Its been a while .......

Sorry not to have posted for a while . . . I've been busy enjoying the rest of what passes as an 'english summer' managed to get a lot of fun times in though, swimming in lakes and rivers being my favourites. I've been with Andy on several talks, fundraisers and collections too.

Andy is always telling me just how important I am to his independence but I just want to help him its fun and theres always the suprise of a treat or too

Henry

New tasks ......

We have had some big green boxes delivered by the council to sort out tins and plastic now, so i'm busy learning what goes in what box, its fun and sometimes I get to run round the garden with an empty plastic milk bottle too.......

Andy keeps telling me I'm green as well but I'm sure I'm still yellow

Henry

A Charity Ball for Me!

I went to a charity ball on Saturday night organised by Scotts Veterinary Clinic [Bedford] at the Bedford Blues Rugby Club. This was there first fundraising ball and it was a lot of fun. They raised a huge amount of money on the night which is going to be given to 'Dogs for the Disabled' and the 'Wildlife Trust'

Everyone made a lot of fuss over me and I felt very welcome, the live jazz music was quite loud but I managed to sleep through most of it, I only wish I was sharing the meal it looked and smelt fab!

Well done everyone at Scotts, these events take a lot of hard work and organising and thanks for thinking of 'Dogs for the Disabled'

Henry

'Pounds for Hounds'

Hi Everyone,

I hope you are ok,

I probably wouldn't be here today helping Andy, if it hadn't been for the fundraising efforts of a good friend Marie and her wonderful assistance dog Venny.

Sadly Venny died suddenly aged 11 earlier this year leaving my friends life devestated. She misses him dearly and is currently without all the help these wonderful dogs are able to give.

Andy and I came up with the 'Pounds for Hounds' idea to help raise money for a new assistance dog for Marie. The idea is similar to a street collection but on the internet. If we can get this web address and story to as many people as possible and they can each donate £1 then we might be able to reach our target :-) Please feel free to copy and paste text from this page and the justgiving page below

How You Can Help
If you can help by sending this web address to your family friends and email/online contacts together with the story and idea that should get the ball rolling

http://www.justgiving.com/pounds4hounds

Pennies for Puppies = Pounds for Hounds
Venny was a wonderful ambassador for the charity and raised a huge amount of money in his own right.

The cost of placing a 2 year old assistance dog ie estimated to be £5,000 for its training and lifelong placement with a disabled person.

We have set a very ambitious target of £5,000 for this fundrasing effort to fully cover the cost of Marie's new assistance dog.

Thanks for reading and catch u soon

Henry :o)

Yippee ...... Springs Coming

I'm sure its getting warmer and the days seem longer , can't wait as I love these months ...... longer walks and more swimming too .... yippee

don't forget to watch crufts in march too, and look out for 'Percy' in the friends for life award hes a very special assistance dog, one of the first in England trained to help a child with autism ..... it looks like hes making a very good job of it too ..... the full story should be featured each day the programme is broadcast

Crufts 2008 BBC 2 March 6th - 8:00pm
Crufts 2008 BBC 2 March 7th - 8:00pm
Crufts 2008 BBC 2 March 8th - 8:00pm
Crufts 2008 BBC 2 March 9th - 5:15pm
Crufts 2008 BBC 2 March 9th - 7:00pm

You can vote for Percy when the show releases the phone numbers, he's already a winner in my eyes as are the other nominees

catch u soon

Henry :o)

Sad News

Hi Everyone,

for those of you who have read my earlier posts, you'll have heard me talk about 'Venny' the first Cambridgshire assistance dog from dogs for the disabled. He's always kept me on the straight and narrow, setting a perfect example of just how an assistance dog should behave, in fact he was known locally as the 'Ambassadog' helping raise many thousands of pounds for the charity too. In fact without his hard work, I might not be here at all helping Andy.

Sadly Venny became very ill early in the new year and was put to sleep on the 4th January. His owner Marie who I still see a lot was devastated as was I. Venny was 12 years old

Theres a memorial fund at the charity set up in Vennys name with the purpose of funding another dog with a name beginning with V in his honour, if you can help with a donation please contact the charity directly at:-

Dogs for the Disabled

heres a couple of pitures of Venny a true loyal friend and an amazing assistance dog too ........