"It's A Dog's Life"..... SHAK (Safe Homes And Kindness): Three Girls.....

Friday 4 January 2013

Three Girls.....

Sorry for the silence on here, but I've had a hideous virus that even lead to me cancelling yesterday's "It's A Dog's Life" Radio Show.

Anyway it hasn't all been miserable and sick beds, as I'm delighted to say that during the festive season two long term SHAK girls have found Forever Foster homes, whilst one of the new girls has moved into a foster home.

Little Gemini has been waiting for a long time for this chance, and has done extremely well. She's full of fun, and is enjoying family life with her new family both human and canine.

Joy was always very dear to me, a classic case of a dog that didn't deserve to be where she was, and thanks to our very good friend Alexa she now has her own home. Joy is a sweetheart, who was described to me today as "one of her Mams bookends (a bull mastiff being the other.)" it's great to know that she is warm and loved.

Jessie was a stray that came to us in the week prior to Christmas. She is very young and playful. She is currentley in a foster home to settle before we start looking for a Forever Foster home.

IMPORTANT STATEMENT APRIL 2018

A Statement From SHAK.....

One of the drawbacks of gaining followers through Facebook, the press and other forms of media is the demand for our expertise is growing beyond a level that is manageable or even acceptable. We are a victim of our own success and with constantly running with around 70 dogs in our care, being such a small charity we are always stretched beyond our limit.

Therefore I think it is important for me to explain exactly where we get our dogs from and who we will deal with. For the past 12 years we have dealt very closely with vets taking destruction cases, local councils taking strays and a few recognised partnered charities that we have built up strong relationships with. Today this is still the case.

As I mentioned space and resources are very short resulting us being unable to take dogs from members of the public and due to time we are ubable to deal with the publuc in any way. Likewise we are not looking to extend our pool of partnered charities or organisations, so can not take dogs from groups we have never worked with before.

It is not out of ignorance, but due to concentrating our time on our own dogs that no unsolicited emails, phonecalls or Facebook messages will be returned.

Thank you for understanding and for all of your support.

And What We Do.....

Celebrating its 10th anniversary on June 19th 2016, SHAK has come a long way since its founder Stephen Wylie uttered those fateful words ‘never again...’ after the shock death of his dog and best friend Shak.

The hundreds of dogs whose lives have been changed because of that loss is testament to a dog that had a lasting imprint on everyone he met.....

Today the registered charity has approximately 70 dogs in
its care, offering sanctuary to the ones that really need it or a place to simply become a dog again for others.

Working only with destruction cases from vets, strays and
dogs from our trusted charity partners, SHAK does not take in dogs from members of the public. Likewise we are not a rehoming centre, although we do offer the opportunity for people to apply for our Forever Foster project.

We concentrate all of our time, energy and resources directly into the well being of our dogs, enriching lives that others had written off.....

Change Lives

Friday 4 January 2013

Three Girls.....