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“Cats” by Oscar Jones, Age 8.
We love the ginger tabby
the best Oscar!
Your
Storie
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Keepin
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Spooky
Fun &s
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FUN FAC TS
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POSTERS
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GAMES
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PET STORIES
Meet our animals
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Pl a
docks
Published
thanks to
Petplan
Charitable
Trust
Page 5
Colouring in Poster
For your wall or scrapbook
Page 6
Pet Poster
For your wall or scrapbook
Page 7
Your Stories
Fabulous tall tales
Pages 8&9
Fun and Games
Puzzles and jokes
Pages 10&11
Spooky Pages
Animal tracks and
mysterious nights
Pages 12&13
Make It
Spooky Halloween special
Page 14
Get Involved
Your fundraising stories
Hello –
My name is Oscar!
I am just a puppy and I came to the Home
with a broken leg. The vets fixed me up
and gave me a funky blue bandage! Have
you ever had a bandage on? Everyone
treats me really nicely – it’s great.
Having a broken leg means I can’t go for
a walk but I can relax in my kennel and
read this magazine, although the puzzles
are too hard for me. I like the pictures of
the cats!
Thank you for thinking about animals like
me who need extra care. But don’t worry
– I am going to a new family soon and
they will love me lots.
Enjoy the magazine – woof!
Oscar xxx
Don’t be shy
and get involved!
“Send your photos, drawings,
stories and poems to us at Paws
& Claws, Bath Cats & Dogs Home,
Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AZ or
email [email protected]”
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Hide & Seek game
What are these strange footprints?
Can you track them
through the
magazine and find
out who they belong to?
Bath Cats & Dogs Home (RSPCA Bath & District Branch) RCN: 205594
One of the best things about working here is
that we get to have playtimes with all of our
dogs. Each dog likes to play in a different way…
Patch is a collie crossbreed, and that breed
often love playing ball games. Patch has three!
He brings us the ball so that we can throw it.
Let’s
have fun!
cCune
Page 4
Hot Topic
How do pets keep cool?
in the pad
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Meet Our Animals
Playtimes in the paddocks
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of ask his is a dog’ lay
s way
ing us
to play
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Colette is a jack russell terrier. Terriers
like to rip up toys – especially ones with
a squeaky inside them. Terrier owners
know that it is important to let them do this, so
buy lots of toys and replace them once they are destroyed.
It’s not ‘cos
I’m naughty!
Tramp and Ava like to play with each other, they take
turns in chasing each other round the paddock.
up toys!
s to rip
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Cole
Duke is a lurcher – they are very fast dogs. He
spends most of his time asleep but when he wants to
play he is very quick! He likes to throw the ball around
for himself and we just enjoy watching him.
Tr
& Aamp
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Duke
Quiet games to play with your dog...
Go Find!
Hide a toy somewhere in the house
and ask your dog to find it. Ask your dog to sit and wait whilst you hide the toy. Start
really easy and put the toy in plain sight and not too far
away. Give the command ‘go find it’ and encourage
your dog to get the toy. Praise when they reach the toy
with a ‘good boy/girl’ and when they bring it back to you
reward with a short play. Increase the difficulty by hiding
underneath cushions or newspapers, and work up
to hiding the toy in a different room.
Three Cups
Hide a smelly treat underneath
one of the cups, move them
around, and can your dog
find the right one? Ask your dog to sit whilst you
place the treat. When you
are ready, ask the dog to ‘go
find it’ and encourage him to
sniff and knock over the
cup to find the treat.
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Summer is here and when you
run around and get hot you go
bright red and sweat – but our
pets are covered in fur – it’s like
a coat you can’t take off! How
do they cool down and what
can you do to help them?
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DID YOU KNOW?
Here at the Home
we fill the dogs’ Kong
treats with food and
pop it into the freezer
so it is nice and cold –
like a chicken
popsicle!
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When dogs p
ant they are
circulating air
through
their whole bo
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cool down. Th
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of air and we
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really does th
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LOL
They also like
to lie on
cool spots – g
rass, in water
or on stone o
r tile floors.
Make sure yo
ur dog always
has water to
and a shady sp
drink
ot or indoor a
rea to go to.
Some breed
s
of dogs can
have hair cu
ts
– their fur w
ill
grow back
and be read
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to have a nic
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big coat for
winter again
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is at its hottest
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– go for early
morning or la
evening walk
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