Barnaby Longdog - fighting against illegal dog importing

What can I say except a huge thank you to each and every one of you! Thanks to everybody coming together to support us on this, Barnaby target has been reached so he will be returned to us in August. The prize draw has been left to run as tickets have been purchased, it will end on the 2nd of June and the fundraiser will be closed. Any extra after quarantine and expenses will go to a doggie charity. I always said that when Barnaby's fight was over I would be leaving social media as it has never been part of my life and this I hope will still come to be. However, in the time between now and Barnaby being released, there is so much I want to do. We are currently talking with organisations and individuals in the UK, Serbia and Romania. This issue is so complex that it requires new legislation to effect change and that is a long and slow process. In regards to this, we will be campaigning and petitioning for Barnaby's Law. The law would mean a maximum of 5 dogs could be comme...

It was a lovely sunny day today so I carried all my toys outside so I could play in the sun. I didn't take my balls out though, I have a thing about my balls (I have six of them now) and hide them under my blanket. When anybody tries to play with them I get very sad and cry then hide them back in my bed but my mummy isn't sure why I do this. Anyhow, I had all my other toys out and was playing by myself when I heard mummies' voices and my tail started wagging, I ran to the fence and then I saw both my mummies walking down the path calling Barnaby, Barney bubbles and I felt so happy. With it being sunny, we all sat outside today and it was great fun! Mummy didn't bring me chicken, she brought me a special doggie meal with meat and rice, said it is better for my waistline but I don't believe her as she also brought me a bag of treats and didn't say anything about them and my waistline. I ate my meal, half my treats and mummy hid the rest in my ball and my bed fo...

I'm realising for many people, what is actually going on is difficult to understand. I have the proof in front of me, documents, statements etc and so it all fits together, it's more difficult to understand if you don't have this. In this post I will try to explain the extent of the crack in the TRACES and pet passport systems and hopefully you will understand why I seem hell bent on ensuring APHA re-evaluate the effectiveness of these systems. I will focus on Romania and Serbia but this is also relevant to many other countries as on this journey I had discovered or heard of dogs being illegally trafficked from as far away as China. Let's call the dog Bowser. Bowser arrives in the UK with a Romanian microchip and passport. The passport is filled in with batch numbers, vaccine dates, dog ID information and microchip number. The passport is signed and stamped by a vet in Romania. The dog has his TRACES document and is entered in the system. Everything complies with...

With all the nonsense that has been going on, this is the first chance I have had to post about our last visit. Barnaby wasn't as happy as the last time we visited but I think that was due to the rain as he really prefers being outside, especially when it's warm so hopefully the weather will turn again soon. We took him along many new toys so along with with angels visit on the Thursday, he now has quite a collection and insists on them all being on his bed with his balls hidden under the covers. He ate the treats we took him but looked at me as if to say where is my chicken? We had decided not to take him chicken that day as he is actually getting quite fat in there but I might take him a couple of carrots or an egg on Saturday - though he turned his nose up at the all natural treats the pet shop gave us for him! We gave him lots of cuddles a live streamed some of the visit which was funny as I kept saying don't film this bit (when I was saying something silly to B...

One perk of being in here is that I suddenly have lots of friends, literally hundreds and one special friend visited me last week and decided I was such a handsome and special boy, she couldn't resist and visited again yesterday. I must have made a huge impression on her as she brought me toys and chicken and doggie sausages. I have asked mummy to put up a photo of her message and all the goodies she brought me. I'll ask mummy to find out if I can tell you her name as she deserves a huge thank you xxx