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RIP Gumby

Posted by Dido Blagden on Wednesday, February 28, 2018,

My beautiful Gumby lost the good fight on Mother's Day 2017. He succumbed to an autoimmune disease which was attacking and destroying his own red blood cells. After 3 blood transfusions and over a week at the vet, I brought my beloved boy home for one more night and Dr Lee of Florida Veterinary Hospital came to put him to sleep and set him free to run across the Rainbow Bridge the next day.... Mother's Day.

I have been unable to look at photos or his website or even be involved in any animal ...

Mr October calendar boy for the CLAW birthday calendar... :-D

Posted by Gumby Pana on Monday, August 20, 2012, In : Community Led Animal Welfare

100% of the proceeds from the sale of this calendar go to CLAW (Community Led Animal Welfare). This calendar costs R150 and you can order it by e-mailing Emma O'Brien <emmaobrienphoto@gmail.com>
Photography © www.emmaobrien.com

I am Mr April in the Cesar's Way 2013 Rescue Heroes Calendar

Posted by Gumby Pana on Monday, August 20, 2012, In : PAWS for thought

50% of proceeds from the sale of the calendar will be donated to animal rescue
Photograph © Louise Lacante
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Paws for People come to the rescue again :-) ...Article in Cesar's Way Magazine

Posted by Cesar's Way Magazine on Monday, August 20, 2012, In : Therapy Dog

Healing the Trauma of Dog Bites and Attacks

Posted by Dido Panagiotopoulos on Wednesday, April 18, 2012, In : Therapy Dog

An attack by dogs (or a dog bite) can be traumatic because it is often a sudden, savage, unpredictable, random act of violence which overwhelms a person's capacity to take control and cope, and subsequently master the feelings aroused by the attack. It isn't about how savage or life threatening the attack was but more about how the individual responds to the situation. It is not simply being bitten by a dog, that causes emotional turmoil. Whether it does or whether it doesn't depends on how t...

Unbalanced Dogs Anonymous Facebook Group

Posted by Gumby Pana on Wednesday, April 11, 2012, In : Animal Advice

"Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are ...

Rescue Dog Photography Project

Posted by Gumby Pana on Wednesday, April 11, 2012,

Emma O'Brien is currently working on a very exciting new photography project about shelter dogs which will include previous photographs she's taken of rescues from various animal welfare shelters and non-profit organizations. Her goal is to publish a coffee table book to raise awareness of the variety, abundance and sheer PAWsomeness of rescue dogs.

She wants to include additional adopted shelter and rescue dogs in this project, and is offering full portrait shoot for R650 (a 50% reduction ...

On the Couch with Gumby - Counselling Posters

Posted by Gumby Pana on Sunday, March 25, 2012, In : Therapy Dog

http://pawsomepack.yolasite.com/counselling-posters.php
Continue reading ...

CLAW - going where angel's fear to tread

Posted by IFAW on Saturday, March 3, 2012, In : Community Led Animal Welfare

Your old collar can save a life!

Posted by http://pawtfolio.org on Tuesday, February 28, 2012, In : Animal Activism

Dini's Tail - on FurKidz

Posted by Gumby Pana on Monday, October 31, 2011,

Story of a Rescue Dog, (Dini, formerly known as Boo and my brother) as published on FurKidz
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Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight. ~Albert Schweitzer

Posted by Gumby Pana on Tuesday, September 6, 2011,

Do not let them off the hook

Images of unimaginable horror, torture and pain...
A dog who endures dog fighting will never be the same
This is NOT a sport, it's cruel, not a game,
Perpetrating evil for pure financial gain
Those who participate are human BUT NOT humane
Don't pretend it isn't happening or just shake your head in shame
Bringing an END to dog fighting can be our only aim.

Let us NAME and SHAME those involved. Let's bring them to book

Dog Fighting is illegal, it's a crime, let's not let the...

Looking for a Groovy kinda love... then funky Boo's your boy!

Posted by Gumby Pana on Thursday, August 25, 2011, In : Animal Adoption

Don't delay, adopt Boo today...

30th August 2011: We have decided BOO (now renamed Dini, as in Houdini) is already HOME! He has lots of homework to do but is bright as a button and so eager to please. With our patience, understanding, regular exercise, consistent discipline, systematic desensitization, ongoing stimulation and training, he will fulfill his potential and be a PAWsome pack member!

We thank our very special friends who have helped a friend in need. Most notable Lindy Rolle for so c...
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...surely you can't STILL need convincing that you need to adopt something good :-)

Posted by Gumby Pana on Tuesday, August 23, 2011,

In case you still haven't figured out why you should adopt a rescue...

Posted by Gumby Pana on Tuesday, August 23, 2011,

PLEASE help sweet Gumby-clone find a forever home of his own!

Posted by Gumby Pana on Monday, August 22, 2011, In : Animal Adoption

When trying to make a difference, didn't...

Posted by Gumby Pana on Tuesday, August 9, 2011,

I think a good definition of Animal Welfare (rescue , rehabilitation and rehoming) is doing all you can do while knowing full well it can never be enough. Albert Schweitzer said: Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight"...and I do! From now on though, I think it's back to VIRTUAL REALITY animal welfare work for me and my pack. Somehow the net (the world wide web and networking) is a nice security blanket with enough insulation for sensitive souls like me! Not...

Just TOOOO sad (and sadly far TOOOOO true too)

Posted by Gumby Pana on Monday, July 18, 2011, In : Animal Welfare

Dear Mom and Dad,

I died today. You got tired of me and took me to the shelter. They were overcrowded and I drew an unlucky number. I am in a black plastic bag in a landfill now. Some other puppy will get the barely used leash you left. My collar was dirty and too small, but the lady took it off before she sent me to the Rainbow Bridge .

Would I still be at home if I hadn't chewed your shoe? I didn't know what it was, but it was leather, and it was on the floor. I was just playing. You forgot t...

Sunday furry funnies...

Posted by Gumby Pana on Sunday, July 17, 2011, In : Dog Blog

From a Dog's Diary...

8:00 am - Dog food! My favorite thing!
9:30 am - A car ride! My favorite thing!
9:40 am - A walk in the park! My favorite thing!
10:30 am - Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!
12:00 PM - Lunch! My favorite thing!
1:00 PM - Played in the yard! My favorite thing!
3:00 PM - Wagged my tail! My favorite thing!
5:00 PM - Milk bones! My favorite thing!
7:00 PM - Got to play ball! My favorite thing!
8:00 PM - Wow! Watched TV with the people! My favorite thing!
11:00 PM - Sleeping on...

Don't Litter, Spay or Neuter your pets

Posted by Gumby Pana on Thursday, July 14, 2011, In : PAWS for thought

CLICK THE LINK to see the movie: http://hopeful.ws/JustOneLitter/JustOneLitter.html

When the movie is finished, go here: http://hopeful.ws/assist

If you have not signed the "Restrict Breeding" petition, aligned with the

Hopeful campaign to replace the current by-laws with sterilisation laws,

please do so now: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/restrict-domestic-animal-breeding/

Canine Bill of Rights

Posted by Gumby Pana on Wednesday, July 13, 2011, In : Animal Rights

Skipping...

Posted by Gumby Pana on Tuesday, July 12, 2011, In : Dog Blog

I live in an obese society where it seems that that striving for PAWfection these days seems more about LOSING yourself than finding yourself... in the age of the gym where the body is considered a sculpture, it seems PAWfection is attained not when there is nothing left to add, but only when there is nothing left to take away!!! I realise that no one got ahead by sitting on their behind, and I do my regular walkies, but I am a township rescue and I really simply do not like the feeling of hu...

The Soullessness of men!

Posted by Gumby Pana on Wednesday, July 6, 2011, In : Animal Welfare

From beasts we scorn as soulless,
In forest, field and den,
The cry goes up to witness
The soullessness of men.
~M. Frida Hartley

"On Thursday 16^th June (Youth Day) the Brakpan SPCA responded to a very disturbing complaint. We were called out by the Brakpan SAPS to assist with the arrest of a man who had throttled his dog with a cable tie to prevent it from making a noise, while he beat it to death with a lead pipe. The incident took place in Brakpan North.

When we arrived we found a well built ma...

Ode to the Forgotten Dog...

Posted by Gumby Pana on Wednesday, July 6, 2011, In : Animal Welfare

I am a township terrier, simply tossed away,

Like garbage in a landfill - I never had a say

Drains became my waterbowl

And rubbish dumps my restaurant,

Crushed my spirit and my soul,

Must survive, rest I can't

Skulk in shadows, can't be seen

Boots and stones can be so mean

Others nipping at my heels,

As we scavenge for measly meals

Disease is rampant, we've not had shots

We cower in your parking lots

And hope for scraps from doggybags

We slumber on newspapers and soggy rags

You don't notice, you ignore

God ...

Part 2: First Supervised visit - on the way to becoming a Therapy Dog (July 2010)

Posted by Gumby Pana on Wednesday, July 6, 2011, In : Dog Blog

We did our usual Delta Park double circuit walk in the morning and then I was thoroughly bathed and groomed in preparation for meeting some other PFP dogs and handlers and discussing future visiting venues and schedules... little did we know this was to be my FIRST (of 6) mandatory supervised visits which I need to do before I can become registered as a Therapy Dog.

Lesley De Klerk, founder and West Rand unit leader of Paws for People®, asked us to be at St Michaels, Cornelius street in Wel...

Part 1: Evaluation to become a Therapy Dog (June 2010)

Posted by Gumby Pana on Wednesday, July 6, 2011, In : Dog Blog

Clearly all the obedience training I had got had made me a GOOD dog, but what was it going to take for me to become an even BETTER dog? How would I not only be fulfilled but fulfil my potential as "man's best friend"... just imagine my joy and excitement when we came across the Paws for People® website

My Facebook status that night was: I feel so free... here's who I can be, am inspired and in awe and want to be more... found a place I think I can be, more ME!!!

In the next couple of days w...

It's a Dog's Life

Posted by Gumby Pana on Wednesday, July 6, 2011, In : Dog Blog

I am one of the luckier Rescues... One of the Happy Tails!

I was born in a township, and although my family didn't just leave me on the dusty streets but handed me over at a Community Led Animal Welfare (CLAW) Outreach Clinic, I still felt very much abandoned.

The day I arrived (the 27th of January 2009) there was a new lady, D, wanting to do some voluntary work for CLAW, and she took a pic of me...

She then bathed me and did the best she could to get some of the matting out of my hair. I lov...

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Gumby

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

RIP GUMBY - your PAWsome legacy and insPAWration will continue ❤your mom, Dido Abandoned in a township, and rescued by CLAW (Community Led Animal Welfare), I went on to be adopted and embraced by the Blagden-pack and taken to dog training where I was certified as a Canine Good Citizen. I am registered as a Paws for People Therapy Dog and visit lots of special people in various institutions. I foster a few CLAWbies who have been neglected, abandoned, abused or need some special TLC outside a shelter. I am also very involved in networking animals needing to find their PAWfect forever home and PAWsome happily ever after! Years ago I had my DNA analysed and I am in fact a Pekignese-Schnauzer-Yorkshire Terrier, with a drop of Pomeranian-Jack Russel and just a smidgen of Boxer... yip, basically I'm just a paveMUNT special super-callused fragile mystic plagued with halitosis ;-D

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RIP Gumby

Mr October calendar boy for the CLAW birthday calendar... :-D

I am Mr April in the Cesar's Way 2013 Rescue Heroes Calendar

Paws for People come to the rescue again :-) ...Article in Cesar's Way Magazine

Healing the Trauma of Dog Bites and Attacks

Unbalanced Dogs Anonymous Facebook Group

Rescue Dog Photography Project

On the Couch with Gumby - Counselling Posters

CLAW - going where angel's fear to tread

Your old collar can save a life!

Dini's Tail - on FurKidz

Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight. ~Albert Schweitzer

Looking for a Groovy kinda love... then funky Boo's your boy!

...surely you can't STILL need convincing that you need to adopt something good :-)

In case you still haven't figured out why you should adopt a rescue...

PLEASE help sweet Gumby-clone find a forever home of his own!

When trying to make a difference, didn't...

Just TOOOO sad (and sadly far TOOOOO true too)

Sunday furry funnies...

Don't Litter, Spay or Neuter your pets

Canine Bill of Rights

Skipping...

The Soullessness of men!

Ode to the Forgotten Dog...

Part 2: First Supervised visit - on the way to becoming a Therapy Dog (July 2010)

Part 1: Evaluation to become a Therapy Dog (June 2010)

It's a Dog's Life

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