Ok, our super duper Xmas quiz booklets are ready! Hot off the press today!!! All those fab folks who have offered to sell them for us you will be receiving your bumper crop in the post but if anyone else just wants to buy one or two,  you can do, we just need an email with your name & address you can pay by paypal on our website or by cheque.

A great way to help a dog this Christmas and also have fun while you do it!!

Big thanks go to Nannette who has put a lot of time and effort into compiling and printing this for
Border Collies In Need.

Some of you may remember our Xmas quiz booklet from last year, anyway we are doing it again this year and so we can raise lots of money for Border Collies In Need we are looking for more people who would be prepared to sell it for us. The new booklets are being printed as I type and we are hopeing to beat last years total. Anyone who thinks they can help with this please get in touch via the website.

For anyone who isn't interested in selling them but would like to buy one they will be for sale in several places in Llanbedr and Dyffryn, Abertillery and also available directly through Border Collies In Need just send your name and address in an email, pay on line via paypal and we will send you a copy.

Cats, cats and more cats!!! Sorry I haven't had much chance to blog, cats take a lot of looking after. Pictures of all kitties can be seen on our facebook page - Border Collies In Need.

We are desparate to find a fosterer who can take on a 18 month old collie with dog to dog issues. He is called Beau and in every other respect is perfect. He may enjoy agility or flyball if he can cope with the other dogs. He needs a collie savy place with no resident dogs or a calm non reactive female and someone who is used to dealing with these kind of issues. I know it's a long shot but this boy really needs to move as soon as possible.

Nel is settling well into her foster home and again has a few issues that need work but her fosterers are doing a fantastic job and she will soon be able to go up for adoption.

We have two more collies coming to us over the weekend and I will update once I know more.

A couple of people have looked at the website and think we only have the two dogs - Tip and Sophie. We do have more but we don't always put them on the website until they are ready to be adopted so if you are looking for a particular age or type of Collie just email or ring us and I will be able to tell you more about the dogs we have.

Things are a little bit crazy here at the moment, lots of collies coming on board in the next few weeks. Also presently we have several cats all looking for homes -
Gorgeous ginger male, neutered and vaccinated approx 2 years old very friendly.
Ginger Tortie girl, neutered approx 7 years old extremely friendly.
Kittens - male black approx 16 weeks old very friendly and sweet plus female black & white shy, neutered.
Pregnant white cat who will stay here till she has her kittens.
Next week there will also be 4 black kittens approx 9 weeks old.

I was contacted yesterday by a distressed lady who is very worried about the safety and well being of two collies advertised on the awful preloved site. I would love to help these two dogs but the owner has refused to let them go to rescue despite the fact they are advertised 'free to a good home'. The only way I can help is if we have somewhere local they can go in the first instance while we find them a permanent foster placement. There are ways to get these two dogs out of their awful situation but we need somewhere to put them. So
do we have anyone in Stoke on Trent who would be in a position to take 2 rescued collies for short term foster (a week to 10 days maybe) while we find them somewhere permanent to be fostered. They are mother & son, both in a bit of a state, nervous, entire and unvaccinated. If you can help please contact us via the website http://www.bordercolliesinneed.co.uk/

Meet Sophie, a lovely collie cross girlie who has been with us for a while in foster. She is about 14 months old, we had her from the Pound when her time was up. Sophie was extremely nervous when she first came to us but with a lot of work from her fosterer she has come on lots. Sophie has been living with several dogs of various shapes and sizes without any problem so could go to a multi dog household. Because Sophie tends to prefer a quiet household we would prefer no children under 10 years and ideally a collie savy home.

Just arranged to take delivery of a sweet sounding collie girl, 16 months old and unwanted because she has "issues", some of which if not all are caused by frustration, this poor girl is living a life of a pet when all her instincts are telling her she should be working sheep, bless her. Her dad is a champion welsh working sheepdog, she is living a fairly mundain and sedate life of a pet dog with no opportunity to use her brain. It's no wonder she has "issues"!

She will be going into a lovely foster home where we will assess her and do some work with her before she will be up for adoption. Pictures will be on the website though with updates and infomation for anyone looking to adopt.