Our darling Winnipeg gave us a huge scare recently when she developed a 41 degree fever and went completely lame. For many days we were scared for her life. After three days of home nursing, morphine and fluids we managed to get her booked in for investigative surgery with our orthopaedic specialist, Enrico. The surgery […]
Many of you may remember Gwen, who arrived to us a sick, pregnant stray from Medway, Kent in April who successfully birthed six wonderful babies. Weeks later we welcome two more of her daughters and her babies, and last week we welcomed another one of her daughters and her six babies! Since April, Flori’s Friends
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A number of months ago we welcomed the most frightened dog we have ever seen into our training kennel. His name is Barney, and he is only 2 years old. He was given up by his owners because of a new baby temporarily moving into the family home that was making him very uncomfortable. Barney
From Saturday 25th August, anyone found guilty of stealing a cat or dog in England or Northern Ireland will face up to five years in prison, a fine, or both. Sadly, despite the very upsetting nature of having a dog stolen, pet theft has not been a crime and has been treated the same as
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We are going to produce our 5th Limited-Edition Calendar for 2025 featuring the wonderful cats and dogs that you amazing people have adopted from Flori`s! We will print 80 copies. Whilst we cannot guarantee that every single cat and dog will make it into the 2025 calendar but, we will do our absolute best to
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Tick season is upon us, so don’t forget to regularly check your pets after walks for those little buggers as they can carry some nasty diseases. Using preventative measures like flea and tick preventatives from a veterinary practice will really help keep them at bay. The most affected breeds for tick infestations are cavapoos, golden
Many people choose to adopt a puppy over an adult dog hoping that they will run into less problems getting their dog to fit into their lifestyle. This is a logical theory that can become a success with lots of hard work and repetition. Sadly, many rescues are seeing adolescent dogs returned or handed in
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It has been a busy couple of months at the rescue. Not only have we welcomed the ever so handsome Beddlington Terrier Max to the family, but we also welcomed six gorgeous kittens and their mother Gwen. Max Max is a wonderful chap, full of beans and raring to find his forever home at the
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We recently rescued a severely neglected Yorkshire terrier. Her owners were regularly leaving her in the forest and driving off hoping she would just go away but she kept making her way home! We would love you all to meet Sophie. She is 8 years old and absolutely adores cats, dogs and kids! She isn’t
Many of you see our social media updates, but there are so many things our team don’t have time to post each day. We thought we would give you a little insight into what we do on a day to day basis with our mobility animals. Each mobility dog and cat receives a round of
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