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New Blackmore Vale, December 24, 2021

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Pets LOST AND FOUND AND REHOMING Blandford & Sturminster Newton Branch Cats Protection Cats looking for new homes: n Milly (11) tabby/white timid fluffy girl looking for quiet home with no children n Pepper (1) totie sweet but very lively girl looking for home in safe location with no small children n Stig (5) b/w boy - big boy looking for safe loving home. No small children n Chunks/Midelun/Tiny Tim (14wks) Timid but sweet kittens looking for quiet homes with confident cat person n Noell - (2) b/w girl, mother of Chunks & Co. Independent girl needs quiet home with no other animals. Our lost & found cats These are the most recent cats that have been lost or found please check out our Facebook page or give us a call Lost Cats: Shaftesbury - Ginger tabby boy since 21/11

n Chunks

n Midelun

n Pepper

n Tiny Tim

Found cats: If you are regularly seeing a cat in your garden or down your street that you don’t think has an owner please give us a call it might be a lost cat that could be reunited with its owner.

BLANDFORD & STURMINSTER CATS PROTECTION Loving homes needed for cats and kittens in our care. For more details, please call our helpline 01258 858644 or visit our website: www.blandford.cats.org.uk Sponsored by Longmead Veterinary Practice Ltd

JACK RUSSELL PUPPIES, 10 weeks old 4th January, brown & tan girl £900, black & tan boy and tan boy £750 each, chip and first jab for more information call 07779 124711 PUPPY CLASSES, beginners, home visits, behavioural consultations. Qualified, vetrecommended behaviourist, Helen Taylor, CCAB, Member APBC/APDT (881). helentaylordorset.co.uk 07951 985193.

LABRADOR PUPS for sale, wormed up to date, both parents hip, eye and elbow tested and can be seen,parents both kc registered and have lovely temperaments 07800 755862 £800 GORGEOUS COCKAPOO PUPPIES FOR SALE Ready 12/12/21 Please call for more details 07949 212210 GORGEOUS FEMALE COCKER SPANIEL PUPS ready 8th January £1800 Mrs.Hyde 01747 830718

n Milly

Salisbury Rd / Damory Garage area of Blandford black unneutered boy We are still offering neutering and micro-chipping for £5 in postcode areas DT10, DT11, SP5, SP7, BH21 and now also in SP8 call 01258 268695.

BEHAVIOUR TIPS Tip#5 What’s in a name? Dogs have no concept of names. Just like any other word or cue we use with our dogs, to him a ‘name’ is just a sound that he has learned to recognise as having a specific meaning. What that meaning is, and whether it is positive or negative is entirely up to the owner. Your dog’s name is basically a means of getting his attention onto you briefly so you can then ask him to do something else (for which he may earn a possible reward). This is actually one of the easiest, but most important ‘cues’ we can teach our dogs. After all, if you can’t get his attention reliably when you call his name, you have little chance of him responding to more complex requests – not least because he may not even know you are talking to him! Practice calling your dog’s name in many different situations and - when he makes eye contact – throw him a low-value reward. Never, ever allow anyone to use his name as a reprimand or a nag, or to repeat it endlessly for no positive purpose – or your dog may quickly learn that his “name” is best ignored!. Helen Taylor BSc(Hons) ADipCBM Certificated Clinical Animal Behaviourist (CCAB) Full Member APBC & APDT (881) 07951 985193 help@helentaylordorset.co.uk (incoming) or help@dorsetdogbehaviour.co.uk (outgoing) helentaylordorset.co.uk Helping your best friend to be even better...


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