Rudozem Street Dog Rescue

 Press here to view Entries in the Photo Compeition

In Celebration of UK Animal Week, RSDR are holding a Wet Nose Day on the
9th July 2010!

Please show your support of RSDR, by wearing a RSDR T-Shirt or Wristband on this day.

If you would like to purchase one of our T-Shirts or Wristbands for the day, please head on over to our Online Shop.  All prices include shipping worldwide.

Enter our Free Photo Competition -   WIN PRIZES!!

Categories photos will be judged on:

1.   Most Original Place
2.   Most funniest photo
3.   Most Scenic
4.   Most Cutest

RULES:  Photos must include a Person (animals allowed) wearing a RSDR T-shirt or Wristband.   Maximum 5 photo entries per person.  Competition is open to all members, and the RSDR team. 
All entries must be emailed to streetdogrescue@gmail.com Please include your Name, Address, and a short description of each photo.  Photos will be published on website.  Competition judged on the 12th July 2010!
The Photo competition will be independently judged by Radio Host of Wild Time, Thomas Janak http://www.wildtimeonline.blogspot.com/          

The auction is now closed and raised 43 Pounds.

 ROLF HARRIS AUCTION TO RAISE MONEY FOR RSDR  -  SIGNED T-SHIRT FROM ROLF HARRIS

Rolf Harris, famous Australian Folk Singer and Artist met with our wonderful Julie Lewis in the UK. Julie managed to get him to sign a RSDR T-Shirt.  If you would like to own this wonderful t-shirt from this famous celebrity, please support the RSDR by placing a bid on the Below Ebay Link.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190405425428

All monies raised will go towards building a Dog shelter for the RSDR

 Other Items for Sale on Ebay!!

'Canicross' walking belt/harness    (specially made to your own dogs measurements).

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190405448863   

Julie Lewis and Heather are kindly raising funds for Rudozem Street Dog Rescue by doing a 1 mile swim at the British Gas Great Scottish Swim!
Julie and Heather have their own fundraising page through Chipin with monies going to the RSDR.
We wish Julie and Heather the best of luck.  If you would like to sponsor Julie & Heather, please press on the link below to their page

 Julie and Heathers Fundraising Page - Please press here.

Julie and Heather will be doing their swim on the 21 August 2010, in Strathclyde Loch in Scotland

Anita Parsons and Peter Weber are kindly raising funds for Rudozem street dog rescue by doing a 14km trek up Mt Archer. 
Anita has her own fundraising page through Chipin with monies going to the RSDR. 
We wish her the best of luck.  If you would like to sponsor Anita, please press on the link below to her page.

Anita Parsons Fundraising Page - Please press here

Anita will be doing her bush walk up Mt Archer on 17 October 2010 in Rockhampton, Australia.

If you wish to do your own Fundraising Event for the RSDR please see above on how you can start your own page.

 Book Auction Closed.
We raised $ 350.00 AUD for this book.

Thank you for supporting Rudozem Street Dog Rescue.

  FIRST EDITION  -  HARD COVER  -  SIGNED COPY BY DEAN KOONTZ  -   PUBLISHED 2007

Title:  The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz
350 Numbered
26 Lettered Copies

This book is copy 228 

A Charnel House Limited Edition

This book comes with its own Hard Cover case for added protection  -  Brand new - Extremely good condition.  Will post Worldwide.

On Inside Back Cover:
Thank you for helping Rudozem Street Dog Rescue
Woof!
Dean Koontz
12.1.09

 Book Auction Closed.

We raised $ 455.00 AUD for this book.

Thank you for supporting Rudozem Street Dog Rescue.

 HARD COVER  -  SIGNED COPY BY DEAN KOONTZ  -   PUBLISHED 2009

Title:  a big little life:  A Memoir of a joyful Dog

On Inside Front Cover:

Thank you for helping Rudozem Street Dog Rescue

Dogs know

Dean Koontz

12.1.09

Last year, well renown author, Dean Koontz donated signed copies of his books to the RSDR to help with fundraising.   (see link for details on why Dean Koontz donated)

We are holding an Auction for 2 books starting the 8th April 2010 for 10 days on Ebay.  If you would like a chance of owning a signed copy of a First Edition book by Dean Koontz please Sign up as a member on this site on the home page, and you will be notified when the Auction starts on the 8 April.

If you have any questions, please contact Anita Parsons, Fundraising & Media Co-Ordinator streetdogrescue@gmail.com

 A kind thank you from Samantha Rowles from RSDR on Crufts

 Crufts went great, we got more donated items than I ever expected. We also hopefully raised enough awareness of the way the street dogs live and are treated, which hopefully with fingers crossed might result in more adoptions for our four legged friends.  Julie, Colin and everyone were great, and I cannot thank them enough aswell would like to say a wonderful thank you to Marc and his helpers who were all wonderful & really nice. It was a pleasure sharing a stand with them, Thank you.

Interview with Samantha Rowles and Marc the Vet below.

If you cannot view the above video:  Please press on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0wY9QJ8f6s

Update on Crufts from Julie Lewis, Joint Fundraising Co-Ordinator

Well, after an early start rallying the troups on Sunday morning, we arrived at the NEC in Birmingham bleary eyed at 7.30am. After unloading the car, we got into the arena and found our stall...crikey, all that white space to fill with our RSDR posters!!

The team were great, we had quite a production line going and before long the walls were covered with colourful pictures of the RSDR dogs, past and present. Then Marc arrived which was great as we finally managed to meet him face to face and thank him for having us as his guests for the day.

As the public started to pour in, we soon realised that it wasn't going to be feasible for us all to stay at the stand so we paired up and drifted off to see what interest we could create amongst the many stall holders there. Armed with free pens and business cards, we approached stands to tell them about RSDR and to request, cadge, and even beg items from them! Each venture resulted in an amazing range of 'booty' which we took back to our stand to store until the end of the day. Where possible, we got items that would benefit the dogs directly, such as food, supplements and treats but we also were amazed by the generosity of those companies who donated items for us to use to raise further funds for RSDR, including a clock, limited edition dog print, doggy bowls etc. As a thank you to them for their support, we have promised to list them all on the RSDR website.

By the end of the day, we were all shattered, feet were aching and we had so many things we weren't sure that we would all fit in the car for the journey home! Sam and I had both fallen victim to either radio or video interviews and I even shook hands with Peter Purves....for those UK folk that remember him from his Blue Peter days!

I hope that the people we talked to will remember RSDR and visit the website, fingers crossed that they will sponsor a dog or make a donation to the cause. Marc said that he would have us back with him again next year but we've already decided that we will be there again no matter what as it is a fantastic opportunity to be amongst the doggy fraternity and widen support for Diane, Tony and the dogs.

Keep your eyes on the RSDR website for future fundraising news; I have now been bitten by the bug and want to get to as many events as possible!

Finally, I would just like to say a MASSIVE thank you to the team of the day, Colin, Heather, Rachael, Lisa and of course not forgetting Sam and Nikita without whom it would have been impossible to have made the day such a success.

Photo below: of RSDR with Marc the Vet.

Photo Above:  Some of the wonderful items donated

Thank you for all the wonderful Donations at Crufts:

Biscuit tin with scoop – The Little Dog Laughed brand
http://www.thelittledoglaughed.co.uk/

Joint Aid for dogs 500gm – GWF Nutrition

http://www.gwfnutrition.com/  (Stephen Tucker)

Tie-D-Bags – Biodegradable glove style poop bags

http://www.tie-d-bags.com/

Pendant on 18” silver chain - Vale Studio

http://www.valestudio.co.uk/  

Picture frames and key rings/mobile phone fob – Fraser Studio’s

www.littlegifts.com / http://www.fraserstudios.com/

7 dog related books – Ringpress Books

Google these guys, they appear in lots of links eg Amazon etc

6 kilos of organic dog food (dry) and 12 tins – Lily’s Kitchen

http://www.lilyskitchen.co.uk/  

5 doggy themed bandana’s – Pet Crazee Pet Boutique

http://www.petcrazee.com/

12 kilos of dry dog food – Barking Heads

www.pfukonline.com / http://www.barkingheads.info/  

Crackerjack dog treats/plastic food spoons/training treats and 2 rope dog chew toys – James Wellbeloved

http://www.wellbeloved.com/

2 kilos Chicken and Rice dog food (dry) – Berrimans

http://www.berrimansdogfood.co.uk/

2 large packs of dog hide chews – Farm Food

http://www.farmfood.com/

4 kilos ‘Arkwrights’ complete dog food – Gilbertson & Page

http://www.gilpa.co.uk/  

2 x ‘The Bone Bowl’ – Elite Dog Stands

http://www.elitedogstands.com/

3 x dog outfits (different designs) – Paw Paw UK

http://www.pawpawuk.co.uk/

Various bags of fishy treats for dogs – Fish4Dogs

http://www.fish4dogs.com/

2 x collapsible dog water/food bowls – Muddy Paws

http://www.muddypaws.co.uk/

Herbal supplements – The Animal Health Co

http://www.animal-health.co.uk/

1 x dog rope toy – Equipet, Derbyshire

‘Bergs’ – Foldable Shopping Trolley (paw prints design) – Bergs International

http://www.bergsinternational.com/

‘Tazlab’ – flexible water bowl – Pompooi

http://www.pompooi.com/

Degradable Dog Poop Bags – Mutts Butts

http://www.muttsbutts.com/

12 x tick removers – DeZyna Dog

http://www.dezynadog.co.uk/

2 x personalised Pet ID tags – Tagiffany

http://www.tagiffany.co.uk/

Motif Clock (Afghan Hound) – Animal Brackets (The Profiles Range)

http://www.animalbrackets.co.uk/

Limited edition dog print (rrp £29) by artist Emily Burrowes

http://www.emilyburrowes.com/

Dermalyte Hypo Allergenic Shampoo (sachets) – Dermapet

http://www.dermapet.com/

1 x Dicky Bag – Dicky Bag Ltd

http://www.dickybag.com/

Black Medium Bridle

http://www.k9bridle.com/

Canicross belt/line and Harness

http://www.kisi.co.uk/

 How we got a stand on Crufts

Just shows you what fate brings.......I bought some tablets off ebay for Zeus, Diane and Tony's old German Shepherd dog to try and ease his arthritis. Being cheeky, and as I always do when buying for RSDR, I emailed the seller to see if they could give me some discount or reduce the postage. The lady, Sally and I exchanged a few long emails after this. She was touched by the plight of the dogs in Bulgaria and having seen the work Diane and Tony are doing (I also sent her the website link!) said that not only would she do a discount that she would pay the postage costs as her donation.

We continued to share emails and phone calls and she told me more about the work she does with another dog charity who had been offered to share a stand at this year's Crufts dog show. For those of you not familiar with Crufts, it is the worlds biggest dog show, hosted by the Kennel Club and which has been running since 1891 in the UK.

To cut a long(ish) story shorter the other charity decided that they would not attend Crufts but by this time, Sally had mentioned to Marc another deserving charity she supports, and they too had to contemplate if they could go or not????? Sally spoke again to Marc and it was thought that possibly Marc might let RSDR have the stand. For a few days, I had to wait to hear if they were going to attend....and luckily for RSDR, they couldn't rally enough troops. Sally gave Marc all our information, he then contacted me, we chatted for ages, as Marc wanted to find out more about RSDR and he had clearly been through the RSDR web site with a fine tooth comb. Yes, we were offered the stand for the day! and on the busiest day - the Sunday!!

So, on Sunday March 14th 2010, you will be able to see RSDR sharing a stand with Marc Abraham, a fantastic vet who has been on TV and who campaigns against puppy farming and animal cruelty. He supports many charities, not just in the UK but around the world and is excited about having RSDR along on the final day of the show.

You can find out more about Marc and see the link to RSDR on his blog by clicking on this link http://www.marcthevet.com/2010/02/dfs-crufts-vip-guests-line-up-announced/

If you are in the UK and can make the trip to Birmingham NEC, please come along to the stand and say Hello; it will be great to meet fellow supporters of RSDR.  We will be selling some of the items on sale in the webstore, T shirts, wristbands, greetings cards etc and my (small) team of volunteers are going to be shaking tins to try and raise funds for the cause.  We will also spend the day visiting other stands to raise awareness amongst exhibitors and suppliers taking whatever 'freebies' we can get to send on to Diane and Tony.

I am so excited about this fantastic opportunity who would have thought that RSDR would ever receive such a chance to reach so many people in just one day. Our stand is right opposite the main entrance so we're hoping to attract lots of attention - you won't be able to miss us I'm sure!

Anyone who would like to help on the day can contact me for more details by emailing julie.lewis65@yahoo.co.uk  but please, only definite offers of help please as I don't have time to sift through the maybe's.  I'm sure you can all appreciate, we have a lot of work to do from now until the big day!!

So to finish, I would like to say a HUGE thank you to Sally for arranging all of this and to Marc for welcoming us to his stand. Also big thanks to Anita, RSDR's Fundraising and Media Co-ordinator for offers of help with posters etc and of course to our founders, Diane and Tony, without them RSDR would not be in existence.

Julie Lewis
Joint UK Fundraising & Shop Co-Ordinator

Rudozem Street Dog Rescue
Registered Foundation No: 175647065
Email:  julie.lewis65@yahoo.co.uk 
http://www.streetdogrescue.com/

The raffle is now closed and the winner is Diane Avenell. many thanks to Brigitte for the lovely prize and to every one who donated.

French Artist Brigitte Faur has kindly offered to do another fabulous painting of hers as a donation for the next Raffle.  Her painting has been specifically inspired for the RSDR.

If you would like to enter the Raffle, Raffle entries will be € 5 euro each and you can enter as many times as you wish.  Anyone who also donates over € 5 euro will be automatically be entered into the Raffle Draw.

Entries can be paid for through the Raffle Widget on the left hand side.   The Raffle will be drawn on the 5th December 2009.

The winner will be notified by email. 

The interview is available at the below link.  Dianes interview is the first one on the show:

mms://digitalhub-fm943.com/2009/20091204110001.mp3  

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Thomas Janak (Wild time host) INTERVIEWS RSDR founder Diane Rowles

TIME:  11.00am  GMT
DATE:  27th November 2009

The show features a 30 minute interview with Diane Rowles from Rudozem Street Dog Rescue in Bulgaria as well as footage from the protest outside the Charles River Laboratories in co. Mayo..., staged by NARA

Wild Time Website: http://www.wildtimeradio.blogspot.com/ 
Wild times facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=91471057668&ref=ts

Win $ 50.00 worth of goods from the Animal Rescue Site Shop. 
(This prize has Kindly been donated by Nanette Ruth)

Raffle entries will be € 5 euro each and you can enter as many times as you wish.  Anyone who also donates over € 5 euro will be automatically entered into the Raffle Draw.
Entries can be paid for via paypal by pressing the donate button on the How you can Help page.  Please state "RAFFLE" when making your payment.  The Raffle will be drawn on the 2nd November 2009.

(If you cannot enter a message with the word Raffle on your paypal donation, please email streetdogrescue@gmail.com letting us know you have entered the draw - please include your paypal details.) 

The winner will be notified by email, and will be asked to select goods from the Animal Rescue Site Store up to the Value of $50.00.  Shopping at the store also gives a portion of every purchase to charity.  The store has a huge selection to choose from - clothing, jewellery, bags & purses, home & garden gifts, pet gifts, kids gifts, calendars and many many more categories. 

Check out the Prize website and view their store:  http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com
Also by clicking on the Animal Rescue website, you help charity.  Sponsors for adverts on the website, will donate money to charity for every click, please check out the website to do your daily click.

The raffle has now been drawn and the winner is Silvana Di Giovanni. Congratulations Silvana and thank you to Brigitte for donating such a lovely prize and to everyone who took part in the raffle. 

French Artist Brigitte Faur has kindly offered one of her fabulous paintings as a donation for the next Raffe.  

Raffle entries will be € 5 euro each and you can enter as many times as you wish.  Anyone who also donates over € 5 euro will be automatically entered into the Raffle Draw.


Entries can be paid for via paypal by pressing the donate button on the How you can Help page.  Please state "RAFFLE" when making your payment.  The Raffle will be drawn on the 30th September 2009.

(If you cannot enter a message with the word Raffle on your paypal donation, please email streetdogrescue@gmail.com letting us know you have entered the draw - please include your paypal details.) 

The winner will be notified by email, and will be asked to select one painting out of 4 options that she has selected.

 Congratulations Julie and Colin for completing the run today. Thank you and hugs from us all.

Julie and Colin Lewis are kindly raising funds for Rudozem street dog rescue. Julie has a fundraising page on the Dovetrust's charity giving website.
We wish them the best of luck and thank them for doing this.

Julie Lewis Fundraising Page - Please press here

This event will take place at Graves park, Sheffield on Saturday 12 th September 2009.

To sponsor Julie you can click on the above link to her page. 

If you wish to do your own Fundraising Event for the RSDR please see the How you can help page.

Would you like to name one of the 7 puppies recently found?

The mother of these pups was shot and killed, and the puppies were crying for her. 

Luckily RSDR was told about these babies, and managed to rescue them and bring them home.  We estimate that even though they are big pups, they are approximately 4-5 weeks old.

RSDR are offering the chance that if anyone would like to name a puppy, that the first seven people who donate over €30 euro, will be able to name one of these 7 gorgeous little pups.  View the photo to see which puppies are males & females. 

All donations towards the puppies will go towards their vaccinations and microchipping.  To donate, please go to the How you can Help page and make a donation.  After you have made your donation, please email streetdogrescue@gmail.com within 24 hours with your request for a name.  Please note: Names will be only given to the first few people in.

 ALL PUPS have now been named. 

Pup E has been named Elke & G has been namd Ginger, by Judi Abbott. 
Pup C has been named Peanut, by Leanne Harrold.
Pup D has been named Spetter by Sil and Vera
Pup B has been named Flappy by Brigitte Faur
Pup F has been named Sefa by Angelies Earlnus
Pup A has been named Katie by Annick Gabrielle

Thank you to everyone who has donated.   All donations will go towards the vaccination and microchipping of the puppies....  xxx We will be updating the website in the next day with more photos of the puppies.   xx Anita

The Raffle has now Closed.  Winner of Tshirt and CD Raffle is Susan Brennan.  Thank you to everyone for entering.

This beautiful T shirt and Moby CD have kindly been donated by Nanette Ruth, for a raffle. Entries are 2 euros each and you can enter as many times as you wish. Entries can be paid for via paypal by pressing the donate button on the How you can Help page. Please state "RAFFLE" when making your payment. The raffle will be drawn on 19th August 2009.  Nanette has sent us a size chart, so the lucky winner can let her know what size T shirt they would like and it will be ordered and shipped to you.  (If you cannot enter a message with the word Raffle on your paypal donation, please email streetdogrescue@gmail.com letting us know you have entered the draw with your donation.) 

Many thanks to Nanette for this lovely prize to help raise funds, to make life better for the street dogs.