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PAWS DOG SHELTER, PAPHOS

Cyprus Association for the Protection and Care of Animals (CAPCA). Registered Charity no 1721.

Edition 15-2

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CAPCA

Cyprus Association for the Protection & Care of Animals

Charitable Association Registration No. 1721

Postal Address: P.O. Box 61349, Kato Paphos 8133.

Telephone: 99683775

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.pawsdogshelter.com

Facebook - www.facebook.com/PawsDogShelter

Executive Officers:

President: Dr Aris Fettas

Secretary: Cymanco Services Ltd.

Administrative Secretary: Colleen Montgomery

Treasurer: Denise Fensome-Derham

Kennel Consultants: Matthew Harris & Peter Hamilton

Maintenance Consultant: Steven Andrew

Shop Consultant: Vacant

Executive Members:

Maria Milligan Grace Moffat

CAPCA UK REPRESENTATIVES: Pauline & Fred Davies

Webmaster : Peter Milligan

Editor : Barry Harris

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With the safety, welfare and health of dogs in the shelter being paramount, it is our policy to house new dogs in an individual pen for approximately 10 to 14 days. This allows our Kennel Consultants to ensure that a dog is not suffering from any contagious disease and to assess its general well-being and temperament before moving it to a section containing other dogs.

If you find a stray or abandoned dog, or if you have problems with a dog you have

rehomed, please telephone 99683775 BEFORE bringing the dog to the shelter.

This will allow us to check if we have a suitable single pen available to take the dog on that day, and it may save you a wasted journey. In the event that the shelter is full, we will ask you to keep the dog and phone us back in a couple of days’ time when we may be in a better position to accommodate the dog.

The shelter is open to the public between 7am and 12 noon daily.

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THE SKY WAS THE LIMIT FOR ERIN !! When Erin Wallace went to Party in the Park at Episkopi last year she

won a raffle prize - not the usual bottle of whisky, but a free sky dive

courtesy of the Cyprus Parachute Centre! Being the plucky person that

she is, Erin looked forward to the challenge and seizing the opportunity,

she decided to get sponsors for doing the sky dive and donate the money

raised to PAWS Dog Shelter.

After having been postponed by the organisers, the sky dive took place

on 2nd May this year and before it Erin admitted to being a little nervous

but said she was glad that she was doing it ‘for such a good cause’.

Surprisingly, the plane which she was to jump from, was very narrow

and she could almost touch both sides of it simultaneously. It was, of

course, a tandem jump with Erin suited up and strapped to an

experienced member of the forces. During training, Erin had been told

that when the doors of the plane opened, ready for their exit, she would

be hanging in mid-air and she was! Once they launched, the initial speed

of their descent was around 125 mph. After a very neatly executed

landing, Erin’s verdict was ‘what an amazing experience’.

The total sum raised by Erin raised was €725, which is a fabulous

amount. She even managed to get friends in the UK to sponsor her.

PAWS Dog Shelter would like to record a massive vote of thanks on

behalf of the dogs to the very courageous, bubbly, thoughtful and

generous Erin.

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Many thanks to Michael Rosso and every one at the

Elea Golf Club for the fantastic €1510 donation.

SOME OF OUR OTHER RECENT EVENTS

OSTEOPATHY DAY. 1st JUNE.

Charles Papapetrou, a qualified Osteopath and

Acupuncturist, offered his services at a reduced rate AND then

donated the €210 to our charity.

DARTS TOURNAMENT, BONAMARE. 30th MAY.

€395 was raised. Special thanks to organiser Norman Hinch.

Thanks also to Kyriakos of the Bonamare & to General

Aluminium Ltd, who put up €400 in cash prises.

GUSTOSO QUIZ. 25th MAY.

The evening raised €1101 and a great time was had by all.

Thank you so much to sponsors Shampooch, to all at

Gustoso and to Terry and Trudy for all their hard work.

MANY THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THESE

EVENTS...AND WE WOULD ASK READERS WHERE POSSIBLE

TO SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS.

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CAPCA is very grateful for donations paid directly into our bank accounts. For those wishing to donate to the CAPCA charity, either from abroad or from Cyprus, please find below the details you will require for our Eurobank account. BANK: Eurobank EFG Cyprus Ltd. ACCOUNT HOLDER: The Cyprus Association for the Protection and Care of Animals (CAPCA) Paphos. ACCOUNT NUMBER: 200100187462 IBAN code CY04018000070000200100187462 SWIFT code. ERBKCY2N UK Donations—Nat West– Sort Code 601820—Acc No 96890355

PAWS EMAIL ADDRESS and WEBSITE

For admin matters please email: [email protected] CAPCA UK email: [email protected] Join us on our Facebook page to find the latest news and pictures https://www.facebook.com/PawsDogShelter Web Address: www.pawsdogshelter.com

ADVERTISING IN PAWS PATTER

In order to offset some of the printing costs associated with our magazine, business advertisements are charged at the following rates:

Half internal page - €40 Full internal page - €80

Full back page - €90 Business Card - €27

If you would like to place an advertisement, please contact Barry on 99810974

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SPECIAL THANKS:

CAPCA and all those at PAWS would like to say a massive THANK YOU to friends of CAPCA UK for

their wonderful recent donation of €6,000. This is so much appreciated and will be used to offset

the increasing costs of dog food and vet bills. The Executive Committee would like to thank each

and every person who has contributed and supported the many dogs at the shelter.

Many thanks to our Patter editor of the past 2 years

SUSAN NEAL for her great work.

‘New recruit’ Barry will endeavour to maintain the

high standards

Contributions to PAWS PATTER welcomed.

Donations to CAPCA

can also be made

using PAYPAL

on our Website and

Facebook page.

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George and Lassie

George and Lassie came to the shel-ter a month apart but obviously were from the same litter. Both had the same calm and soft temperament and it was such a relief when Ben and Lindsay said they would adopt George. Then as soon as they saw photos of Lassie they agreed to adopt her as well. It was an emo-tional but happy farewell at the air-port.

Ben and Lindsay say, “Thank you to the Paws Dog Shelter team for George and Lassie. They are the most well behaved, calm easy going dogs we have ever met. They adapted to their new surroundings with such ease. It was great watching them in-spect their new home and experience exciting things. George and Lassie were meant to be a part of our family.”

Finally, from George and Lassie, “As you can see from the pictures on the right our lives have changed consider-ably from our days at the shelter. We now have a lovely forever home in North Wales and our owners spoil us all the time. Our new home is comfy and we have large beaches to exercise on. We now have the best lives dogs could wish for. Happy, full of fun and, best of all, being part of a happy fami-ly.”

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Dinas

Dinlle.

One of our

favourite

beaches.

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See local press or

pop in for our latest

Special Offers

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GIFTS FROM ZYPERNHUNDE.

A big, BIG THANK YOU to our supporters in Germany for the delivery of food, beds, toys, treats

and lots more !!!

Susi von Büren. Cyprus representative

for Zypernhunde.

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ADOPTING AND FOSTERING FROM THE PAWS SHELTER

This is Jilly and her

new owner in

Germany.

Jilly, now called

Honey, is one of the

puppies born at the

shelter.

Adoption arranged

by Zypernhunde

Adopting and Fostering, which is more important ?

Both fostering and adopting are equally as important as they give the

opportunity for a dog that hasn’t had the best start in life to feel the love and

affection that a forever or foster home gives.

We need foster homes for many reasons, i.e.

a dog that is waiting to travel abroad, like Jilly above

a sick dog that needs the quiet environment of a home

a puppy that needs 24 hour care that cannot be provided at the shelter

Adopting from PAWS is a straight forward process and guidance and advice

is on hand throughout the process. We can arrange for the export of your new

dog to the UK or other European countries with the only cost to yourselves

being the flight and crate.

All our dogs come micro-chipped, must be registered at the government vets,

fully vaccinated and spayed / castrated. All we ask for is a small donation to-

wards this to help us cover some of the cost that we incur.

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PAWS PATTER

URMA

BRUNO

SPINDLE

SUZI Q

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CENTREFOLD

LOVELY MUM RAE, with her babies APRIL & MAY.

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PAWS OPEN DAY 9th MAY 2015.

MANY THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED OUR OPEN DAY ,

WHICH RAISED APPROXIMATELY €2000

AND REHOMED FOUR VERY GRATEFUL DOGS.

A BIG THANK YOU TO ROBIN BOUNDY, OUR RESIDENT DJ, AND ROCK

FM WHO NOT ONLY PROVIDED MUSIC AND A LIVE LINK TO THE ROCK

FM STUDIO BUT, AS OUR MEDIA SPONSOR, ADVERTISED OUR EVENT IN

THE WEEKS LEADING UP TO THE EVENT.

PAM’S

CAKES,

JAMS,

ETC…

SELLING

VERY

WELL

AS USUAL !

LOTS

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BUSY

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Tea Ladies

SUE and JEN,

with EDDIE on BBQ,

ENSURING THE VISITORS

ARE WELL-FED

AND WATERED !!

K9

SOLUTIONS

EXCELLENT

DISPLAY.

Many thanks

to

LINDSAY

COWIE.

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Euros Noël & the ’A’ team quizzers

at Sid’s Taverna 400 Ian Moffat instead of Birthday gifts 270 Nobby Underwood 200 Tony Fallas 50 Tracy Wadmore 80 Tom Llewelyn Jones 50 Margaret Dickson 85 Brenda McKinney 50 Doreen Portelli 100 Helen Monkhouse 100 John Fulton 50

Amy Bennet 58

Sim Soens 100 Chris Montgomery 100 Anna Osswald 50 Rachel, Kevin & Liam (Searays) 110 Stella 50 Sue Shelley 50 Sue Doig 100 Rhoda Trotter 50

Unfortunately, as always there is insufficient space to list all the Donations; so in addition to the above we would like to thank all those wonderful people who have made donations from €5 up to the amounts listed above. Believe me they all contribute in no small way to the running of the Shelter. Thanks also to the many people who have donated dog food, dog beds, coats and many other items.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR SUPPORT

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SUPERMARKET BONUS POINTS

You can donate the bonus points that are awarded by local supermarket Papantoniou to PAWS. At the till, simply quote the

following telephone number when they ask if you have a bonus card and our charity will get

the benefit of the points:- 99683775. Save this

number on your mobile now so that you have it with you any time you go to the supermarket! Alternatively, quote the number of the bonus

card which is 50319180. Thank You!

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IF YOU LIVE IN THE PAPHOS AREA, PLEASE CONSIDER

VOLUNTEERING AT THE SHELTER.

ANY HELP WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED.

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MARCH - JUNE

JULY - OCTOBER

JULY—OCT. MARCH - JUNE

MONTH DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE & INFORMATION

July Monday 27 July 19.00

Quiz Night Gustoso, main meal, €13 per person, booking essential, call Maria on 97645543.

September Saturday 5 September 09.00 —12.00

PAWS Coffee & Brunch Morning

PAWS Shelter, Acheleia Coffee Morning with cakes & option of brunch for those with healthy appetites.

Monday 7 September 19.00

Quiz Night Gustoso, main meal, €13 per person, booking essential, call 97645543.

Saturday 12 September 10.00 for 10.30

Raft Race

Bonamare Beach, Timi Build your own raft, full rules and sponsor forms available. Contact Matt on 96712689 BBQ available for competitors and spectators, tickets €7, sold in advance.

October Saturday 10 October 10.00 – 15.30

PAWS Open Day

PAWS Shelter, Acheleia Fun family day. See the dogs & puppies, stalls, competitions, refreshments.

Monday 12 October 19.00

Quiz Night Gustoso main meal, €13 per person, booking essential, call 97645543.

Saturday 24 October 2.30 for 3.00

Mutts & Butts PAWS Dog Shelter, Acheleia Fashion show courtesy of Judith from ‘Here & Now’ with a PAWS twist. Coffee and cake included in €5 ticket price. Tickets available from shelter, charity shop or call Maria 97645543.

For further information on events, call 97645543

JULY - OCTOBER

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MESSAGE FROM FRIENDS OF CAPCA UK

Hi EVERYONE,

We are all hoping that the UK weather will pick up in the summer months, as the spring has been pretty cold.

EMA our Cyprus Poodle, although coming from Cyprus, prefers the cooler climate as she is now coming into her 11th year.

We have had a lot of our members renewing their memberships, and have received extra donations of £10.00 from M.C. Smith and £40.00 from Nicola Reasbeck, as well as receiving more standing order dona-tions. Many thanks to them all for their kind support.

We visited the kennels on the 29th April, and we would like to say what a great job you are all doing. Everything was clean and tidy and the dogs seemed very contented.

We hope to be back in September.

Best wishes ,

PAULINE, FRED and EMA xxx

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For a variety of reasons a lot of hunting dogs in Cyprus end up in shelters .

Hounds are perhaps the oldest type of hunting dog, with some hunting by sight

and others by scent. The important thing is that these dogs also make good pets.

Here are examples of some of the hunting dogs who have come to PAWS.

Please note that some of the dogs featured may be mixed rather than true breed,

but have fantastic natures none the less.

Pointers are described as eager to learn,

always motivated and balanced. They are

gentle, sensitive dogs and are good with

families and children. They can excel in

agility and obedience and are energetic and

fun-loving. Their alert nature makes them

excellent watchdogs, sounding the alarm at

anything out of the ordinary.

The Segugio Italkiano is a medium-sized hunting

hound with a coat that can be rough or smooth, in a

range of colours from cream to red and black and tan.

The Segugio Italiano is a quiet breed, tending towards

cautious, though its natural intelligence makes them

trainable.

The Beagle is popular as a pet, since it is a jolly,

playful and energetic, intelligent, loyal and

affectionate dog. It gets along with other animals

and children. The Beagle can also be a good

warning-dog, since it has the tendency to bark at the

slightest suspicious noise.

The Jura Hounds delight in investigating new and

fascinating territory but they will sniff very nearly

anything, regardless of the fact that it is in their own

territory. They make incredible companions for

youngsters and are highly rated for their friendliness.

HUNTING DOGS

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DOGS IN ART.

‘Introductions’ by Charles Tenre 19thC

‘Miss Jane Bowler’ by Joshua Reynolds 1775

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DO YOU KNOW ABOUT DOGS ?…

There are a billion dogs in the world, offering many roles for people including herding,

hunting, protection, aiding the handicapped, assisting the police and military, illness

detection and, of course, companionship.

Dogs have a higher hearing range than humans and have an ear mobility which allows

them to pinpoint the exact location of sound.

It is estimated that dogs have a sense of smell up to one million times more sensitive than in

humans. (bloodhounds 100 million) !!

Dogs communicate by barking and howling, but also in more subtler ways such as body and

facial movements, whines, yelps and growls.

They exhibit a social intelligence that is uncommon in the animal world and learn

through simple reinforcement, observation and mimicking human behaviour !!!

—source, thanks to Wikipedia.

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PAWS CHARITY SHOP

120 Eleftherias Ave Chlorakas Shop Hours :

Mon, Tue, Thurs, Fri: 09.00—17.00 Wed & Sat: 09.00—13.00

SHOP VOLUNTEERS

WELCOMED.

Tel 97826876

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`PRESS MANIA` for all your printing needs.

Located near the big Papantoniou`s in Paphos.

Call 994542940 or 26932962 for more information.

PAWS Stall at the ‘Duckpond’ Market

Every Sunday 8am—2pm

THE PAWS CHARITY OUTLETS

APPRECIATE DONATED ITEMS.

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