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If you have been thinking about or wanting professional photography with you and your pets, Tim and Grace from Red Bird Photography have put together a very special, limited time offer that may be purrfect for you and your furry companions!

With over 10 years of study and experience between them, Tim and Grace from Red Bird Photography are experienced and amazing at what they do; they capture the best moments and devotion of you and your pets and showcase them in beautiful print packages of your choice.  Located in the Blue Mountains, only an hour away from Sydney CBD, they provide photography sessions for those located in Sydney and in the Blue Mountains.

Red Bird Photography actively support the RSPCA. When they’re not in a photography session with their customers, they are often found donating their time to the NSW RSPCA taking gorgeous photos of the many shelter animals across the state who are awaiting adoption into furever homes. Tim and Grace will also be present at the 2012 RSPCA Million Paws Walk in Katoomba this Sunday, May 20 showing their support, taking photos throughout the event and displaying some of their wonderful products and services, so make sure you get your tails down there to see them on the day and say hello!

Red Bird Photography
Website: http://www.redbirdphotography.com.au
Phone: 0406 775 271
Email: info@redbirdphotography.com.au

Follow Red Bird Photography on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/redbirdphoto

It has been an incredible and wild first 24 hours into my fundraising for the RSPCA. Yesterday, when I opened my fundraising page to accept donations, I initially set a goal to raise $500. Those of you who have already donated in sponsor of me have been so amazing with your contributions that I have already currently raised $451 which means I am only $49 away from meeting that initial $500 goal!

But I’m not going to stop there. In response to your support, I have now increased my challenge and set my new goal to raise $1,000! Thank you so much for your donations and support. Keep up the amazing effort, guys – you are AWESOME!

Let’s keep the donations coming in for the RSPCA and this great cause!

If you are a business or corporation who is willing to step up to the challenge and get involved in sponsoring me by donating to this great cause, I would love, love, LOVE to hear from you! Don’t be shy – be bold, passionate and wonderfully delighting – no matter how great or small your contribution is, it would be hugely appreciated!

Sponsor me in support of the RSPCA and donate now:
http://www.millionpawswalkfundraising.com.au/hero_pages/view_posts/hwsmpw

I adopted my Kelpie cross Staghound, Saxon, just over one year ago from the Yagoona RSPCA shelter. He is now a healthy 15-month-old who is full of life, love and is a constant source of laughs and fun in my life. I cannot imagine life without him.

This year on May 20, 2012, I will be walking 4.6km with my dog Saxon to raise funds and show support for the RSPCA and animals in need everywhere. This will be Saxon’s first time participating in the RSPCA Million Paws Walk and we are super excited! I have a passion for animals, responsible pet ownership and animal welfare. When I’m not working at my day job during the week, I am spending my weekend working at the Rouse Hill RSPCA Care Centre.

I have set a goal to raise at least $500 in funds for the RSPCA but I am hoping that, with your help and support, I can totally SMASH that $500 goal! I’d really appreciate it if you could share this as far and wide as you can, donate some money and get as many people as you can to also donate to my fundraising page.

The money raised will be helping the RSPCA care for the thousands of animals received each year – provide them with the medical care, love, food, support and shelter they need and deserve. It will also help every animal great and small find their fur-ever home. It will speak volumes about how we should look to adopt shelter animals before we consider impulse buying from a pet store or puppy mill.

All funds raised go directly to the RSPCA.

If you are willing to sponsor me in the 2012 RSPCA Million Paws Walk, you can make your donation online on my fundraiser page: http://www.millionpawswalkfundraising.com.au/hero_pages/view_posts/hwsmpw

If you are a business or corporation who is willing to sponsor me by donating to this great cause, I would love, love, LOVE to hear from you!

 The Easter school holidays are coming up, which means kids will be home and eager to get out and do all sorts of fun things. If you are located in New South Wales near Rouse Hill and have a child who is interested in the protection and welfare of animals great and small or perhaps would like to learn a bit about it for their first time, then pop into the RSPCA Care Centre at the Rouse Hill Town Centre to meet Inspector Claire, one of the RSPCA NSW’s many Inspectors who do fantastic work in ensuring animals are treated with the appropriate care and love they need and deserve.

Claire will be visiting the RSPCA Care Centre at 11am on April 11 and 19 to talk to kids about her job as an Inspector as well as share stories about the four legged friends she has made along the way and the happy endings the RSPCA find for each animal that comes into their care. Inspector Claire will also be giving Easter gifts to every child who attends, plus an additional super awesome surprise for a lucky boy or girl who is a GREAT listener!

Don’t miss out on this fun, totally free activity and the chance to also see some of the wonderful animals waiting for adoption!

For further enquiries:

Rouse Hill Care Centre, Rouse Hill
(02) 8883 0622

Mon – Wed: 9:00 am-5:30 am
Thu: 9:00 am-9:00 pm
Fri: 9:00 am-5:30 am
Sat: 9:00 am-5:00 am
Sun: 10:00 am-5:00 am

Update – October 22, 2011: Meg has found a loving family who have adopted her as part of their family pack! 

Meet Meg – she has been waiting at the NSW RSPCA since November 2010 for an opportunity to go to her furever home and she is really ready to have a life with a loving family.

Meg arrived at the NSW RSPCA with an injury resulting from being hit by a car and had to have her front leg amputated. Don’t let this sad start to her life fool you; Meg is a very happy and playful girl who doesn’t even seem to notice that she’s missing a leg – she goes on with her life doing everything any other dog would do without any difficulties.

After the surgery, Meg spent some time in foster care to recover and that meant having to share a house with 3 cats and a large breed dog and she loved it! Meg definitely works to allow other cats and dogs be her friend but she will need to meet any dogs that she will be living with prior to adoption.

Meg is a very active girl and needs to be taken for walks to help use up all of her energy – ultimately, she would love to have a family who will include her in lots of activities. She understands basic commands such as “sit” and “stay” but will need ongoing training to help further improve her manners and build her trick repertoire!

Don’t worry, Meg also loves nothing more than cuddling up with people after a long day and is very affectionate and cuddly. Meg loves to play with kids of all ages but she can sometimes get a bit too excited and bouncy with happiness, so it’s important that you bring your children along prior to adoption to meet her. She would love to go home to a loving family with kind, playful kids who can keep up with her energy levels.

Meg requires a fully fenced yard with a minimum height of 6ft that does not have any gaps, holes or weak points where a dog might be able to squeeze through. She is suitable for an ‘orange profile‘ family.

Adopt cost includes: Desexing, microchip, vaccinations, flea and worm control, vet check, 30 day pet insurance and a grrrreat companion.

If you would like to know more about Meg, you can phone her previous foster carer Dani, who can be contacted on 02 9770 7555. When you call, please select option ’6′, followed by option ’1′ to be put through to her in the vet clinic

She is avaialble for adoption from the Sydney Yagoona RSPCA Shelter.

Yagoona RSPCA Shelter
201 Rookwood Road, Yagoona NSW, 2199.

Open 6 days a week: 9.30am to 3.00pm – closed Wednesdays and Public Holidays.
Phone: (02) 9770 7555

Update: Tyzer has been adopted by a loving family who are providing him a furever home!

This is Tyzer, he has been at the shelter since March 2011 looking for his forever home and would love to continue his life with a loving family.

Tyzer is a fairly active four-year-old boy who loves being in the great outdoors, engaging daily with an active family or owner who can include him in as much day to day activities as possible.

He can be quite energetic, so daily walks and regular exercise will help keep him fit, healthy and provide an outlet to release any excess energy – it’s the number one rule of keeping a calm, balanced and happy dog!

Tyzer would also benefit from ongoing socialization and obedience classes; they will help teach him how to be the best that he can be. While he enjoys being outside, he will need plenty of mental stimulation to prevent boredom, so toys such as Kongs, treat balls, puzzle balls, boredom busters etc. are highly recommended and encouraged.

Fencing for Tyzer’s new home will require a height of 5 foot as a minimum to keep him safe and secure. Regular brushes and baths will help him keep looking, feeling and smelling great.

Tyzer is suitable for a ‘green’ profile family and cannot go to a home that has any cats or pocket pets.

Adopt cost includes: Desexing, microchip, vaccinations, flea and worm control, vet check, 30 day pet insurance and a purrrfect companion.

He is avaialble from the RSPCA Care Centre at the Rouse Hill Town Centre.

RSPCA Care Centre
Shop GR 146C, Civic Way, Rouse Hill Town Centre,
Windsor Road, Rouse Hill, NSW, 2155.

Open 7 days a week, excluding public holidays.
Phone: (02) 8883 0622

 

Update: Zoidberg has since found his furever home!

This is Zoidberg, he has been at the shelter since January 2011 looking for his forever home, but due to his condition he has been over looked.

Zoidberg is a very special boy who has mild brain damage – this causes his head to bob uncontrollably and he also walks in circles. Sometimes Zoidy can come across as deaf, but its mostly just confusion.

Zoidy cannot go to a home with young children as he can be a bit skittish if he is startled.

Zoidberg absolutely adores other animals and MUST go to a home with another friendly cat or a calm friendly dog, because when he doesnt have a companion Zoidy can get quite distressed.

Due to his condition Zoidy can NEVER be let outside and must be an indoor only cat for his whole life. Zoidberg will need a patient calm family who will love him for his quirky ways.

Zoidy enjoys the occasional cuddle but isnt one to sit on your lap and have a sleep, he is more than happy to play with toys and do his own thing. In his new home Zoidberg will need a warm bed, scratching post, litter tray, toys, and someone to love him just the way he is.

Zoidberg is $190 to adopt which includes: Desexing, Microchip, Vaccinations, Flea and Worm Control, Vet Check, Pet Insurance and a purrrfect companion.

He is avaialble from the Blue Mountains RSPCA Shelter.

Blue Mountains RSPCA Shelter
121-125 Mort Street, Katoomba 2780

Open 6 days a week – closed Wednesdays.
Phone: (02) 4782 2674