserve. We hope that the big day will come soon for some of these lovelies … like Jake, Glenda, Karen, Baz, Martha, Guinness and Droopey & Casper and others. We can’t wait for the day they walk proudly through our gates and into the hearts and homes of that someone special. Thank you so much everyone! Lots of pics below – please click to enlarge …
RIP our lovely Holly
There are simply no words and there is no easy way to say this but we have to announce that today we lost our lovely Holly!! Everyone in ASH is devastated. Holly hadn’t been well over the past few days and it was clear she needed to be assessed so we called in the vet. The vet was in no doubt that to not let her go would have been wrong. So we had to agree to let our lovely big beautiful girl go. We knew she was an old gal especially for a giant breed like hers … but she was just so youthful looking – her gorgeous big face was still like a puppies … we adored her! Everyone that visited loved Holly did. We always hoped that we could spend a little more time with her. That wasn’t to be and its such a sad day up in ASH today. Even all the dogs are subdued and quiet. Holly is buried with Babybear in the paddock. RIP Holly, we’ll miss you!
Oldies n’ Goldies
We’re hoping to launch a “oldie but goldie” day very soon to highlight some animals who have been here too long for no known reason. They are perfectly rehomable but might just have been overlooked because they were too small, too big, too slow, too fast, too yappy, too happy, too fat, too skinny or just too old – who knows really – we certainly are not sure! One or two might have minor issues which would be easily dealt with by the right owner. Whatever reason they do deserve their own special chance to shine. We’ll lead up to this day by posting profiles of the animals on our website and on FB.
We haven’t yet set a date because we’re hoping in the meantime to talk to PHOTOGRAPHERS and anyone else who might be willing to volunteer their time, talent, skills and advices in order to prepare for this big day for these guys. We already have a few professionals willing to volunteer their services for grooming and training on the lead up … and we hope some of our regular volunteers will consider coming up that day to share their own experiences with these animals. If you think you can help us help them and volunteer your services for this special day please get in touch with our volunteer Caroline at cad7@mac.com and/or you can also get in touch directly with Helena at ashlm@eircom.net. THANK YOU!!!
Sheila the Yorkie and her little feline friend Tinkerbell
Fantastic news! We have found a home for little Sheila the Yorkie who featured recently on TV3 – but not only that her little blind cat friend Tinkerbell was also homed too! Thank you so much to their new owners! For those of you that missed that episode on Ireland AM (TV3) please just click here .
Government Grant
We are so happy to announce that Minister Simon Coveney has confirmed that we will receive a government grant of 15k this year. Every single cent will be carefully spent towards the welfare of the animals in our care. Thank you to everyone involved.
Christmas Cards 2011
We have a wonderful range of Christmas cards available NOW! All proceeds will go directly into our sanctuary.
A pack of 4 cards costs just €4.00 (please add €1.50 p&p). Please add €2.50 for non EU postage.
3 packs of 4 cost just €10.00 (please add €2.00 p&p) Please add €2.50 for non EU postage.
Our cards can be bought online by making a donation for the total amount you are purchasing. Please remember to include post and packaging and then send us an email at ashlm@eircom.net with your name, address and card preferences (if any – while stocks last). We will post out ASAP! …alternatively you can pick up cards at the sanctuary (we always love to see our friends!).
OUT NOW Anniversary Calendar
click on images to enlarge
Never again will you forget a birthday, anniversary or any special annual occasion if you’ve got one of our anniversary calendars hanging on your walls!
The calendar features some lovely pics of some beautiful animals including quite a few ex ASH animals (including one or two pics of our permanent residents by popular demand). You’ll never have to take the calendar down at the end of the year as it will last forever and hopefully it will be a constant reminder of those very important dates in your lives!
The calendar will make a great stocking filler for any animal lover out there. We’re hoping that everyone including our friends, supporters, sponsors and volunteers alike might consider getting a calendar for their friends and families this Christmas? Maybe your own pet has featured in the calendar or perhaps you’ve spotted a friends pet in the calendar (if so please do let them know so they won’t miss out!!)
Every single cent from the sale of this calendar will go directly to ASH. This is a time when we need funds more than ever before especially as we head deep into the cold winter months when times can be extra hard on all of us in ASH.
How to order
You can order by firstly donating online at http://ashanimalrescue.com/ash/?page_id=115 and then saving our order form (click here) and sending this attached to Helena at ashlm@eircom.net (please head up the email CALENDAR ORDER). We’ll get the calendar(s) out to you as soon as we possibly can.
OR
You can print and complete our order form (click here) and then post it/drop it up to us here at ASH Animal Rescue, Cornan, Kiltegan, Co. Wicklow together with a cheque made payable to ASH Animal Rescue.
Please spread the word about our calendar because we really need the support right now. We’ve got so many animals in our care at the moment and we hope that most of these can very soon share the experience of many of our ex-pats and that they too can hold their head up high and walk proudly alongside their new best friend and feel safe and happy without a care in the world.
“Elvis has left the building”
Elvis is now absolutely loving his new home. We hear he’s great with everyone, kids and adults, the lot! Go Elvis.
If you ever were lucky enough to meet Elvis you’d find it hard to imagine him not being good with anyone though. He always loved a good cuddle and he was never grumpy (considering). He’s as good looking as Elvis (dog wise) and is just as cuddly as your favourite teddy bear – and he’s missing an eye too! Elvis lives and rocks!!!
Greeting Cards
We’re happy to announce that our new greeting cards are now on sale. The inside is blank and they can be sent on any occasion whether its a birthday, an anniversary, get well wishes or even if it’s just to let someone know you’re thinking of them. All proceeds from these cards go directly into the sanctuary and taking care of our many animals.
We are selling 6 cards for €5.00 or you can buy individually wrapped cards at just €1.00. Please add €1.50 for p&p
Card 1: White smiley dog with front cover caption saying “with love”
Card 2: Kitten with front cover caption saying “just to say”
Card 3: Lab with front cover caption saying “Be happy, be healthy, be surrounded by loved ones”
Card 4: Shaggy dog with front cover caption saying “thinking of you”
Our cards can be bought online by making a donation for the total amount you are purchasing by clicking here. Please then send us an email at ashlm@eircom.net with your name, address and specify if you have any card preferences (ie card 1, card 2 etc). We will post out ASAP! …alternatively of course, you can pick up cards at the sanctuary or at any of our upcoming events.
Thanks again must go to Aisli at DesignBos who donated her own valuable time and expertise into designing and producing the cards for us!! Amazing!
Remember Steve?
In August 2009 this beautiful and lovely lurcher, Steve, was knocked down by a car in Carlow. Since then Steve has been through many highs and many lows. Very recently poor Steve had undergo surgery to amputate his leg. To find out more about Steve and his progress please click on StevesStory
Elvis
We got a call from a lady in Aughrim who had brought home a little Shih Tzu that was straying around her work place. She brought him in to us this morning and immediately we knew we had to put him in the ambulance and take him straight to the vet. This poor little dog was in a very bad way.
He required emergency surgery. The vet had to remove one of his eyes and clip away some of the worst of his matted coat. He isn’t a young dog and will probably never be as pretty as we’re sure he once was. Right now we’re hopeful that he will survive and retain some eyesight in his remaining eye which doesn’t look to be in good shape either.
We’ve experienced a few bad cases in the past, Cuddles being the most recent. She came through all her horrors and is now living in and loving her new home. We’re hoping and praying that this dog, who we’ve called Elvis, will get through this too and will be able to enjoy life albeit with limited eyesight. Please be warned that these photos are very graphic and quite disturbing. Photos
Right now we’re desperately calling on our friends, sponsors and volunteers and hoping that each of you donate just a few euro (see details above) to help us help Elvis and help us pay for his vet fees. Every euro adds up and but we seriously need you to help us help Elvis.
Thank you so much. We’ll keep you posted on Elvis’ progress.
Patch
Patch was named by the staff of Servier in Arklow. He’s a stray that found his way to the company restaurant every day for the past few weeks. He was very thin when he first came and although they could see improvement in his physical state he never became tame enough to get near him. Remi and I went out and we managed to bring him to safety. He’s now here where we can look after him and keep him safe. He’ll need a lot of looking after, time to get used to and trust people and loads of TLC. We promise Patch that that’s exactly what we’ll give him (and some) and we’ll report soon his progress.
We’d like to say Thank You to staff of Servier who cared for him and helped us bring him in to safety.
Bob
Bob was surrendered to us last week and needed a bit of a shampoo and some clipping. Today our fab volunteers, Jackie from England and Siv from Sweden got stuck straight in. He now looks a million dollars. Bob is just over a year old and has already been booked! So fingers crossed Bob will soon be leaving for his new home. Thanks Jackie & Siv who really made Bob look his best for any visitors!
Thanks for supporting our recent Street Collection
Thankfully the weather held up during our street collection on Grafton Street and Stephens Green last weekend. A huge thanks to our volunteers who kindly donated their time and efforts into making our street collection a success last weekend, not forgetting the lovely golden retriever volunteers, Laurel, Hardy and Charlie Chaplin and beautiful lurcher Sarah! Thanks also to every single person out there who gave generously and helped us raise much needed funds for our animals. We really appreciate your support especially during these times which aren’t easy for any of us!
Women’s World Exhibition in the RDS
Ash took part in the Women’s World Exhibition in the RDS where thousands of ladies, often with their families, came to collect their start numbers for the Flora Mini Marathon. We raised just under A Thousand Euro for the animals.
Thank you to all the people who supported us there. Big Hug to all the volunteers who made it happen by either helping out in Ash or in the RDS. Also a big Thank you to Kathryn Crofton who joined us on Saturday and Sunday, promoting her great book ‘Circles in the Sand’ about a rescue dog but also about the people who shared this dog’s life at different stages. Seven different ‘animal groups’ benefit from the sales of this book. Kathryn you were a rock.
We also held a raffle and here is the number of the winning ticket: 74 Sorry for those who didn’t win, but thank you for your support and please remember it is the animals who are the winners.
Some pics from our sponsored walk
click on images to enlarge and you can also check out the TV3 footage of the day here
http://www.tv3.ie/videos.php?video=36448&locID=1.65.74&page=5
Thank you for your support at our sponsored dog walk
We’d just like to say a huge thank you to everyone who very generously contributed to our sponsored dog walk and also to the many people who came along. Thank you must also go to the volunteers who helped get things ready, helped out on the day up in Laragh but also to the volunteers who very kindly kept things ticking over back in ASH while we were in Laragh. The event raised vital funds for our animals and we thoroughly enjoyed meeting all of you and your dogs. We hope you enjoyed the day as much as we did. We’ll be posting pics on the website during the week and also on our Facebook pages. If you’ve any pics you’d like to share please email us at ashrescue@gmail.com! We’d love to see/share them. Thanks again everyone – your support is invaluable to us!
Moooove over Jan and Nikki
For the past few days Nikki and Jan have had a new friend staying over. She’s part of the dairy herd that lives across the road. She must be dry at the moment and so she doesn’t need to go home for milking. Our boys are happy enough to have her and are not complaining … so all’s happy out in our field!
PS has anyone noticed exactly how many heads are in this photo? We just spotted this oddity! Can you?
Tonto
We recently looked for a home for a lovely dog called Tonto who through no fault of his own was in need of urgent rehoming. Sadly Tonto’s owner was no longer able to care for him due to serious illness. We are thrilled to say that someone came forward and have now taken Tonto into their home. We’re so happy not only knowing that Tonto is now living with a good family but also that his owner can rest assured knowing that his little Tonto is being loved and cared for.
We miss you Baby Bear and Snowie
It has been a very difficult couple of weeks in ASH. We have lost two of our permanent resident dogs, and friends … Snowie and Baby Bear. Its very hard to take!
Snowie (who wasn’t white) lived to a ripe old age and spent her final years in our living room with loads of company, between people, foxes, cats and the other dogs. She had a long life and we are thankful she shared her final years with friends. Hard as it is to take that we have lost Snowie, we have to accept that this is aging life as we know it.
But to have lost Baby Bear, it’s very hard to take … she wasn’t quite 5 years old yet. I’m still crying having to share the news. Baby gave and received so much love. We love all the animals here, especially the permanents as here is all they have. Very seldom one makes their way so firmly into your heart and soul that having to say good-bye seems impossibly hard. For me that was Baby Bear.
We miss them both so much here, they were very much a part of ASH and our family and we are so sorry to have to pass on this sad news to anyone who had the privilege of meeting either dog.
Bellas dream has come true
Remember little Bella, our St Bernard pup who waited so patiently for her new home with her little blue bandage on her leg …
Well, this little St. Bernard puppy is all better now (albeit a little bigger) and all her patience paid off … she was rescued and taken home (during one of our volunteer days on 9th April!) Brilliant news for Bella! It was also a big lift for the volunteers who heard the news that she was going to be picked up that day … best of luck Bella – we wish you and your new family well!
Cuddles
Last Saturday I got a phonecall from a woman who said she had an 8 years old Westie and she no longer had the time or money to keep her. So I told her to bring her in, which she did on Sunday. She had never been vaccinated since she was a pup.
When she was 4 years old she was knocked down by a car and she got some plates and pins in one of her hind legs. After that operation she sometimes had an accident in the house and so she was put in the back garden.
The state of neglect this poor dog is in has nothing to do with money, it is true cruelty. Just to imagine someone called her Cuddles and then did this to her, how many days did it take to get this bad, how many days was she sitting alone in that garden in this state. I’m not easily upset, not readily shocked but I’m both shocked and upset. Please click here to see images, note images are graphic.
Some recent dogs looking for a new home
Here are a few of our dogs looking for big break … please visit our adoption pages for further details
Steve
Do you remember Steve? … he was knocked down by a car in Carlow Town in September 2009. He suffered complicated fractures in 2 legs and he underwent surgery on a number of occasions and the veterinary bills came to over 4k Euro in the end; much more than what we had anticipated, also more than we could really afford.
Despite the best medical care he was still limping and we feared it would be impossible to home him. To our delight Laura, one of our loyal volunteer was working away behind the scenes and found one of her friends willing to take him on. They love Steve and Steve adores them, all seemed well that ends well. Than 2 weeks ago catastrophe struck, Steve started limping and was clearly in distress. A visit to his new vet resulted in x-rays and unfortunately all wasn’t well, his knee in the operated hind leg was in trouble, couldn’t stay the way it was as it caused him too much pain and more damage was done with every step.
Long story short: Steve once again underwent surgery and once again we are looking at a large bill of around 1.5K Euro. Ash are not rich, in fact the money is very thin on the ground right now. Anybody who feels they can and want to contribute a little to Steve’s vet bill, please send your contribution to Ash, thank you. Steve underwent surgery last Thursday and he is doing really well and that is what counts.
Big Thank You to all our staff, neighbours, volunteers, faithful supporters.
Thank you all for your help, your trust, your belief in what we do and your commitment to helping animals. Together we have made a difference again to a large number of animals and we will do so again next year. We hope you will be on our team again.
Happy Christmas to all, put the legs up and enjoy your break and of course we wish you all the best for 2011.
Government grant 2011
Yesterday we received a letter from the Department of Agriculture to inform us that our grant for 2011 is unchanged at 12k Euro. Obviously that isn’t enough but in the current economical climate we weren’t expecting an increase and as such it is good news. Thank you Minister, we really hope you will come and visit us some day to see that we make the best of the money received.
Who parked that filly?
Yes, I know parking can be a nightmare, parking a mare in the middle of the night in our Car Park is a different nightmare altogether.
St.John and Shakey say hello to their sponsors
St.John and Shakey live in the house but they go out to have a run in the yard 3 x a day, Molly No Touch also goes out with them but wasn’t going to have her photo taken. St.John prefers the warm duvet any day over this white stuff.
Christmas cards now available!
We have a wonderful range of Christmas cards available NOW! All proceeds will go directly into our sanctuary.
A pack of 4 cards costs €6.50 (including p&p). (€7.50 euro including p&p for non EU postage).
Our cards can be bought online by making a donation for the total amount you are purchasing. Please then send us an emai at ashlm@eircom.net with your name, address and card preferences (if any). We will post out ASAP! …alternatively you can pick up cards at the sanctuary (we always love to see our friends!).
If you’ve got particular favourites please let us know which cards you’d like in your pack when ordering (using the numbering below) or if you are okay to receive a mixed set of 4 please also tell us.
Card No 1, No 2 and No 3 (please state your preference)
Cards No 4, No 5 and No 6 (please state your preference)
Cards No 7, No 8 and No 9 (please state your preference)
HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR ANIMALS!
Jake Terrier
The people who picked up this little man in or near Redcross in Co. Wicklow called him Jake. They kindly clipped off his harness as it was drenched in puss and filth, it must have eaten into his skin for quite a while. If you look into Jake’s eyes you see that he knows that NOT all people are good and to be trusted. Time and an understanding owner will help him to overcome his trauma. Just look at him…
