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 [...]
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 [...]
Current cases – May 24, 2012
Here are some of the cases keeping the team in Sri Lanka busy this week – in addition to the daily visits to Sausage and Kitty (see updates in separate albums). Last weekend, Boola had his medicated bath for mange. He’ll be seen at the mobile clinic next Monday. To view the rest of todays [...]
News of the day – 18 May 2012.
13 patients were seen at the house clinic today. Of these, 2 needed to have wounds re-sutured and 2 required intravenous treatment so it was a very busy time for the team. Kitty and Sausage will require daily visits to check their wounds a…nd dressings and give any further treatment needed. After the clinic, it [...]
Wednesday’s patients…..16 May 2012
It’s been another busy Dogstar day for the team. We try to achieve as much as we can on 25 pounds a day but now have several cases (Rexy, Kitty, building site pups) requiring extra care. Instead of that extra beer (or chocolate….) why not donate the money to Dogstar – a few pounds makes [...]
