COMPETITION TIME!!


Show us your pups!
As Valentine’s Day approaches we all know where we’d most like to spend it - at home with our dogs! So in honour of our furry friends and the joy they bring to our lives daily, we want you to submit your favourite picture of your pooch to share the love this Valentines Day, and you could win one of 5 prizes for you & your furry friend to share.
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Each photo entry is £3, and 100% of proceeds go to Helping Hounds to help continue the wonderful rescue work that the team does.
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Payment can be made via PayPal (helpinghoundshampshire@gmail.com) referencing
“Valentines” (selecting “paying friends & family” please).
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Photos can be submitted via our Facebook page or direct to our Fundraising Coordinator, Claire via email.
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Also let us know which category you’re entering from the list below - there is a prize for each category!
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Playful Pup
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Golden Oldie
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Foxy Lady
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Handsome Fella
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Each category will have 1 winner, who will win a Valentines Day “Dinner Date with my Dog” Goody Bag containing:
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Lily’s Kitchen dinner for pooch
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Handmade bow tie,
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Beverage for Mum/Dad (choice of alcoholic or non alcoholic)
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Chocolate & bath time smellies.
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An extra special prize will go to Best in Show, judged across all entries by our Core Team here at Helping Hounds. The winner will receive a bottle of champagne, and Pooch will get an extra special plush bone shaped toy and Barking Heads dinner & treats.
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Winners will be announced on 14th February via Facebook and / or text message.
Dogs Available for Adoption
These adorable pups (yes, we call them all pups... because they finally get a chance to live the carefree life of puppies when they come to us) are available for adoption. If you are interested in giving any of them a loving home, please complete our Adoption Application.
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Once we receive your application, we will have a chat with you to tell you more about the dog, and to find out more about you and your household. We'll also tell you what the next steps are.

Female
Tess & Millie
10 Years
Millie (Black) & Tess (Black & White) are Shar Pei x Collie sisters who have never been apart so weโd love to find them a home together. We would adjust our normal adoption donation to make this possible and will consider an adoption or long term foster home anywhere in the south of England. Please complete an application form to discuss this further with us.
These lovely girls love a fuss from all the volunteers, enjoy their walks and freedom field adventures. They're telly addicts and between walks will happily spend their time watching their favourite soaps. They're clean indoors and settle well so can be left for periods of time. They are spayed and fully vaccinated.
Your adoption comes with 6 weeks free basic Canine Nutrition Advice from your Gotcha date.

Male
Donder
About 7
Donder is a dog who just wants your love! He was adopted by current owners six years ago when he came over from Danyflor, Romania. He loves sitting on the sofa for cuddles, ear scratches or finding a sunny spot to lie in. He can also be energetic and playful, loves to have fun and likes to get your attention e.g. by bringing toys to you.
Suitable for an adult only household . The current owners have decided to rehome Donder to somewhere more suited to his needs due to there now being a child in their household.

Male
Vesper
5 years
Vesper came to us via another rescue last year. He was absolutely lovely and got on with all the other dogs and humans during his stay. He did guard his toys and bed but nothing we felt we had to be too concerned about.
Vesper was rehomed to an experienced home but unfortunately someone became ill and Vesper had to be returned. Once returned he was very unsure of himself, quite depressed and didn't trust anyone. He bit three of the volunteers here - bites not needing stitches but bites that said 'go away ... I don't know what else to do'. Obviously that was very concerning and we reached out to friends of ours, Lou and Em from Rebalancing Dog Training ... Vesper then went to Training school for 4 weeks ... the difference when he came back has been amazing. Lou and Em are very thorough and strict about what is and what is not allowed and we have followed that completely.
Since returning from Rebalancing Training Vesper has been in foster with the Head of our rescue in their home, Kate/John and their two long suffering dogs, Steve and Ferdie! He has fitted in really well, accepts his place in the home, happily choses to go to his crate, walks nicely on lead and is mannerly when meeting other people and dogs.
He is concerned about walking too far away from his home and the people he trusts so this is something that needs to be built on. He is better when driven somewhere and then taken for a walk. He also loves his time at the Freedom Field.
Vesper needs a calm and very experienced home. He can live with other dogs as long as they are calm and don't appear to threaten him. He cannot live with puppies because they irritate him and he doesn't like loud voices/shouting or being surprised. He needs to know he is safe. He definitely cannot live with cats as he will chase and because of his bite history he absolutely cannot live with children.
We definitely know there is the right home out there for Vesper; it's just a case of finding it. He is very, very affectionate towards the people in his foster home - they have followed the Rebalancing Training School's advice completely hence we know he is now ready and adjusted for his final forever home.
We would need to do several meet and greets with any potential adopters to ensure his final forever home is the right one.
From his current fosterers: "Vesper is one of the most loyal, faithful dogs you will ever meet. Once he trusts you ... you will be in his heart forever. He is funny, quirky also quite lazy sometimes and he really is a joy to be around. The right person and home will be so very lucky".
If you have read all of the above - then THANK YOU - and if you think you can offer Vesper a home please get in touch via the ADOPT ME button above.

