http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/blog Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:38:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en An article on the BBC website today talks about the value a school dog, Missy, brings to help calm unruly children's behaviour http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8632592.stm - she creates a safe haven where pupils can calm down, then open up and talk. Our schools section gives more background on this. Our National Pet Month ... http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/blog/2010/04/22/dont-forget-our-schools-art-competition-a-happy-pet-i-know/ A team from the NOAH contingency of National Pet Month trustees has just spent four days at the British Small Animal Veterinary Association Congress in Birmingham - primarily to promote NOAH's Pet Health Information website, but also it presented a great opportunity to remind vet practices that National Pet Month ... http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/blog/2010/04/13/bsava-congress-did-you-see-the-presentation/ Did you hold your National Pet Month event over Easter? Please send us lots of photos (or put them onto Flikr tabbed NationalPetMonth) so we can see how you got on. And if you're still in the planning stage, don't forget to register your event on the website so people ... http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/blog/2010/04/06/the-first-weekend-is-over-how-was-it-for-you/ As National Pet Month gets closer and closer, I have just read that RCVS Trust is suggesting that practices host 'Alice in Wonderland' events during National Pet Month to raise funds for their charity. Now - the first practice to get Johnny Depp there gets a very special prize - ... http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/blog/2010/04/01/pets-in-wonderland-is-rcvs-trust-npm-theme/ Those of you planning events this year who subscribe to Pet Trade World http://pettradeworld.com/ may be interested in a feature on page 17 ‘NPM 21 years of celebrating pets and people’. They also have a feature on organising a pet event on page 40. If you are planning an event during April-May ... http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/blog/2010/03/03/pet-trade-world-features-npm/ Good to see that John Bower MRCVS has been awarded an MBE in the New Year's Honours list. As well as his stirling work for his own practice, for BVA and BVA Animal Welfare Foundation, John was always a staunch supporter of National Pet Month and its predecessor National Pet ... http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/blog/2010/01/08/new-years-honour-for-npm-supporter/ I've just read in the Northern Ireland Veterinary Today Journal that Des Thompson has retired from his Earlswood Veterinary Hospital Practice after 48 years in the veterinary profession. Des was one of the founders of National Pet Month, or National Pet Week as it was then - indeed it really ... http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/blog/2009/11/30/many-thanks-des-thompson/ http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/4649378.SOUTH_WOODFORD__Artists_win_award_at_Churchfields_Primary/ Well done to Churchfields for their winning entry this year. We had a fantastic response and some beautiful pictures to choose from but Churchfields stood out due to their depiction of happy, healthy pets. Two members of the trustees to National Pet Month visited the school on 24 September to present ... http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/blog/2009/10/07/churchfields-nursery-unit-wins-our-school-art-competition/ We would just like to acknowledge Daria Casement for allowing us to use her beautiful photographs for next year's National Pet Month publicity. We found her after her Mount Stewart (winners of our competition in 2008) photos were put on Flickr and linked to our webpage: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dareangel/3585549031/ Many thanks Daria. You are ... http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/blog/2009/07/31/many-thanks-to-a-talented-photographer/ Wow! A record number of events registered on the site (450 to date) and a huge amount of press coverage, all culminating in the Ultimate Pet Show where we had around 800 voters in the Hall of Fame competition! I do hope you all enjoyed National Pet Month as much as ... http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/blog/2009/05/29/what-a-success-thank-you-all-and-tell-us-all-about-it/