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Every year the RSPCA
rehomes around 70,000 animals - these animals arrive at the RSPCA out of various
circumstances - they may be unwanted pets that have been callously dumped or
victims of cruelty by their owners.
Anyone who has
rehomed their pet from an RSPCA animal centre or branch can tell you what a
rewarding experience it is to offer these animals a new lease of life.
These are just
some of the 
of pets that have been helped by the South Bucks RSPCA Branch:
***Click
on the images to enlarge***
 Tia
the Staffie....
Tia
Is
Adorable
We collected our staffie pup from her kind foster home four
weeks ago. Her paws already placed on the path to becoming a lovely pet: basic
training well under way, and responding well to her handler and her name“ Tia.
We did not change her name. We would not change her.
Quickly, she endeared herself to us and convinced Pickle, our eight year old
dog, to befriend her and show her the ropes. With Pickle beside her, she took
walking on and off the lead in her stride - a cattle grid proved more of a
challenge. And with Pickle for company, from the very first, she has slept
through the night.
Tia loves playing: with toys, with Pickle, with friends - human and canine; in
the park, in the garden, anywhere. She also loves cuddles, praise, and …. food!
She hates puddles, the garden at night (we need a torch), swans (they hiss from
big puddles), and …. being scolded!
Tia is cute, bouncy, boisterous, curious, vocal, apologetic, submissive, and
gentle. She has clumsy paws, velvet ears, a wrinkling brow, and twinkling eyes.
Her wish is to please.
Some say Tia is lucky to have found us: we think we are lucky to have found Tia.(2009)
Love from Tony and Teresa
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PROUD
Not long ago I was lonely, thinking I’d never have a home,
a kindly little mum and dad, to call my very own.
But a nice lady looked after me, and she was very kind,
she made me a promise, a family she would find!
I waited very patiently, the days they came and went,
and each day I prayed a special one be sent!
My foster mum took a picture of me, and smiling dashed to the car,
Charlie she shouted, I’m gonna make you a star…!!
Then one day I heard your voice, it sounded strong, soft, yet sweet,
and I made a dash towards you, skidding on four feet.
I knew in a heartbeat ….. I knew you felt it too,
especially when you said,
“We’ve been wanting a dog like you.”
So just like that, and one makes three!!
destined for a life of luxury!!
I want to shout but I'm high on a cloud
coz my name’s Charlie
loud and proud! !
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TJ the Alexandrine Parakeet
  From
Dennis the ACO (Animal Collection Officer):
Mrs Jane Herbet, who lives in
Oxford, recently discovered that her pet parrot ,who she had had for five years,
was making her existing lung condition a lot worse. She was " ordered" by her
doctor to rehome the parrot or risk having her life shortened by its presence. I
heard about it a while ago when she was trying to sell it...I made it known that
we could help find a good home for TJ. This is where South Bucks came in. I
spoke to Liz regarding TJ & within days she was contacted by a lady looking for
a tame bird to fill her home with "some noise" & company!
Well it was a match made in
heaven! I delivered him today along with his cage and buckets of toys!! TJ's new
home, Sharon Bakers' house, is very similar to the one he left...just a bit
posher! in no tiem TJ has settled down....by the time I left he was saying hello
and asking for tickles !! (2009)
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  Roxy
a.k.a. Dinkey....
Dear All
I have to write and say how wonderful everyone at the South Bucks RSPCA are.
Throughout the adoption process they have been very tentative and kind whilst
maintaining the puppies interest as priority one. Sarah the hand rearer has
done a fantastic job, and I just wanted to say thank you to everyone, you do
such a wonderful and often thankless job!
I have attached 2 photos, this is of Roxy (aka Dinkey) the English Bull Terrier
x, we adopted her on 19th December and these pictures were taken as it is her
first snow outing, very exciting for her and our other dog Bobby. Bobby (the
Staffie) adores her and is playing the big brother part really well. We are
very happy with her, and believe she feels the same. She is starting to
recognise her name, although I think she thought it was ‘No’ or ‘Leave’ for the
first week :-) She has grown a fair amount over Christmas, and whilst she still
has the adorable round belly I am pleased to say she has got taller and her
belly hasn’t got bigger!
We have also met the people who adopted her sibling Lilly as they also live in
Princes Risborough. We will get the pups & dogs all together in the next few
weeks and hopefully they will grow up knowing each other, and friends.
Anyway all the best for 2009
Rebecca Scott & Nolan Sawyer
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Happy Bunnies! Peggy & Eddie ....
PEGGY
The vets phoned me to say that Peggy had been handed over to them by her
owners. She had been limping for 3 days and when the vet turned her over the
bone in her back leg was sticking out. The only hope for her was to have it
amputated. Her owner said she only cost £25 - put her to sleep.
WE paid for her to have her leg amputated and she came to me for nursing. Every
time I went near her she whimpered and had obviously been roughly treated.
She made a wonderful recovery and went to live with Alfie a rabbit we had homed
previously to this wonderful family. Sadly 4 weeks ago Alfie died.
The Hunt family came back to me for another rabbit and I chose:
EDDIE
Eddie was one of 16 rabbits (2 mothers and 14 babies aged between 3 and 7 weeks
dumped in a box in Risborough Woods in January. Andy, an ACO, went to catch
them. By 4 o'clock it was pitch dark, and although he knew one was still left
her could not see to catch him. Andy went back at dawn, and there huddled
under a bush, wet and freezing was 3-week old Andy. We called him Andy after
the ACO.
We were not sure whether he would survive but he did. A very timid bunny I had
to wait for the right home for him. Then 10 months later along came the Hunt
family and I new that he had fallen on his feet.
Peggy ( I had called her Minxie because as she got better she got into a lot of
Mischief) duffed up poor Eddie at first and didn't like him at all. But as you
can see from the photos there is a very happy ending.
(2008)
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It would seem appropriate that
after attending a first class Seminar on Neonatal Care at the Harmsworth,
the South Bucks Hand Rearing Team took on six puppies and three kittens on October
3rd, less than a day old.
Heidi and Sarah have three
puppies each which were rejected by their mother after a caesarean section.
They are English Bull Terrier/Jack Russell - white, coffee/white, and dark
brindle. The kittens are short haired black, and black/white found under a
hedge beside their dead mother, and now being fostered by Elaine.
All the babies require two hourly
feeds throughout 24 hours, and after each feed are stimulated to pass urine
and faeces. Warmth and isolation are essential together with the strictest
hygiene, in fact an animal I.T.U!! Without Colostrum (mothers milk), their
immune system is very poor so they have to be watched constantly for any
abnormal signs, and the taking of temperatures and weighing are all part of a
daily routine.
Despite all the time, care, and
attention of our dedicated team it is not easy to get them through to weaning,
and as they say 'we win some and we lose some'. However, this does not dampen
their enthusiasm, and if only10% survive there is great jubilation and all the
reward that they seek.
10th November 2008
~Update~
Sadly, we lost one of the puppies
and two of the kittens, but the others are thriving. The puppies are now
weaned, and are very strong and full of mischief. Lizzie the kitten is tiny
and still needs her bottle, but is running around, into everything, and
growing fast.
As you can imagine our fosterers
become very attached to their charges, and although delighted when they are
eventually rehomed do shed tears at the parting.
(2008)
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Tiggy & Pandora's Story ....
In September I decided
I wanted a cat. I was shocked to see how many animals need a home at the RSPCA,
so I contacted Janet and she arranged for me to see Marion who fosters the cats.
She had Tiggy my first cat I adopted, he was a tabby, I fell in love with him
instantly. After my home visit I went and picked him up, he is a great cat and
gives me so much joy to be around. I decided to get a play mate for Tiggy,
always wanting a long haired cat, I called Janet after seeing Pandora on the web
site for the RSPCA. The same day Pam called me and then I spoke to Marion to see
if Pandora would fit in, she said yes!
So I went to look at her yesterday (13th Nov) and took her home the same day,
she is slowly settling in but I know she will be happy and well loved .I want to
say a big thank you to Marion for giving them the best chance at starting over
and I would never get a cat from any where else now.
Thanks from Jodie ,
Tiggy and Pandora
xxx
(2008)
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Bill & Ted a.k.a. Scooby & Chappie
To everybody who looked after us at South Bucks,
We thought you might like to know
how we are getting on in our new home.
Well we like it here a lot: lots of walks, lots of food and lots of cuddles.
We have new names now which we are quite used to. Scooby is now Bill and Chappie
is now Ted. We also have smart new collars and tags.
When we first got here we were very, very excited and it took us a few days to
calm down, we even had some nasty fights with each other but now we've had our
operations we only play fight. We are still very energetic and playful though,
and rather naughty. . . As you know - we like our food and they tended to leave
things out on the side here and we just couldn't help ourselves. . .
packets of butter, unguarded sandwiches, even a raw potato (but that wasn't so
nice).
Little Ted, who was a touch on the thin side when we arrived, is now looking
very well.
Sometimes we get into trouble because we are naughty boys when it comes to
chewing things up and we make a lot of mess, but we keep them entertained and we
always give them a very warm welcome when they arrive home so we think they love
us anyway. Ted, particularly, likes to present them with a gift when they come
in, a bone, a piece of cardboard or empty packet, they always seem very pleased
with it. They laugh at us all the time for some reason!!
A couple of weeks ago we visited a lady in a field who tried to show our new
owners how to make us sit and lay down when we were told to. Bill was
fairly
good about this but Ted found the field smelt too interesting and there were
geese nearby which were distracting. All in all, Ted does find it hard to
be
still and focus, but it was jolly good fun anyway. We are practising at home for
a bit and then we'll go back and see her again.
Some days we go out in the van and get taken for our walk somewhere different.
When we go to the park we jump in the stream and paddle but it's a bit cold for
that now. We both have little warm coats, Bill's is green and Ted's is red.
We have a big garden to run about in, and dogs next door who we sniff through
the fence and bark at.
On Saturdays we visit some old people who are very nice to us. When we first
went to their house Ted jumped on top of the table all laid out for tea and
everyone shouted out "No no Ted!" but each week we go there we get better and
better.
So we think we'll stay here if they'll have us, but we'd like to thank you for
making sure we were looked after before we
came here, so here are some nice
photographs of us.
Cheerio,
Love Bill and Ted xxx
(2008)
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Pumpkin,
Poppy and Primrose ~
We adopted
Poppy and Primrose in spring 2007 as tiny babies. Their foster mum told us their
mum had been abandoned just before Christmas with a litter and was already
pregnant with another brood of which these two little girls were part. We took
them home when they were old enough and we fell in love. Poppy was the runt of
the litter but you could not tell now and what's more after Pumpkin she is the
next one down in the hierarchy of the piggies!
We are so hooked that
this spring we expanded the hutch and adopted Pumpkin, he had come to the RSPCA
with a Rabbit and after a little op to make sure we did not have lots of little
piggies, we took him home. He now has his nice little harem of ladies including
our fourth piggy Petal who we gave a new home to after her mum was rescued by
the Hounslow animal trust.
They now have an enormous run on the lawn which my hubby likes as it means that
they trim the grass for him. The piggies love it and we often watch them playing
follow my leader or just tearing around and around just for the fun of it. We
also keep Pumpkin's coat trimmed a bit as it helps us and him keep it looking
nice.
My three human girls now
want to have yet more piggies! I expect that we will expand again very soon and
be asking Heather at South Bucks RSPCA to adopt again!
Thank you for trusting us with these wonderful Guinea pigs. They fit really well
into our family and give us great joy. They obviously love being here too as
they seem so happy and contented.
(2008)
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Sooty
- A Story of Patience & Endurance ~
On 11th of February 2008, we
at South Bucks RSPCA had a call from Crossroads Surgery to say that they had a
very young cat brought in from a R.T.A. The left front leg was severely damaged-
a nasty double fracture and all the skin and tissue completely gone plus damage
to the paw. It seemed inevitable that Sooty would lose the leg but after some
consultation it was decided to try- without much hope- to save the limb.
After a long operation which involved pinning in two places, heavy dressings and
copious amounts of antibiotics he was taken home by Angela (one of our
fosterers) and confined in a pen, as absolute rest was essential.
Sooty was taken three times a week for dressings during February, every five
days during March, once a week during April and May, and finally twice in June.
Each time he had to have a general anaesthetic as the pain would have been
extreme. Gradually the wound closed, the pins removed, and on June 19th , he
paid his final visit to the vet.
During all this time he was a model patient, very loving and sweet natured (even
at the vets !!!!!!!!!). It was now time for rehoming, but Angela and family
could not part with him and he was very attached to them, so he stayed and has
just had his first outing. Amazingly, the only sign of his trauma is a slight
limp and a distorted claw, but this does not stop him being very lively and
playful. Everyone involved deserves a very big thank you for their time, care
and patience.
(2008)
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Basil
the Crimson Rosella ~
Basil came to the South Bucks RSPCA in November of 2005, up until that time,
he had spent at least 10 years locked up in a tiny, filthy cage with little
food or water.
Basil was suffering from malnutrition which had left him almost totally
blind, his beak was soft from a calcium deficiency, his little body was bare
apart from a few feathers, his breast bone stood prominent due to
starvation, he had no flight feathers nor tail feathers & very few body
feathers as a result of feather plucking – all that remained of his former
glory was a bright red crimson head.
Basil has been in our foster care ever since, although he still nibbles his
feathers out of habit he is covered in fluffy grey down & proudly displays
his new flight & tail feathers. The frightened & quivering bird that first
came to us has been replaced by a beautiful & brave boy. Basil now spends
his days interacting with all his
bird friends, he fell in love with a yellow cockatiel called Splodge, he
sings songs, LOVES a bath & is disgusted if his daily treats bowl doesn’t contain celery
or strawberries!
He is most
certainly making up for lost time!
(2007)
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Holly
& Cassie ~
We were lucky to get Holly from the RSPCA
when she was 12 weeks old. Our cat had been killed by a car and we were looking
for another one when we saw Holly advertised on the cat page of the RSPCA
website. It must have been fate as we had always wanted a Border Collie but
previous work commitments meant that we would not have the time to walk such an
active dog. Now that we run a dog walking business (K9helper) we decided we
would be able to give Holly a good home with our other 2 dogs and 4 cats. She
settled in really well and is a delightful and highly intelligent dog. She is
now progressing in obedience training at the Dog Training Club and shows great
promise. A few weeks later we had a call from the RSPCA to tell us that they had
rescued Holly's mum from the puppy farm and would we like to go and see what
Holly will be like when she grows up. Cassie (or Shyla as they called her) had
been used as a breeding bitch on a puppy farm and was lying in deep mud when she
was rescued. When they brought out Cassie the first thing Dave said was "How do
we go about adopting her?" Well I think I was as surprised as the RSPCA worker
who brought her out and I was giving Dave "the look" which said "are you mad".
However I could see that he had made up his mind and nothing was going to change
it. We had already been home checked for Holly so they told us we could take
Cassie there and then. After signing the forms and paying the donation we put
her in the car and set off home. We only got 50 yards down the road and she was
sick. By the time we got home she had been sick about 5 times and I was thinking
that maybe we had made a mistake. She was really nervous and stressed so we put
her in our outside kennel and gave her a couple of days to settle down. She has
now been with us for 6 weeks and is the most placid, loving and obedient dog we
have ever had. The pleasure we have gained from watching her flourish and play
with her pup daily is indescribable. People tell us we are so good to give these
dogs a home but we are the lucky ones to have them. We cannot thank the RSPCA
enough for rescuing them and allowing us to adopt them.
Helen and Dave Simmonds
(2007)
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Have you adopted a pet from the South Bucks RSPCA? Then we'd like to hear
from you. After all,  are what make it all worth while.
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