Puppies , Temples and Rehomes
I am always telling people that our work is not all about puppies but this month it seems I am wrong ! Remember Lana , Lucus , Louie and Leo the orphaned 1 week old pups ? The pups mother was an owned dog, the owners choose not to have her sterilsied and threw out out when [...]
The truth that we ignore- Strays in Sri Lanka
Todays blog is written by volunteer Natalie on why she supports Dogstar’s work in Sri Lanka Earlier this year I visited Sri Lanka for the first time. After speaking to many friends, and reading many blogs online, I was prepared for the inevitable onslaught of confronting sights in the form of stray cats and dogs. [...]
Puppies Galore!
Dogstar had 5 puppies abandoned at our local Temple, the monks are looking after them and we are feeding, vaccinating, worming and treating them for skin conditions before we work to re-home them. As you can see they are beautiful little pups full of character and will make fantastic companions for the lucky families who [...]
Dogstar News update: Bruce Forsyth and More
Hi Everyone, Just a quick Dogstar update in case you’ve missed anything on Facebook. I have some items on Ebay for sale to help raise some much needed funds for Dogstar. Dogstar seems to have a spate of puppies at the moment that have been abandoned and are in need of treatment. On Ebay [...]
Dogstar’s Daisy
Daisy was rescued by Dogstar from the middle of the road 27th June 2012 . Daisy is approximately 7 weeks old , underweight at 1.85kg, dehydrated and suffering from Scabies. You can see how she has literally been tearing her own skin off as scabies is very very itchy. As part of her recovary treatment [...]
Update on Henry
Henry, Dogstars latest handrear who was dumped aged 3 weeks at the gate of our local foster carer on the 20th of June. On Day 1 he’s weight was 0.65kg. Henry after his first bottle , he will be feed every four hours which means Sam will be up at 2.am ! Henry now on the [...]
Dogstar’s House Clinic 26th June
Tutu was the first patient and is being rehomed by Dogstar , he is on foster with Mrs J and came to clinic for a medicated bath ( for mange ). Kittys owners brought her in for a Rabies vaccination. Lassy is street dog who was hit by a car , a local hotel [...]
Meet The Finalists Of The ‘My Dogstar’ Competition
Congratulations to the final 20 of the ‘My Dogstar’ competition. The team in Sri Lanka despite the many power cuts they have endured spent the small part of the weekend choosing their personal favourites for the final 20. The finalists for the next two weeks will be encouraged to get as many votes as they can. So [...]
Dogstars Sausage Update 17th June
Sausage is looking fantastic , she is now 100 % mobile on her 3 legs and a very happy and much loved girl. She was very pleased to see Mo and Sam on their home visit to her. She never stopped smiling or indeed wagging her tail . If you would like to help [...]
Cases this week 15th June 2012
One of three little female pups left outside Dogstar House earlier this week. All were given anti-rabies vaccinations and wormed and treated for fleas. As Dogstar already has 2 inpatients, we arranged for the pups – Astra, Flora and Seetha – to stay at Randeniya Temple while we find new homes Amputee Kitty has been [...]
