GREYHOUND RESCUE JERSEY

Telephone: 01534 742619 Email: gailmalanddogs@hotmail.com

P.A.T. dogs

Above P.A.T. dogs Buffy, Fonz and Malarky just three of the team of Pets as Therapy dogs in Jersey. Malarky and Fonz await the arrival of many other P.A.T. dogs for a sponsored walk through the streets of St. Helier.

We're very proud to announce that at the end of last year 5 of our sanctuary hounds were assessed and accepted as Pets As Therapy dogs. These 5 were:

For those of you who are unsure Pets as Therapy (PAT) is a national charity founded in l983. It is unique in that it provides therapeutic visits to hospitals, hospices, nursing and care homes, special needs schools and a variety of other venues by volunteers with their own friendly, temperament tested and vaccinated dogs and cats.

Please visit their website to find out more about their great work:

www.petsastherapy.org.uk

So far Pyder Mann has been guest of honour at Lakeside Residential Home, Clinique Pinel at St Saviours Hospital and Mont a l'Abbe school. His duties at Clinique Pinel were shared with Patsie a very pretty Sheltie and his visit to Mont-a-l'Abbe school gave him the opportunity to make another new pal, namely a very large English Pointer called Kent. It was very rewarding to see the children's reactions to them both.

Awesome made his debut at St. Saviour's hospital attending the Alzheimers ward, which was so so sad. Malarky, well, he did his bit at the Ronceray Retirement Home and was fed multiple biscuits for his trouble. They thoroughly enjoyed all the attention and especially the extra treats and had to remember not to tell the others when they got home!! . As usual they were a credit to us, we are always so proud of them.

Turk and Rio have yet to make an appearance but watch this spot for details of where they will be in the near future.

Well Turk got to make his presence known at the Clifton Nursing Home and he was greeted with open arms literally. It is a massive place with very tall ceilings and the residents have lovely rooms. Some of them were very elderly but their faces lit up when our big lad walked in. Many of them had photos of pooches they had owned beside their beds and they all made Turk feel very special. With the rooms being on three floors, and it being Turks first time, we thought it prudent to take the lift. Turk lives in a bungalow so three flights of stairs was a bit of a tall order (greyhounds are not used to stairs and some do have a problem with them). We were there for just under an hour and will be returning on the regular basis in the future - Rio might get to go next time - he hasn't made an appearance as yet and is anxious to know what he is missing out on.

FONZ JOINS THE TEAM

It is with mixed emotions that we welcome Fonz as one of our new P.A.T. dogs. Many of you will be aware that our magnificant Awesome lost his battle against bone cancer last month but Fonz will be following in his footsteps and we are sure that he will take his post seriously and prove to be another hit with the residents of the homes he visits.

Over the years the public have contributed so generously to Greyhound Rescue, we felt this was just a small way that we could put something back into the community.