http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/blog Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:35:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It may all seem very quiet on the National Pet Month front at the moment, but we're already starting to make plans for next year. NPM 2009 will run from 4 April - 4 May, with a theme based on obesity and other health related issues. We are also getting ready ... http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/blog/2008/07/25/over-the-summer/ Today is the 1st April - and National Pet Month starts at the weekend! We're getting loads of event pack requests in and are sending packs as soon as we can - and also responding to Tell Us You're Interested enquiries. We're expecting a lot more requests too - because even ... http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/blog/2008/04/01/its-nearly-time/ We're still recovering from an extremely hectic four days at Crufts. We had literally hundreds of visitors to the stand - we gave out over 700 free dog walk books (thank you Iams) all stuffed with National Pet Month information. Thanks to everyone who came to see us - have ... http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/blog/2008/03/14/crufts-round-up/ On Monday Nicole and Holly from PFMA went on behalf of National Pet Month to congratulate the Whitchurch Rainbow Guide group who were awarded joint first place in the 2007 'Teacher's Pet' scrapbook competition (alongside Grange Park School in Leybourne, Kent). The trustees were also joined by Claire Bevan of ... http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/blog/2008/03/04/whitchurch-rainbow-guide-group-are-teachers-pets/ If you've ever been on our National Pet Month contact list before - you should by now have received your first mailing from us - sorry it was a little late this year, but I got called to do my public duty on Jury Service and Emma, who has replaced ... http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/blog/2008/03/03/all-the-post-has-gone/ Time rushes by, and we're just starting our preparations for this year's National Pet Month. Our theme this year is 'Great British Pets' and we're really looking forward to all the exciting ways we can celebrate - while spreading the responsible pet ownership message. Towards the end of the month we're going ... http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/blog/2008/01/14/starting-to-prepare-for-2008/ It's the last weekend of National Pet Month and there's plenty happening! There are fun days, open days, a swimathon and the intriguingly titled Neolithic cani-cross (see www.canix.co.uk for more details) - the last event of their season. Their event on 22 April raised £1001.00 for charity - split between Cheltenham ... http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/blog/2007/05/04/bank-holiday-events/ Yvette Price Mear, founder of the Pet Bereavement Support Group (registered charity no 1104002) carried out an 20 hour charity sponsored 'Bingo-a-Thon' as her National Pet Month event on 27 April. She writes: "At one o’clock this morning I finished my Charity Sponsored ‘Bingo-a-Thon’. It took me twenty hours and I ... http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/blog/2007/05/02/charity-bingo-a-thon/ Hannah Rowley from ILPH writes.. "We organised a series of rehoming events entitled 'Love is....an ILPH companion' on 21 April at our centres in Norfolk, Aberdeen and Blackpool. They focused on the rehoming of our companion horses and ponies (ones that can no longer be ridden or driven). The aim of the ... http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/blog/2007/05/01/ilph-npm-events-make-bbc-breakfast/ Wet Nose Day, which took place on 24 April has been and gone - and a good time was had by all! The idea of WND (a name kindly lent to us by Tiggywinkles Animal Shelter) was to gather together some National Pet Month supporters - human and canine - ... http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/blog/2007/04/27/wet-nose-day/