Costa Animal Society News
May 2009

 

Scruffs winner
will get portrait
too

 As if winning a trophy was not enough, the dog which becomes Best In Show at the first of CAS’s two dog shows this year will be invited to “Sit!” for the renowned portrait artist, Heather Gail Harman.
  Heather, founder of the Portrait Society of Andalucía, has previously painted champions from the famous Cruft’s Dog Show in the UK, as well as a range of celebrities from Billy Connolly to Barbra Streisand.

Heather’s picture of Maximillian Galleydown Dominoe (left) is life size and completed in pastels.

This springer came from a family of three champions, including his mother who was a Best of Breed at Crufts.

 

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Max was 12 months old when painted by Heather but he never showed at Crufts because his owners refused to have his tail docked.
 
The first CAS dog show of 2009, Scruffs Cómpeta, will be held at the Pavo Real on Saturday, May 23, and is likely to be a truly international event. Posters in German and Dutch, as well as Spanish and English, are being displayed locally to ensure everyone and their dog has a chance to take part in the annual fun event.

There will be 12 classes, including Best Fancy Dress and Best Six Legs (that’s four of the dog’s and two of the owner’s!) as well as those for pedigree and non-pedigree pets, dogs and bitches, puppies, senior dogs and rescue dogs. Entry is €5 per class, with registration from 1pm and judging starting at 2pm. In addition, side stalls and a barbeque will make this another very special event.

By the end of the afternoon, the Best In Show will have been named and Heather Harman, who will be on hand to present the trophy, will be planning that portrait.

Sponsors are still being sought - please contact Jane Kirk for details on 616 530 071 or email her at by email.

CAS’s second dog show, Scruffs Nerja, is scheduled for later in the summer.

  


Scruffs Cómpeta Best in Show last year –
Rosa the Bermese, owned by Jan Etherington, seen here with the winner’s trophy
and special “spotty dog” cake!
 

Welsh sing to support CAS

 

 
  The Ladies Choir from the small Welsh village of Cefn Hengoed will be helping to raise funds for CAS when they visit Nerja this month.

The choir (pictured left), under its director David J. Lewis, will be giving a concert at the Cultural Centre on Thursday 28, with all proceeds going to the society.

Cefn Hengoed lies about 15 miles north of Cardiff and its prestigious choir is touring Spain for six days with a programme including traditional Welsh and English songs, hymns and spirituals, show hits and popular songs.


There are over 40 ladies in the choir which celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2007 and appears regularly throughout the UK. Tickets for their concert in Nerja are priced at €10 and can be obtained directly from the Cultural Centre Box Office in Calle Granada.

 

In
the pink

How to help CAS without being hands-on?

It’s a question which is asked from time to time, and next month there’s a chance to do exactly that. Following on from the highly successful Black and White Ball during the winter, CAS welcomes spring with the Pink Ball, scheduled for Saturday, June 6.

Everyone is asked to come dressed in pink (gentlemen included!) and bring along friends for another great night out which will raise funds for CAS. The venue once again is the Hotel Al Andalus in Maro where the staff always look after CAS events superbly well.

Tickets at €35 each include a three-course meal with wine, coffee and liqueurs, followed by entertainment and dancing to Global Radio’s Mark Peters. Book ten places and get another one free.

For tickets, please call into the CAS office in Calle Dr Ferran in Nerja, or telephone Mike on 95 252 6312 or 699 948 993.

 

Take care with kittens

 As more and more unwanted kittens are being brought in, CAS is warning that anyone who finds a litter should not simply assume that they have been abandoned.

A mother cat will often place her family somewhere she considers to be safe while she goes off hunting for dinner. If the mother is around, the kittens will have a better chance of survival rather than being taken away to be bottle fed, which can be quite risky with the youngest ones.

Very new, small kittens should never be handled unless it is 100 per cent certain that they have been abandoned. If the mother returns and finds too much human scent on them, she may abandon her kittens if they are still in the first couple of weeks of life.

CAS will do all it can to help in most cases, but it takes time to find foster homes for these little ones. Please look after them in the interim, making sure at least that they are in a safe, warm place.

 

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