"It's A Dog's Life"..... SHAK (Safe Homes And Kindness): Still Miss The Dog That Started It All.....

Tuesday 19 June 2012

Still Miss The Dog That Started It All.....

It's 6 years to the day since I lost my true best friend and the dog that inspired me to start all of this.

When I lost Shak to Lymphoma I swore that never again would I have another dog, I couldn't put myself through the losing them again. But I owed Shak to help other dogs who like him were unwanted.

Today hundreds of dogs have experienced a life that they nearly lost all because of the lasting effect a scraggy German Shepherd Cross had on me.

I was so very proud of you when you were alive with me, and I'm proud of whats been achieved in your memory. Run free till we meet again my friend.

IMPORTANT STATEMENT APRIL 2018

A Statement From SHAK.....

One of the drawbacks of gaining followers through Facebook, the press and other forms of media is the demand for our expertise is growing beyond a level that is manageable or even acceptable. We are a victim of our own success and with constantly running with around 70 dogs in our care, being such a small charity we are always stretched beyond our limit.

Therefore I think it is important for me to explain exactly where we get our dogs from and who we will deal with. For the past 12 years we have dealt very closely with vets taking destruction cases, local councils taking strays and a few recognised partnered charities that we have built up strong relationships with. Today this is still the case.

As I mentioned space and resources are very short resulting us being unable to take dogs from members of the public and due to time we are ubable to deal with the publuc in any way. Likewise we are not looking to extend our pool of partnered charities or organisations, so can not take dogs from groups we have never worked with before.

It is not out of ignorance, but due to concentrating our time on our own dogs that no unsolicited emails, phonecalls or Facebook messages will be returned.

Thank you for understanding and for all of your support.

And What We Do.....

Celebrating its 10th anniversary on June 19th 2016, SHAK has come a long way since its founder Stephen Wylie uttered those fateful words ‘never again...’ after the shock death of his dog and best friend Shak.

The hundreds of dogs whose lives have been changed because of that loss is testament to a dog that had a lasting imprint on everyone he met.....

Today the registered charity has approximately 70 dogs in
its care, offering sanctuary to the ones that really need it or a place to simply become a dog again for others.

Working only with destruction cases from vets, strays and
dogs from our trusted charity partners, SHAK does not take in dogs from members of the public. Likewise we are not a rehoming centre, although we do offer the opportunity for people to apply for our Forever Foster project.

We concentrate all of our time, energy and resources directly into the well being of our dogs, enriching lives that others had written off.....

Change Lives

Tuesday 19 June 2012

Still Miss The Dog That Started It All.....