Tuesday 11 October 2016

Making dog beds for rescues from donations


Bob is a rescue dog, from South Africa, we brought him with us to Dubai and he's been a part of our family since May 2012. Over the past few months we've fostered 2 pit bulls, both have found their forever homes now and I've really enjoyed playing a part in this, however, Peter hasn't been keen on the process and the mess and the chewing, so for now that has to stop. We're also both out the house for 6-8 hours every day and while Bob is fine on his own, the foster dogs haven't been and it's meant rearranging furniture and turning our conservatory into a kennel.

So I took to social media to ask for people to donate their old bedding and curtains and towels so I can make dog beds, to make the rescue dogs lives a little easier and save on costs for those who rescue them. 

The response has been overwhelming and I'm turning these donations into beds right now as in the first photo.







This post was written on October 1st. I'll show you the beds and their new homes in  Animal Tales linky on November 14th. Since then the donations have doubled and I've had to say enough or I'll never get these beds made.

Do you remember the story of Bonnie and Clyde? Well the good news is that Clyde's foster parents felt so bad about returning Clyde that they drove 120km the following morning to pick him back up and make him part of their family.

The next Animal tales linky is November 8th and I'll be joining in with Soft Play for Dogs. You can almost see the look on Peter's face when we got there.

8 comments:

  1. that is such an awesome thing you have started! must feel great to help all those dogs in a different way

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  2. Good to you to make beds for the dogs. A good way to stay involved now you aren't fostering.

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    1. oh no we are fostering again this weekend, i couldn't help myself

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  3. Such a good cause. - And I was just going to ask I thought you had a new foster dog this week :)

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    1. yep new dog for the weekend and only made two beds

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  4. If only you weren't so far away as I have dog beds aka old blankets you could use. I shall see if any local dog refuges here in France want them ... oh and GREAT news about Clyde. I hope he is very happy in his new home. #AnimalTales

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    1. I believe Clyde is very happy in his new home

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