"It's A Dog's Life"..... SHAK (Safe Homes And Kindness): SHAK Dogs Need Your Help.....

Wednesday 6 February 2013

SHAK Dogs Need Your Help.....

Would you like to make a dog’s tail wag???

Our dogs don’t care who you are, what you do, what you look like - they just want to be walked and looked after.

Volunteer to walk a dog today and make tail wag…..

SHAK is a sanctuary for large breed dogs and is based just North of Alnwick where we look after around 50 abused, mis-treated or abandoned large dogs and give them a safe home.

What our dogs need:
Food and water
Safe warm accommodation
Medication (worming, injections, treatment)

What SHAK needs:
A team of regular committed volunteers. The number of hours is up to you….whatever you can spare

VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES
Dog Walking
Kennel cleaning
Feeding the dogs
Washing their bowls
Fundraising

Your time is all we ask and your reward will be to see the dogs thrive and start being dogs again. You could come for a few hours a week or perhaps a day per week….whatever suits you and whatever you can commit to.

If you or anyone you know like dogs and might like to help us to help the dogs in our care and those who might need a sanctuary in the future, please get in touch.

Thank you on behalf of the dogs…..

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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

Wednesday 6 February 2013

SHAK Dogs Need Your Help.....

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