We have a new addition! She needs a really good home so please sperad the word.

Spuggy is an 8 week old female crossbreed puppy. We are unsure of what breeds may be in her, but she certainly has Staffie in there and possibly Lurcher too. Spuggy is currently being fostered by myself and is looking for a new forever home.

Spuggy is VERY playful and energetic once settled in. She loves to play with other dogs and toys, and easily gets overexited. She is ok with cats, she will chase them and try to play with them but does back off once swiped at in return (my cats are great at “cat testing” fosters!).

We are currently working on puppy mouthing and hassling us at meal times, but she is very quick to learn and is improvng already. She is also learning about sleeping in a crate and is clean in her crate overnight. She is learning pretty quickly with housetraining, though she is at the moment quite nervous of the outdoors (this is due to a traumatic experience before she came to us - she was found terrified beside a busy road at night).

Her new home will ideally have someone around most of the time, at least initially, and there must be a commitment to ongoing socialisation & training. She would love to live with another young & active dog, and will require plenty of exercise once she is grown up.
Adoption contract will apply - Spuggy must be speyed before her first season (so at 6 months of age), and any prospective home will be homechecked. Spuggy has started her vaccinations, but is currently suffering from kennel cough.

Please email me if you might be interested in offering Spuggy a good forever home : emma@ruffdogs.co.uk

Alfie would like you all to read the story of two friends of his, dogs that really need help to get back on their four paws, like he did. We are fundraising for them on Ruffdogs.

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Holly is a gorgeous and elderly Chinese Crested Dog, being fostered by a friend of mine. Her time was up in the pound and she was saved. She needs a few treatments - blood tests, a few growths need to be removed, and she may lose one of her eyes. Her vet bill will certainly run into the hundreds.

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JJ is a X-Retriever puppy in the care of 4 Paws & More Rescue, run by member flukespad here. JJ has badly deformed ears and needs to go for a special scan at the RCV, to find out how deformed they are on the inside and whether what little hearing he has can be saved. Whatever the results, he will need some kind of surgery to fix his ears as the way they are at the moment means they are infected. He is in a great foster home but needs as much dosh towards his vet bill as possible - it will be minimum of £1000.

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Ruffdogs will be hosting another of it’s fundraising auctions, which has successfully raised thousands of pounds in the past.

You can donate directly to this fundraiser by Paypal to emma@ruffdogs.co.uk or by cheque/postal order/bank transfer into Alfie’s charity account.

All money raised will go towards Holly & JJ’s veterinary costs. Any messages or anything else can be emailed to the address above.

Thanks

Em & Alfie <3

Happy New Year from Alfie & All His Friends <3

Alfie had an update posted on Dog Cast Radio (thanks Julie)
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You can read my full article on Alfie’s story so far here:
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(Also up on K9 Magazine’s website too)
If anyone would like to publish Alfie’s story on their websites, magazines or other media, please contact me for perminssion and I can email it in full.

And we are in the paper again - on page 36 of today’s Sunday People.

Hope you are all well and looking forward to Christmas!

Alfie (and his friends!) would like to wish all of his supporters, followers, donators and sponsors a VERY Happy Festive Season.

Remember to HUG your dogs this Christmas!

Em & Alfie <3

Just a few new piccies for now

Alfie & Bean being snuggly as ever…

For Bean’s Fan Club…

Alfie LOVED the snow we had last week! Here he is with his big sis Asha and big bro Elliot…

And a couple of my handsome boys looking gorgeous… Alfie & Elliot

For anyone thinking of Apollo, he is doing very well and enjoying life in his foster home being spoilt.

Alfie will be 9 months old on the 15th of December and is very much looking forward to the future - he will be old enough to be assessed as a therapy dog soon, and of course he is VERY much looking forward to what Santa Paws might bring.

Alfie hugs to you all <3

Hi all,
All still really well here with us all.
Alfie now pretty good at 10 commands/tricks - he’s a smart pup when he puts his mind to something!
He’s very much looking forward to snow but we haven’t had more than a thin covering yet - let it snow!

Alfie’s friends at WOOF BEGINNINGS are holding a great Christmas Auction, starting today, to raise money for more dogs in need, just like Alfie. There’s some FAB items up for grabs so to take a look, click on the link to Woof Beginnings in Alfie’s Sponsors. Alfie has even donated a couple of items himself, that he didn’t need any more.

I got a new tattoo to represent my four lovely doggies, now that I have four! What do you think?

Alfie has a new friend, a terminally ill Boxer called Apollo being fostered by my Mum. He has cancer and probably doesn’t have long with us but we are making the time he does have left as enjoyable as possible, and Alfie would like you all to spare a thought for him this Christmas - not all dogs are as lucky as him and poor Apollo didn’t have any friends at all up until last week.

And finally, a new photo of the Alf-Man himself, taken just now. He now weighs almost 18kg.

We can’t believe 2008 is almost over - what a year!

Em & Alfie <3

Sorry all for the lack of update this week, we’ve barely had time on the net at all!

First of all, Alfie would like to show you his favouritest place at the moment - his new garden:

He loves spending time time out there, whatever the weather, and has to investigate every inch of it daily, just to make sure nothing has changed. Its lovely and secure & private, so stress free too.

Alfie is doing really well, and is now up to 16.8kg, only another kilo to go before he will have doubled in weight since he arrived. It’s still fairly slow growth, but he looks healthy and in great condition.
Several people have commented on him still being underweight - I think people see too many fat retrievers, as he is not too thin and has to stay slim to keep his heart as healthy as possible. All 4 of my dogs are lean and well muscled, and they’re going to stay that way.

Alfie is highly recommending the BUSY BUDDY by Premier - it’s his new favourite toy and he is getting one of his daily meals out of it every day. Look it up, and the rest of their product range too, as they are fab!

Alfie wasn’t very well earlier this week, as he managed to get onto my counter and stole some Salmon which disagreed with him, and a couple of days before this he ate some of a dead seagull on the beach. So he had a very upset tum but it is clearing up well now, of course not before he thought he should show us how sick he was - all over my new rug! I think he is bringing out a whole lost puppyhood of naughtiness this month!

Here’s a couple of pics of my handsome young man, looking older by the day. He’ll be 8 months old next weekend.

Laters!

Em & Alfie <3

Hey everyone, sorry for the lack of update recently. With the house move and a bigger house & gardento maintain, we’ve been pretty busy!

The new house is great and Alfie is loving having a big garden to run around in and get himself as mucky as possible. At least he’s gotten well used to having his paws cleaned this last week with all this rain! He is gradually getting used to sleeping downstairs with Bean, but it has taken a bit of adjustment as he is used to sleeping in our bedroom up until now. He has taken to waking us up around 5.30am every morning barking, but we’re working on it!

Last weekend Alfie had an outing, to a Flyball Starters Tournament at Drax with the Tyne Tailwaggers Starters teams. He had great fun meeting loads of new friends and supporting his pals in the ring, who all did well on their first times out. Here are a couple of new piccies:

And he’s also been helping out a poorly puppy in our hospital. Winston is a paralysed American Bulldog puppy, who is recieving intensive care with us and we are all desperately hoping he will improve and have a chance at life like Alfie was given. Winston is 5 months old and loves other dogs, so spending a little daily time with the gentle & affectionate Alfie is encouraging him to get up and move. Today he was trying to play and was tugging Alfie’s lead! Lets hope Alfie’s strength and determination to live rub off on him, it’s so sad to see such a young dog in such a state. Will get some piccies and keep you updated on Winston.

Speak soon!

Em & Alfie <3

Just got these photos back from the photographer, really like them.

Speak to you when I get into the new place!
Alf x