Dear Readers,

How lovely the evenings are lighter now giving us more time to walk our dogs. And as it gets warmer I am looking forward to coming out of hibernation, dining al fresco again with friends and enjoying nature’s blessings.

Speaking of hibernation. March and April are the months when most hedgehogs wake up and you may start seeing signs of hedgehog activity in your garden again. The British Hedgehog Preservation Society offers some advice as Britain’s Favourite Wild Mammal starts to wake up from hibernation.

The gorgeous Boy featured on the front cover is called Joss. He’s a resident at The Border Collie Trust GB and thoroughly deserves a lovely new home. Read all about him on page 7.

Just a taste of the features in this issue:-

Meet perfect puppies Alf, Poppy, Coco, Hershey, Imperial and Max who are the first from Medical Detection Dogs’ new breeding scheme. The six puppies don’t know it yet but they’re going to save lives; four as super sniffers with MDD and two with other assistance dog charities.

In a national survey, carried out in January 2023, 32% of respondents in England said that cost-of-living pressures and the need to care for their pet has had a negative impact on their mental health. according to new data from national pet charity, Blue Cross.

Adopted from Dogs Trust Shoreham in 2018, Davey the six-year-old springer spaniel has served with Lancashire Fire and Rescue for nearly five years. During his first international deployment, Davey spent ten days in the city of Antakya in the Hatay province searching for survivors with UK International Search and Rescue (UK ISAR). He has recently returned from a life-saving search and rescue mission in earthquake hit Turkey.

I hope you enjoy reading your free copy of Rescue and Animal Care

Until next month