Our very good friend Mandy Elliot has started a sponsored slim for Puglia Pooches.We are so grateful to her for wanting to help.Mandy visited us out here in May and saw what we do first hand and what an uphill battle it is,also the constant struggle to meet the demands of these poor souls.

Below is what Mandy has to say:

 "Dear friends,

I hope that you don't mind me writing, but I would like to ask for your kind help please :o)

In September my brother is getting married and as one of the bridesmaids I need to loose weight!  As an added incentive I would like to raise money for Puglia Pooches in Italy.

I am aiming to loose 2 stone (yoiks) and raise at least £500 for the rescued and abandoned dogs in Italy.

Ways you can help:

Please visit:  www.pugliapooches.eu for more information about the work of Puglia Pooches and click on the ‘slice of orange!’ for more info about the slim.

You can join us to loose weight yourself (Lu.. daisies mum has joined the quest already) and ask people to sponsor you or perhaps you would be kind enough to sponsor us, either by each pound we loose until September or perhaps a one off donation.

Please click on the ‘make a donation’ button on the top of Puglia Pooches home page for secure on-line sponsorship www.pugliapooches.eu

We will be very grateful for all the help you can give and after personally spending a week at Puglia Pooches, I know that Val and Mino (the kind fellows who run Puglia Pooches) will very much appreciate your help and support and all funds will go directly to helping dogs in great need.

Thank you in advance for your kind support.

With love Mandy x x x "

Please if anyone would like to help Mandy in her sponsored slim,either by joining her or sponsoring her,we would be delighted to hear from you. You can hit the normal donations button. You will make a difference!

For those Doggy Snappers amongst you , Mandy is  Mandy and Hazling !!

Thank you Mandy for your help and support,Mino and I wish you all the luck in the world with your sponsored slim and can't wait to see the new slimmer version of you in the wedding photos!!

He is your friend, your partner,

your defender,

your dog.

You are his life, his love, his leader.

He will be yours, faithful and true

to the last beat of his heart.

You owe it to him

to be worthy of such devotion.