The DogCast Radio blog

One of my Facebook friends alerted me to this video, and I'm so glad she did because it's absolutely amazing. An elephant and a dog who are best friends. The part that touched my heart was what happened when the dog was unwell for a while. It left me really teary eyed. (OK - we all know by now I'm a soft touch for dog stories!)

It's an incredible story though, and I've never seen anything like it. Hope you love it too.

Take care,

Julie xx

I get regular press releases from Dogs Trust and I include many of them on the blog because they are asking for new loving homes for deserving dogs, or because they are celebrating fund raising efforts of brave individuals. And then this email arrived this morning, and I just had to include it. Poor Lucy has terminal cancer and is looking for a home to live out her days in. It's a big ask; it will mean bonding with Lucy, supporting her and coming to love her, all the time knowing you will lose her.

Dogsblog.com is helping dogs find loving new homes. Did you know that next month is National Dog Adoption Month? Here's more information:

FREE WEBSITE SAVES ANIMAL WELFARE SECTOR OVER £24m

A dog rehoming blog set up in 2007 is celebrating the successful rehoming of dog number 10,000 - an 11 week old German Shepherd puppy called Axis. DogsBlog.com was set up by Ryan O’Meara, a former professional dog trainer and animal welfare campaigner.

Latest news from The Bella Moss Foundation:

Star has gone from strength to strength since my last post about her, The Restorative Power of Baked Potato. She is so much better that she's been back on the dog food for weeks - being indulged with baked potato is a distant memory, thank goodness. I'm sure she would choose being out of pain and being able to move around freely over the molly coddling she received.
 

A stomach lurching way to raise funds:

PARACHUTE FREEFALL RAISES POUNDS FOR HOUNDS

Fundraiser for Dogs Trust Evesham

Keith Bishop, 30 years old, from Tewkesbury faced his fears on Sunday 11th July with a solo 12500ft parachute jump to raise money for the canine welfare charity Dogs Trust.

The forensic medic took up the challenge in memory of his late dog Blue, a Collie cross he rehomed 7 years ago from Dogs Trust Evesham.

There is a phenomenon on the Internet called a troll. A troll is someone who posts on forums and websites purely to cause upset, and I think the DogCast Radio site has been visited by one. My post entitled The man who want to ban all dogs was a response to an article by Giles Coren, who had written about wanting to ban all dogs. A comment was added which includes the following:

The BBC recently aired a Panorama program called It Shouldn't Happen at a Vet's. (For the next few days you can see this program here.)

The following is a letter from The Bella Moss Foundation in response to the program:

Would you like to be involved in an upcoming "dogumentary"? Well here's your chance! Do you live, eat, breathe, and dream dogs? Maybe you're at a dog show or competition every weekend. Maybe your love of dogs lead you into your career. Maybe your dog writes a diary section in a radio show.........or maybe that's a little too far fetched. However it happened, if your life has gone to the dogs (in the best possible way) and you think you would make an interesting participant, use the contact details below: