Congratulations to one of our wonderful Foster Carers, Julie Gibbison, who won a caption competition run by Vet’s Klinic, Swindon. She met Joe Inglis (some of you may remember him from the Vet School program) who presented her and Bugsy and Daisy with some Vet’s Kitchen dog food. Free food and free Bugsy plug! Well done, Julie!

See more at – Vet’s Klinic Facebook

We ran an informal competition on Facebook for ideas for a new slogan for Scruples, suitable for use on a car sticker. Each entry was made with a 50p donation to Scruples and we had 32 great entries. Thank you to everyone who entered.

We whittled it down to 3 finalists:

Carianne Wickens – “Scruples Whippet Rescue   Adopt – Foster – Volunteer – Every Little Helps”

Kerrie Howard – “Scruples Whippet Rescue – Adoption is the Loving Option”

Ginny Welch – “Love is – A whippet from Scruples Whippet Rescue”

And the winner is…………

Kerrie!  “Scruples Whippet Rescue – Adoption is the Loving Option”

Well done to Kerrie, who wins a Pets At Home voucher.

We will let you all know when the new car stickers are available.

The RSPCA are called out to 6,000 dogs in distress in hot cars every year (UK)

Dogs Today have launched a campaign called ‘Don’t Cook Your Dog’ to try and raise awareness and reduce the amount of dogs that suffer due to being left in hot cars.

The RSPCA’s and Dogs Today’s advice is as follows:

If you see a dog in a car on a warm day, please call the police on 999

If the car is in a supermarket car park or at a public event, ask for a message to be broadcast, asking the owner to return to their car immediately.

If the police are unable to attend, call the RSPCA 24-hour cruelty line on 0300 1234 999 or if you are in Scotland: 03000 999 999 for SSPCA (Please store the number on your mobile phone!)

If the police or RSPCA can’t get to you quickly enough the please try to take photos/video of the scene, using your phone. If you decide things are serious and you need to break in to help the dog then please phone the police and let them know your intentions before doing so. Please also make sure that you record what you are doing, as you need to protect yourself from accusations of criminal damage.

Please take a look at the ‘Don’t Cook Your Dog’ website for more information (click here), and spread the word. You can also buy car stickers and life saver packs though their website.

It doesn’t have to be mid summer for a dog to die when left in a car. Leaving the car windows open does NOT prevent dogs from getting too hot.

You can find information about dealing with heat stroke in the Whippet care section of our website. Click here.