By AmyD@paws on May 23, 2013
Patch the Staffordshire bull terrier cross Jack Russell has been putting his abilities as a PAWS dog to good use. Donna got Patch to be a family dog but do a bit extra specifically for her son Julian, Julian and patch have a strong bond and spend a lot of time together. On our workshops [...]
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By AmyD@paws on May 2, 2013
Rocky the retired greyhound helps James stay calm in situations that would have originally worried him. He sits next to him while he watches Tv and lies on his bed to help James relax and go to sleep. Taking Rocky for walks has also helped build James’ confidence as he takes great pride in talking [...]
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By AmyD@paws on May 1, 2013
The Happy Dog Training Co are holding a charity fun day in aid of Dogs for the Disabled, 22nd June near Tewksbury. The day will include trade stands, kids activities, agility and novelty and pedigree dog classes including the category ‘dog with a job’ which would be perfect for PAWS members to enter! To find [...]
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By AmyD@paws on April 4, 2013
The sixth annual World Autism Awareness Day took place April 2nd. Autism organisations around the world celebrate the day with unique fundraising and awareness-raising events. It has been a very busy month so far with some of our PAWS parents in the spotlight, with William and Golden Retriever Oliver appearing in April’s Dogs Monthly. Here [...]
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By AmyD@paws on March 27, 2013
Sarah describes how life has changed for her son William with the help of their Golden Retriever Oliver. William, now aged 8, was born with a syndrome that caused mild cerebral palsy, a form of ‘high functioning’ autism called Asperger’s syndrome and intestines that didn’t work properly and so had to spend a great deal [...]
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By AmyD@paws on March 19, 2013
Jason and his son Christian are both undertaking a massive challenge at the end of April. They are going to do a 2.5 km sponsored swim to raise money for Dogs for the Disabled and PAWS: “PAWS have provided us as a family with some fantastic help over the last couple of years and have [...]
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By AmyD@paws on March 13, 2013
Last week was a busy week for Dogs for the Disabled with demonstrations at Crufts and spreading the word about our charity. However by far the highlight of our time at Crufts was our Parade celebrating 25 years of Dogs for the Disabled and the journey the charity has taken over that time. Starring amongst [...]
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By AmyD@paws on March 12, 2013
We wanted to let you know about an exciting new partnership Dogs for the Disabled has formed with Donate Mobile – a new mobile phone service dedicated specifically to charities. Donate Mobile is a complete mobile phone service that allows you to carry on doing what you do now with your phone, but 10% of [...]
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By AmyD@paws on March 6, 2013
The NAS Autism Professionals Awards took place last night. We were nominated for ‘The Award for Innovative Family Support sponsored by Network Autism’. There were well over 30 entries and PAWS is down to the final 3! Unfortunately we didn’t win but we were runners up and given a special mention. We would like to [...]
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By AmyD@paws on February 27, 2013
Fingers crossed for PAWS! A few months ago Jason and Sarah, two of our fabulous PAWS parents, nominated PAWS for an autism professionals award under the category of ‘The Award for Innovative Family Support sponsored by Network Autism’. There were well over 30 entries and PAWS is down to the final 3! The awards were [...]
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