VALGRAYS BORDER COLLIE RESCUE

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Please take the time to check out our  to donate/help  page .. it lists how to identify aluminium and lists cans that are no use to us (please do not include steel cans) and gives details of vehicles where you can leave your bags of items

Next ALUMINIUM & MOBILE PHONE & TABLE TOP ITEMS collection (just leave your bags by these vehicles): 

• Agility Show: 1st Nov - Downland & 22nd Nov - Active Paws (Val's Black Renault Trafic Van or Marian's Red Nissan Primera)  
• Obedience Show: next date 2010  (Shirley's Red Toyota Van)
• Obedience Show:  29th November - GSD Club (Jo Bramhall's White Movana Van reg starting K9 J??)

       If you are interested in any dog, please EMAIL first ( valgrays@hotmail.co.uk )  PLEASE SEE DETAILS OF INFORMATION WE NEED YOU TO EMAIL TO US AT BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE  then phone Val between 9am and 5pm only (01883 624513 or the listed contact number) - Thank you

ALL VISITS ARE ON A STRICT APPOINTMENT BASIS ONLY

MERILL  :   Tri Blue Merle  :  7 Months old  :  Bitch 

MORE PHOTOS HERE   (new photos added 04/11/09)

Merill is a lovely looking 7 month Tri Blue Merle bitch.  She is a very small collie, and we don't think she will grow to be large girlie at all, she is very petite.  Her short sorry life so far has been terrible, she is very timid and very scared and will need a very special, understanding home with lots and lots of TLC and patience.  Merill was picked up as a stray in Ireland, put into pound and thankfully saved and is now at Valgrays.  She has been chipped and vaccinated.  She needs a very understanding home who will be able to get her to trust again, and yet she is so very sweet - she will trot around the field following you, she will make such a loyal little girl.  Has been first vaccinated, wormed and microchipped.

25/10/2009

TAMMY  :  Tri Colour  :  9 months old  :  Bitch

 R E S E R V E D

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Well this is an ultimate mini agility prospect!!!!   Tammy is a stunning looking Collie X Corgi (as original owner believes - but hey she could be a cardigan corgi)!  She is a totally fab little girl, fast (leaps everywhere at top speed), goey, keen to learn and full of character.   She is great with other dogs.  Originally from a family with 4 young children who no longer wanted her as she nipped the kids.  So possibly a home with older or collie savey children would be fine.  We would like her to go to a superb mini agility home so please contact Val urgently about this dog, as we feel sure there will be a long queue for her!!!   She will need puppy training (house training, recall etc).  Tammy is now 1st vaccinated, chipped and spayed.  Thanks to Tammy (who we named her after!) for rescuing her from the original family and for transporting her down to Valgrays where we will be looking for the 'perfect' home for this fab little dog.

(13/10/2009)

BONNIE  :  Tri Colour  :  21 months old :  Bitch

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Bonnie is a Tri Colour Bitch, date of birth 01/01/08.  She is vacinated and now chipped.  The family sadly now do not have enough time for her, and when she was walked she has never been let off the lead.  Bonnie is a nice girl, she has lots of lovely things about her but the things she does not like are FIREWORKS and she does not think much of trips to the vet; she was not impressed when I chipped her but she is now my friend.  Bonnie will need a good collie savie owner to let her have some fun.  She is good with cats and other dogs. She loves her head rubbed, being brushed, loves playing with water, loves her grub.   She has never been allowed upstairs, is house clean - and we have lots more info from previous owner.  Please call if you can offer this girl a new and fun filled life.

05/11/2009

JIMMY  :  Tri Colour  :  9 month ish  :  Dog

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WOW what a stunner Jimmy is.  A super opportunity to have a wonderful dog join your household.  Jimmy is bold, bursting with fun and just fab!!  He is a bit thin at the moment, but thats probably due to age more than anything.  He has a totally fab nature.  He was found as a stray, did 'his time' and was taken on by a very caring person, who then realised that a young collie needs alot of time and attention, and so he is with us.  Has been first vaccinated, wormed and microchipped.  We will be looking for a first class home for this stunning boy.

04/11/2009

LUCY  :  Tri Colour  :  2 year old ish : Lurcher X Saluki : Bitch 

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Meet Lucy .. do not cry at the sight of her - in 2/3 weeks time she will look stunning.
 
Lucy was found as a stray, she has done her 7 days at the pound - val reserved her when she saw her picture on the pound list.  What a wonderful natured dog, infact these lurchers are all lovely.  Whatever life she had before has now finally come to an end and from this day on she will be loved and cared for forever.  Lucy is so out of condition at the moment that her coat colour looks grey but I think she is black tri colour with brindle legs.  She has at
the moment been wormed, she will be spayed but she needs to put on some weight to undergo the operation.  She is also now chipped and had some nice food.  Lucy now has a lovely warm thick blanket and a coat on her to keep her warm as we dont want her to lay on anything hard as she is so boney and pressure sores can happen very quickly.
 
We are urgently looking for a lurcher warm coat for her please.

 
More assessments will follow.  Estimate age max 2 years (could be younger), she is certainly no older.

02/11/2009

As previously stated, we are a tiny rescue, based around Val's own house.  We do not have volunteers to man the phones or check the emails, it is done by Val or Shirley.  Please only telephone  01883 624513  between 9am & 5pm, please respect the privacy of Val's own house. 

If you are interested in offering a home to any of our dogs, please  EMAIL us first  and include all the details asked for below.  Please provide us with a landline telephone number as well as a mobile number.  We cannot afford to keep calling mobile numbers back.  Once you have emailed, please then follow up fairly quickly with a phone call(s) to  01883 624513.  If you email us more than once, please copy all the original information (as below) from your initial email into the follow up email, sometimes we receive so many emails that it is not possible to 'link up' original emails and the follow-ups you send.

Would you kindly email Valgrays the following details please to  valgrays@hotmail.co.uk

1.  Your Full Name, age, home address & phone number (landline and mobile).
2.  Hours worked / hours dog will be left
3.  Numbers and ages of adults and children in the home (including visiting children)
4.  Other pets in property (type and age if dogs, are they entire)
5.  Experience of collies in the past?
6.  Do you do any type of training (agility, pet training, etc)
7.  Are you prepared to take dog to basic training classes and do you already have a club where you took previous dogs (name club please)?
8.  If the dog happened to have any problems how and where are you prepared to get help with this?
9.  Can you email us photos of your garden/security/fencing/gates?
10. Type of property (terraced/detached etc)
11. Any ponds or streams or swimming pools at the property?
12. How 'houseproud' are you?
13. Are you REALLY prepared for muddy dogs, muddy paw prints, hair shedding, possible furniture chewing/dogs getting on furniture, exercising in all weathers, all year - day in day out, and housetraining accidents?
14. What are you looking for in a rescue dog?   (Dog/Bitch, age, calm/fun, can you cope with exciteable and training issues etc)