BATTERSEA and LURCHER LINK

Due to the horrendous influx of dogs needing homes after the Covid Lockdown Mad Puppy Rush, Lurcher Link and Battersea have pledged to work together to try and find homes for as many Lurchers as possible.

This will mainly be by advertising each other's dogs on the Internet and via social media, but we may occasionally need to take in a dog for them or vice versa. We both have much the same rehoming criteria and policies, but if you want to know anything, do ask

https://www.battersea.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/animal-partnerships

Burgess donation

Burgess very kindly donated a load of their Greyhound and Lurcher food to us. so now all the dogs that go to their new homes will go with a sack of this to keep them going :)

https://www.burgesspetcare.com/shop/dog-food/supadog/greyhound-lurcher-chicken/

It also means we can cut down on the cost of our dog food (normally over £100 per week) which is a HUGE help. Plus for every sack they sell, they donate 20p towards rescue!

Thank you so much BURGESS

Belle and TJ Newton can’t believe their luck!

Lots of food!

Donations for the dogs

We had a lovely surprise donation of treats from The Innocent Pet care company the other day and the dogs are going absolutely doolally over them :)

They’re air dried and grain free meat proteins such as duck, beef, chicken, lamb and different vegetables. They’re little “training treat” size pieces and smell lovely, even to me and I’m a veggie :) I heartily recommend them, check them out :

https://theinnocentpet.co.uk/collections/healthy-dog-treats

They do complete food / cat food/ toys and gift idea too……. not the cheapest in the world, but, as I’ve discovered, “you get what you pay for”. Also supplements such as Turmeric and Pepper (I take that!) and and Aloe Vera and Spirulina.

And the best bit is : They’re from Yorkshire and they have LURCHERS :)

Box of goodies!

Mudz hoping for some more

Easter Pressies for the LL dogs

The Easter Bunny came early for the LL dogs and brought them, not chocolate eggs, but "Yak chews" (made from really hard yak milk cheese, not Yak meat) which they all think is the best thing ever. Even the dogs with sensitive tums, like Benny, have been able to have a good chomp on them…. thank you to everyone who donated towards the Yakky fund and to Carolyn Savage from the Canine Cavern https://www.caninecavern.co.uk/ for facilitating this.

Benny

Frank

Flash

Rogue

Aurora

Special Sighthound Sundays Scarf Offer

Sighthound Sundays has teamed up with greyhound Long Boi Duggan to to keep you stylish, cozy and on-brand with a very special Nordic inspired scarf!

Friends of Lurcher Link Rescue will receive a special 5% discount on scarf orders placed using our special link or by simply entering LLR during checkout. 

What’s more, proceeds from each LLR sale will go to support the hounds in our care this winter. 

Pre-orders are open until 18th October at a special price of £16 plus shipping, then are available for £19 and will be fulfilled from mid November. 

https://sighthoundsundays.com/collections/frontpage/products/2020-nordic-scarves?discount=llr

Can we help Jessica reach her goal???

Jessica has done her million steps and has raised £220 for Lurcher Link :D Thank you so much Jessica, we really appreciate your dedication x x x

12 year old Jessica is about 4000 steps from her 1 million. She will reach her target on time tomorrow. She's just finishing her blog post off to say where she is up to. Not sure if we can give it one last push as she's walked over 995,000 steps, 390 miles since the first of July. She's only on £200 at the moment

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/lurchers?utm_id=2&utm_term=XvxZZ5VzE

Good guide for adoption of animals

I’ve been sent this article from Direct Line Insurance about rehoming rescue animals and having read through it, I think it’s pretty much spot on. Worth a read anyway, and passing on if you know anyone who’s thinking of adopting

https://www.directline.com/pet-cover/rescue-animals

ONE MILLION STEPS for charities

We have a lovely young lady called Jessica, who’s doing a ONE MILLION step walk to raise money for Lurcher Link and some other dogs charities. She's only 12 and that's approx 400 miles!!! She’s trying to raise £250, but I'm sure we can help her beat that target, can't we?

If you'd like to read about it, you can go to : http://www.jessicas400milewalk.co.uk/

You can add comments to give her some encouragement on her Blog : https://jessicas400milewalk.co.uk/wp/2020/06/30/hello-world/

and her Just Giving page is : https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/lurchers if you'd like to donate a couple of squids.

Thanks folks

Jessica with 2 of her own dogs

Lurcher Link 2020 Calendar Competition

The 2020 Lurcher Link Calendar Competition is BACK!!

We are asking for YOUR photographs to be included in our 2021 Lurcher Link Calendar.

You don't have to be a member of the Lurcher Link forum, or have a Lurcher Link dog. You just have to have a keen photographic eye, and fantastic photos you think suit the different seasons!

We need your photographs to make show how amazing our community, and the dogs we all love are!

If you are interesting in joining in, we have a google forms document where you can upload your photos. We are putting a limit on 1 entry per person this year, but you can enter all 4 seasons and the front cover!

We need PORTRAIT photographs for our FRONT COVER.

We need LANDSCAPE photographs for WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER, and AUTUMN.

You can upload your photos here!

I will be creating photo albums here where I will be uploading the entries so you can all see what photos we have

The competition will run until Sunday 19th July.

Get snapping!

LL ON-LINE FUN DOG SHOW

Mon, May 18, 2020 11:00 AM - Sun, May 31, 2020 12:00 PM

Soooo, we can't get to the *real life shows...... But we CAN go for the NEXT BEST THING!

This is VERY new to us and something completely different - we have VIDEO classes too!

We have a Lurcher ring

Lurcher Ring Classes and info:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/LurcherLinkRescueOnLineDogShow/permalink/904226673384032/

All breeds fun ring

ALL BREEDS / X BREEDS FUN Dog Show

https://www.facebook.com/groups/LurcherLinkRescueOnLineDogShow/permalink/904226786717354/

and Mad Dogs Long Jump Crew. comp!...

Mad Dogs Long Jump Crew Comp

https://www.facebook.com/groups/LurcherLinkRescueOnLineDogShow/permalink/904226883384011/

We have brilliant Stalls to browse too!....

https://www.facebook.com/groups/LurcherLinkRescueOnLineDogShow/photos/?filter=albums

We also have AMAZING JUDGES

And a list of the fab sponsors and brilliant donators of prizes

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Further information

https://www.facebook.com/groups/LurcherLinkRescueOnLineDogShow/permalink/904226966717336/