"It's A Dog's Life"..... SHAK (Safe Homes And Kindness): This Week is 'SHAK Boutique' Week...

Sunday 31 July 2016

This Week is 'SHAK Boutique' Week...

This Thursday sees the start of another exciting event at SHAK HQ.

'SHAK Boutique' is the brain child of volunteer Jill, and we're extremely grateful for all the hard work that's gone into putting this together:

SHAK Boutique
*4 to 6 August
*From 9am to 5pm each day

*Selling brand new and high quality second hand clothes, shoes, jewellery, toiletries, games, children's toys, hand crafted items, dog accessories, bric a brac and books.

*Running a coffee shop selling teas, coffees, fruit juice and sweet treats.

*SHAK official merchandise available.

*Free entry into a daily Prosecco raffle for every visiting adult. Sweets for the kids.

*Dog friendly. Relaxed atmosphere to enjoy a coffee and support a worthy local charity.

I'm planning to be there most of the time so will be great to see/meet you there, and of course it's also a brilliant opportunity for our doors to be open for any donations you maybe wanting to drop in.

SHAK HQ. Greenwell Road, Alnwick NE66 1HB.

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

Sunday 31 July 2016

This Week is 'SHAK Boutique' Week...