Please keep collecting easyfundraising donations – it means A LOT to us!
2020 has been challenging in so many ways, money has been tight, and fundraising has been difficult. Stepping into 2021, hasn’t changed the situation much and it looks like times will stay tough a little while longer.
So, please keep supporting us through easyfundraising, a great FREE and SAFE way to help us receive donations – at NO cost to you!
Whenever you’re buying pet food, picking up a fantastic January sale or taking out a new insurance, use easyfundraising so we will receive an easyfundraising donation to help us keep looking after the animals. These donations make a HUGE difference to us as a small charity.
How it works? Over 4,000 retailers will give us a little “thank you” donation whenever you shop with them through easyfundraising, incl. Amazon, M&S, eBay, John Lewis, Pets at Home, Currys, ao.com, Photobox, Just Eat, Screwfix, Petplan, Booking.com, Boots, JD Sports, Etsy, Wayfair, EE and many more…
You can collect the easyfundraising donations for us through the free easyfundraising App or use the easyfundraising website – So easy, So why not?
To the lovely Joanna Charters. Joanna rescued Ziggy from us in January and has just completed the My Prudential Ride London-Surrey 100 which is a bike ride over 100 miles (and considering Joanna is a runner and really NOT a biker, this is a massive achievement.) We are very grateful that Joanna decided to take on the challenge to raise money for Ridgeback Rescue and, so far, she has managed to raise 75% of her target total. We ecstatic to announce Jo did reach to her target of £200 raised having put in so much effort. If you would still like to donate to her page, even just a couple of pounds, that would be amazing. Even if you can’t donate, I’m sure you’d love to join me in thanking Jo and giving her a huge Ridgie Round of Applause. xxx
Our supporters are just THE BEST! Seemingly never afraid to get involved in anything we throw at them – no matter how crazy it might be – and the Hand Sanitiser Challenge is just the latest of our mad projects.
Enjoy the lighter side of Corona Virus … and wash those paws!!!
This wonderful idea comes from the fab folk at the Rhodesian Ridgeback Club of Scotland. Due to all the social distancing guidelines in place just now, the RR Club of Scotland have a plan to bring us all together on a “virtual” dog walk.
So, this Sunday (10th May) wherever you walk your dog, please take a picture, with or without their human, and post it on to their FB wall for them to feature in their virtual dog walk gallery. When you post it, if you can make a little donation by PayPal at rrcs@live.co.uk, that would be amazing.
All the monies collected will be split evenly between Ridgeback Rescue and the RRWT (Rhodesian Ridgeback Welfare Trust), so not only will we be able to enjoy all of your fabulous hounds … but you’ll be doing something incredible to help both our breed Rescue’s at a time when we really are up against it.
As always, we are praying you will get behind us and shower the Club with photos of your dogs from all around the UK and far beyond too (no Ridgeback is excluded, no matter where in the globe they may be).
Thank you to all of you, and of course to the RRCS as well. xxx
The Lockdown of 2020 caused by the Corona Virus really did take the wind out of our sails but as ever, the supporters of Ridgeback Rescue refused to see anything but a silver lining and soon got behind us to produce yet another mad-cap video.
So, without further ado, I give you the Lockdown Loo Roll Challenge – featuring our wonderful supporters and their dogs, from many corners of the globe ……….. thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.
We are currently taking requests from stall holders, catering vans and ride providers. Should you wish to book a slot for your business to be at the show in September, please email:- Julie@RidgebackRescue.co.uk
Our Rescue Funday which had been scheduled for September 2020 has sadly had to be cancelled due to Covid 19. We hoped we would get away with it but with all the shifting sands of regulations, I felt we had no choice but to postpone.
So, NEW DATE FOR YOUR DIARY is Sunday 23rd May at 11.00 am
All details otherwise are the same and lovely Julian Norton has still kindly agreed to come along and meet you all.
ANYBODY WISHING TO HAVE A STALL or to SPONSOR A CLASS OR ACTIVITY is still more than welcome so please do get in touch to book your space.
A Special Guest Judge for our 2021 Rescue Funday:
JULIAN NORTON (aka The Yorkshire Vet), has kindly agreed to attend and be our judge for the day!!!! So, if you would like to meet Julian in person and, potentially, be able to say that “YOUR DOG was the one the Judge would most like to take home”, then you better be in it to win it!
Our show will take place in Malton, North Yorkshire, on Sunday 23rd May, 2021 – entry to the show itself is free, but classes and games are chargeable on the day with each dog entered into the show getting his or her own number on a special Funday Rescue keyring to keep 😉
We will have stalls, merchandise, refreshments and a licensed bar. To keep both you, the kids and your dogs entertained, we will also be hosting lots of fun classes and activities such as our ever popular flat and hay-bale scurries, egg and spoon race for dog & handler teams, fastest sausage eater competition (for the dog, not you!), temptation alley, agility demonstration and Have-A-Go agility. Inter-spaced with all the fun and games throughout the day, we will also be running a companion show with classes including: best puppy, best rescue, most beautiful eyes, prettiest bitch, most handsome dog, best ridge and of course the coveted class of “the dog the judge would most like to take home”, for which The Yorkshire Vet will be our Judge for the day.
At the end of the day, all games and show class winners will come into the main ring and compete for BEST IN SHOW 2021.
So please come along one and all – bring your gazebos, chairs and picnic baskets. We’d love to see as many of you there as possible – all breeds are welcome and all proceeds will go directly to Ridgeback Rescue to help us continue the support and rescue work we undertake each year.
If you are unable to come but would like to sponsor one of our classes or donate a prize for the raffle, we’d love to hear from you either on messenger or email at Kerry@RidgebackRescue.co.uk.
Thank you for your support. We’re gunna have a ball!
During this very scary time, Reggie Ridgeback has decided to step up and send us a message each day – they can be helpful, funny, cheeky or constructive but they are all intended to be uplifting. If you have any questions for Reggie, let us know and we’ll see if we can get him to answer them. He started from day 9 of the Corona Lockdown so click the list below to hear what our golden boy has to say
Join us this Friday for Ridgeback Rescue’s Pub Quiz:
The Ridgeback Arms welcomes you to our Lockdown COMPLETELY FREE Pub Quiz, OPEN TO ALL – wherever you may be in the globe. We have space for the first 50 Teams who would like to take part. The “Pub” will be open from 7:45 pm on Fridays, and questions start at 8pm UK time, so make sure you are nice and early to pour your drink at the bar, as once all 50 places are taken, the doors will be closed lol.
If you would like to take part on your PC or Laptop, you will need to have Google Chrome installed, then simply type the following link into the address bar to access the session:
https://8×8.vc/rhodes2safety/kerry.9h6
If you would like to take part on your tablet or mobile device, you will need to have the 8×8 Video Meetings app installed. Once done, just use the link above to gain access to “The Ridgeback Arms”.
To play the Pub Quiz you will need:
Team Name Pen & Paper Alcohol or beverage of your choice Sense of humour
PREDATION WORKSHOP Is hunting your dog’s favourite hobby? Is their prey-drive a constant battle for you? If it is, then this course is for you.
This is the ONLY workshop of it’s type in the UK. It is long-awaited and as such tickets will go ridiculously quickly so please don’t hang about to book your slot (on either the Saturday or the Sunday) thinking that September is such a long time away. I guarantee, only those who book ASAP will be lucky enough to get a place as numbers are limited.
So, what is Predation Substitute Training?
Predation Substitute Training is basically a new way of managing your dog’s predatory behaviour. Is HUNTING your dog’s favourite hobby? Instead of spoiling the fun, why not go hunting together! Wouldn’t it be awesome if we could find a way to use the huge amount of motivation and pleasure that our dogs find in predation for our training and to intensify our relationship with our dogs? Most conventional training programs aim to interrupt and stop the dog’s predatory behaviour, either by a recall or by conditioned pain or fear. Inflicting fear or pain is unethical and the interruption of predatory behaviour by a positively established recall is often not really very successful. The problem common to both methods is that they work against the dog’s nature and what they actually want at that moment: to go for a hunt! Predation is an inner need that makes our dogs happy. Completely suppressing it is like putting a lid on a pot with boiling water: It only increases the pressure.
In our workshop we are going to focus on the theory and to then go forward and practice on:
• What is predation, why do dogs love to prey and why is predatory behaviour so hard to interrupt?
• How can we achieve that our dogs stop and control themselves instead of chasing after the game?
• How can we functionally reinforce our dogs by naming and announcing rewards?
• How can we find ways to practice predatory sequences together with our dogs in a controlled and safe environment? Please note: Wildlife safety is a top priority in this training! It is forbidden to chase wild animals and disturb them. During our workshop we stay on forest and country trails and secure the dogs with a longline all the time.
Brought to you by one of the UK’s top trainers. Devised & written by one of German’s top trainers. ALL profits going directly to Ridgeback Rescue.
Please join us in welcoming the lovely Julian Norton to our team here at Ridgeback Rescue. Julian, who I’m sure many of you will recognise straight away “off the telly” has very graciously accepted our invitation to become the new Patron of Ridgeback Rescue. Although we cover the entire length and breadth of the UK, we are very definitely Yorkshire folk at heart and there was simply nobody who could fit the bill to be our Patron better than TV’s brilliant “Yorkshire Vet”. Julian is still very much a real vet, practising for his North Yorkshire clients from his Boroughbridge surgery and so we are very grateful indeed that he has accepted our invitation to be one of our number.
Thank you Julian. We very much look forward to working with you in the future.
