An opportunity to show off your furry friend and win a prize. Classes include handsome hound, prettiest girl, best puppy, golden oldie, dogs most like their owner, and best trick. Suggested entry fee £2 going to Bath Cats & Dogs Home. No need to pre-book
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Wag Walk for Bath Cats and Dogs Home
Help support vulnerable rescue dogs by joining in a group dog walk to raise funds. With two dog-walking routes along the NT Bath Skyline, one is a flat walk of 2 miles and the other a more challenging 5-mile walk. There will also be refreshments and stalls, agility course and scent activities.
Teenage pets putting pressure on Bath rescue centre, charity warns
Bath Cats and Dogs Home is urging pet owners not to give up on their four-legged teenagers as growing numbers of adolescent animals arrive at the rescue centre. The charity says many young cats and dogs go through a challenging phase similar to the human teenage years, with behaviours including chewing, climbing, poor recall, scratching...
Abandoned pets face winter crisis as behaviour challenges surge, warns Bath Cats & Dogs Home
Bath Cats and Dogs Home is warning of a winter crisis, as rescue centres across the region report record numbers of abandoned cats and dogs arriving with severe behavioural challenges. More than 70% of dogs and 50% of cats at the charity now require specialist behavioural support to overcome anxiety and stress. With over 700...
Bring the whole family – two-legged and four-legged – to the Wag Walk this September!
Bath Cats and Dogs Home invites local families and their furry companions to join the much-loved Wag Walk on Sunday 28 September, one of Bath’s biggest dog-friendly days out. It’s not just a walk – it’s a celebration of pets, people and the joy of spending time together outdoors, all while helping rescue animals in...
Year 6 pupils from Oldfield Park Junior School raise funds for Bath Cats & Dogs Home
A group of enterprising pupils at Oldfield Park Junior School have raised £127 for Bath Cats and Dogs Home. The Year 6 students planned a sale as part of a PSHE project, but took it upon themselves to make the project a reality! Grace, Sophie, Bessie, Megan, Eva-Marie and Naomi made their own products –...
Neglected animals in need of urgent medical care this winter, says Bath Cats and Dogs Home
Many cats and dogs are facing a winter of neglect this year as Christmas, the cold weather and poor economic conditions add to the existing financial pressure on households. Each year, hundreds of the worst cases arrive at Bath Cats and Dogs Home. Often their health problems have spiralled out of control and they need...
Animal welfare charities offer pet safety advice this Bonfire Night
This week three animal welfare charities, Bath Cats and Dogs Home, Bristol Animal Rescue Centre and Cotswolds Dogs and Cats Home, unite to call on local people in the Bristol, Bath and North-East Somerset, West Wiltshire and Gloucestershire area to plan ahead for pet welfare this Bonfire Night. A 2022 impact survey by the RSPCA found that 76% of...
Local boys kick off Young Fundraisers Challenge for Bath Cats and Dogs Home
Three local boys, Alex Hourston, Harry Mellor and James Everard, have become the first participants in the Young Fundraisers Challenge raising funds for Bath Cats and Dogs Home. Alex and Harry recently ran a stall outside Alex’s house selling homemade lemonade, cookies and doughnuts, and raised an impressive £91. They also donated 40 old tennis balls...
The July/August 2024 issue of The Bth & Wiltshire Parent is out now
The new issue of Bath’s biggest magazine is being distributed through schools across Bath, Wiltshire and Somerset this week. Here’s a sneak preview of what you can find inside. News From The Schools Headlines and news from schools across Bath, West Wiltshire and Somerset, including Paragon pupils meeting a World War II veteran, a teacher...
New Bath Cats & Dogs Home workshops teach local children about animal welfare
Local charity, Bath Cats and Dogs Home, is responding to the animal rescue crisis with a new programme of free workshops for primary schools in Bath and North-East Somerset and West Wiltshire as part of its ongoing outreach work in the community. The charity saw a 12% increase in the intake of rescue pets...
Calling all dogs and dog-lovers! Join in the Bath Cats and Dogs Home Wag Walk
Local charity, Bath Cats and Dogs Home, is inviting dogs, dog-lovers and walkers to take part in its 13th annual Wag Walk, on Sunday 3rd September. Wag Walk is Bath’s biggest sponsored dog walk with almost 90 dogs taking part last year and aims to raise £8,000 for the care of unwanted cats and dogs...