15th January

Well no more snow here today, not a bad morning but a cold day although it was quite pleasant in the sun around  two o'clock. Temperatures have now plummeted and it looks as if we are in for a very cold night.

I took Angel on a longer walk to see if keeping her moving would help with the fluid, she still has a lot around the wound.

I include the following link to the Blue Cross publishing the top ten breeds of dog they took in last year.

Top is Jack Russells but SBT's come a close second with an increase on last year.

I heard recently someone suggest that Akita's and Malamutes and other big Bull breeds were taking over from Staffies as the most popular (and most handed in dogs) but this seems to disprove that and we are still receiving calls and emails everyday asking us to take in dogs.

We took in four puppies under the age of six months last year, so there are still too many Staffords being bred.

I believe it is the breeding that needs to be tackled and somehow stopped.

http://www.bluecross.org.uk/1752-110830/blue-cross-top-10-dog-breeds-of-2012-.html