Busta, Hugh and Luce arrive in Holland

Busta, Hugh and Luce arrived at Groningen Airport (Holland) yesterday (#19, 20 and 21 this year), and were welcomed by their new owners. 

Camillo, Grizzly and Terry arrive in Holland

Camillo, Grizzly and Terry arrived in Holland yesterday (#16, 17 and 18 this year).

 

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Lia - 2 year old Labrador

Lia is a Labrador, born on August 1, 2008. She is friendly, soft and gentle (what else would you expect from a Labrador?). She is currently in Perrotel Kennel, hoping for a family that wants to adopt her. 

For more info: Perrotel Kennel, 952 513 521.

Dog Heartworm Disease

Dog Heartworm disease: what is it?

Heartworm is a condition in dogs caused by a certain type of parasite. These parasites are transmitted to your pet through mosquitoes. If you are living in an area where there are lots of mosquitoes during the night, it is very important that you seriously consider heartworm prevention measures for your dog.

Heartworm is a very dangerous disease. It can kill your dog if you don’t do something about it.

The moment heartworm-transmitting mosquitoes bite your dog, the larvae will be transferred into its bloodstream. It will incubate there for several days. That’s the on-start of the disease. If left ignored, the parasites will eventually cause your pet a lot of harm. As such, it has to be treated right away.

If your dog sleeps outside in the Summer months (as mine do) I suggest you get a blood test ASAP.    I had my dogs tested and one of them tested positive.    This resulted in her having to take Asprin to thin the blood for 2 weeks and then 2 very painfull injections in the back muscle’s , she had to continue on the Asprin for 3 more weeks and could not go out for any walks.

Both my dogs now take monthly heartworm tablets @ €5.00 each which prevents them ever contracting it in the future.

If you need any further information on this disease then please contact your local vet.

Thanks to Diane Martin, Chico Bueno Dog Grooming for submitting this article

Sandy arrives in Holland

Sandy arrived last Monday in Amsterdam and was welcomed by her new owners. Sandy is dog #15 that was rehomed in Holland in 2010.

The CAS Discount Card from Costa Animal Society

CAS currently has almost 300 members.
We are seeking to increase this number with the launch of our new initiative - The CAS Discount Card.
This will benefit CAS, members and the participating businesses.

How this will work for Members
CAS membership subscriptions (€35 per couple, €25 per single) are due for renewal June 1st 2010. We shall maintain the low subscription rate introduced in 2009.
Each member will receive a laminated Discount Card together with a list of all the businesses that offer discounts (5 -10%) on a wide range of goods and services.
It should not be long before members recoup the subscription price by the savings they make on restaurant and bar bills; animal food & accessories; clothes & accessories; craft & art works and many other products. Add to these services such as hair dressing & beauty; reflexology & motor repairs etc.
 The list will be long, comprehensive and wide reaching geographically.

How this will work for Businesses
No business will be ask to pay for inclusion in the list of those offering discounts to people showing a CAS Discount Card.
The businesses will see an increase in the number of customers and also benefit from inclusion in the lists of participating businesses that will go to all CAS members and also appear on the CAS Website and the CAS Blog.
CAS will provide a window sign to show that the business is a participant in the scheme.

How this will work for CAS
Primarily by collecting many more subscriptions, but also from an increase in the pool of people who can be kept up to date on CAS activities, fund raising events and advertising.
Businesses will be asked to offer CAS Subscription Forms to clients.
It must also be said that the subscriptions may be increased in 2011 when the CAS Discount Card has proven its success!

SO! Whether you are a business, a current CAS Member or someone interested in joining:
Contact Jane Kirk
E-mail: janekirkspain (at) gmail.com
Skype : jane-kirk
Telephone: (00 34) 616 5300 71

The Costa Animal Society (CAS)

CAS was founded in 1986 as a registered charity for the sole purpose of helping abandoned and maltreated animals
Over the years, CAS has re-homed several thousand animals in the Costal del Sol region.
3 years ago, CAS linked itself with the Dutch charity, HzH, and has homed over two hundred dogs in the Netherlands.  Several hundred more have gone to Germany with the help of a local German charity.

CAS is often approached by people who despair of the behaviour of some dog owners. We give as much advice as we can and we can always let people have a copy of the Andalucian Law for Animal Protection. Advice on the care of cats and kittens is also provided.
CAS has arrangements with 3 local kennels, whose owners have agreed to house abandoned & abused dogs and cats for a reduced rate. The kennel owners have a wealth of advice & information on the care of animals - freely available to the public.
All of the work of CAS is carried out by volunteers. This work includes :-
Attending to legal & bureaucratic matters, including finance; producing a large range of publications; liaising with the local press, radios, police & Town Halls; arranging fund raising events; answering telephone & email enquiries; managing the CAS Website on a daily basis; collecting dogs and cats from one location and taking them to other locations (vets, kennels, foster homes, airports etc); making jams and pickles etc. for sale; staffing the CAS Office for 3 hours per day, six days a week; liaising with Dutch and German charities as well as other local organisations; running the weekly Sunday Market Stall in Nerja; collecting and sorting clothing and bric-a-brac etc donated to CAS; processing membership applications and recruiting businesses to participate in the CAS Discount Scheme; managing the CAS Fostering Programme.

Want to join those Volunteers ?

Dealing with the strategic issues that affect the work of the above army of volunteers is the CAS Executive Committee –
President: Jane Kirk, 616 5300 71, janekirkspain (at) gmail.com
Vice President: Wendy Thorne, 95 2037 095 & 660 271 984, wendycthorne (at) gmail.com
Secretary: Diana Carter, 95 252 1838, bridicarter (at) yahoo.co.uk
Treasurer: Deborah Soames, 646 282 339, debsoames (at) yahoo.co.uk

CAS is based in Nerja on the eastern Costa del Sol.
Address : Calle Dr Ferran 12,  Edificio Malaguete (bajo), Nerja 29780,  Málaga,  España
Charity Registration Number 1576    
C.I.F. No. G 292494455
Telephone & Fax   (+34) 95 252 3607  
Office Hours 10:00 - 13:00 CET, Monday – Saturday
www.casnerja.org

Local Markets

From time to time, we organise local markets as part of a CAS fund raising event.
If you would like to be entered on the CAS Register of Stall Holders please email your details (name, general address, phone numbers, and products sold) to:

E-mail: janekirkspain (at) gmail.com
Telephone: 616 5300 71
Skype: jane-kirk

Play TAG!

CAS acts as an Information Exchange when dogs and cats are either lost or found.

Most of us know that our pets should be micro-chipped by law in Spain.

However, one cannot guarantee that a person who finds a lost pet will go to the trouble of taking that animal to a vet in order to discover if it is chipped and the owner can be contacted.

Therefore, I am appealing to everyone to buy a tag to go on the pet’s collar. This tag should have the pet’s name on one side and your phone number on the other. As an added safeguard, do as many Spanish families do,  and write the name and your phone number on the inside of the collar also.

From personal experience I know the panic when one loses a pet! We were fortunate in that all our dogs wear Name & Number tags.

Also from personal experience, I know the high price charged for an engraved dog tag from one of the shops in The El Ingenio Centre, Velez Málaga. So I recommend people either buy one of the plastic tags on which one can write the information ( and keep checking it’s still legible) or – buy a blank metal tag and take it to a local jeweler who will engrave name and number for a very small fee.

Most of us think our pets will never run away – many of us know different!

Please Tag and Pet this week!

Jane Kirk - President of CAS

Cat & Mouse

Last year we decided to take a cat, after having had dogs for over 15 years.

To us that made perfect sense as we are living in the campo. Cats will chase away rats and mice so they will stay away from the house, and also prevent them from knibbling on the irrigation system in the summer.

But how different is reality. I have never seen so many mice in our house. 

Instead of chasing them away, the cat brings them home! Fully alive!

So there’s a dilemma:

Watch the cruelty and wait until the cat is finished playing with the mouse?

Or get the cat out and run the risk that the mouse is going to hide somewhere in the house?