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It’s a bonanza for Ponderosa Rescue Kennels and Cattery as it wins November’s Petplan Charity Prize Draw

Castleford’s Ponderosa dog and cat rescue centre has won a valuable £500 donation from the UK’s leading pet insurance provider Petplan.  The rescue centre, which operates as a charity, will use the money to contribute towards the veterinary costs it faces on the animals it takes in.

Petplan works with more re-homing charities than any other insurer to help fund the care of thousands of homeless cats and dogs.  The company offers a cover note for six weeks free insurance to every owner adopting pets through the shelters it supports and also donates vouchers for insurance to visitors and supporters of the charities.  Each month a prize draw is held from all the vouchers and cover notes issued and one charity benefits from the prize fund.

Michael Banks has been running Ponderosa, which can take up to 40 dogs and 20 cats at a time, for 22 years.  He said:  “Many of the animals we take in need building up.  When they come in they are not covered by insurance and veterinary fees are one of our biggest costs so the £500 will be put to very good use.  We have an excellent relationship with Petplan and their support enables us to ensure that the pets we re-home are getting off to a good start with proper insurance cover during the busy period of settling in to their new homes.”

Petplan is committed to supporting the valuable work carried out by animal shelters all over the country, ranging from locally-based charities like Ponderosa to leading national organisations such at Battersea, Cats Protection, Blue Cross and Dogs Trust.

Simon Wheeler, Petplan’s head of marketing said:  “We understand what a difficult time it can be re-homing a cat or dog and are happy to provide the extra peace of mind that insurance cover gives during the first few weeks of an animal’s life in a new environment.  Having your pet insured is an important part of taking care of its future health and making sure that you can manage any unforeseen veterinary costs.”

DogsBlog.com, the UK dog adoption website operated by K9 Media Ltd, is delighted to announce a brand new feature designed to help more dogs find new, loving homes from within the UK dog welfare network.

In collaboration with a number of online video service providers including YouTube, PetCrash.com and Revver, DogsBlog.com is now able to offer video ’showcases’ for dogs looking for new homes.

Speaking about the video launch, DogsBlog co-founder Kim Bruce had this to say:

Since our launch, DogsBlog has always been proud of the simplicity of the concept. Our goal was to make it easy for people to find the perfect dog for their lifestyle from within the UK dog welfare network. The idea was for the site to be simple to use, fun and easy to get around - as well as providing a level playing field for all charities listed on the site to be able to publicise their dogs to a wide audience. Each charity on the site is listed as an equal, nobody has a higher profile than anyone else. We’re delighted that we achieved our initial DogsBlog goals very quickly and now it’s time to take things to the next level.

We’re also delighted that an incredible 51% of all dogs listed on DogsBlog have found new homes. Our aim now is to grow that even further and we feel that offering video footage of the dogs seeking new owners will help get even more dogs into new, caring homes.

We are very excited and confident that enabling people to actually see the dogs they are considering giving a new home to will greatly increase the number of dogs adopted via the site. Enabling people to watch ‘their’ dog online interacting with people, playing, walking and doing all of the things that dogs do will add an extra dimension to the entire adoption process.

Harnessing the power and reach of the web in order to get dogs into new homes is the very ethos of DogsBlog.com and we’re delighted that it is now so easy to work with video thanks to services such as YouTube and the widespread use of video recording devices on mobile phones. Let’s hope modern technology can assist those dogs who need it most.

An example of a DogsBlog video showcase on behalf of ‘Oreo‘ can be seen at the start of this post or you can view his footage on YouTube here.

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