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SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER ISSUE NO. 56

Donations 4

Kennel Chat 12

Sponsor a Dog 17

PAWS to Shop 18

Oor Bill 20

PAWS Platter 25

Friends of CAPCA 27

REGULARFEATURES

PAWS DOG SHELTER PAPHOS

Cyprus Association for the Protection & Care of Animals

SPECIAL FEATURES

Christmas Dinner

Dance

Coptic Storms

Spotlight on Helpers

Pooches

Dogs Rehomed Abroad

The dogs get new

Shades

Coming Shortlyour new

website.

Watch this space and the local

Two of our oldest residentsRolly (left) and

Bess who is never without a ball in her mouth!


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NEWSLETTER OF THE PAWS DOG SHELTER

(CAPCAThe Cyprus Association for the

Protection & Care of Animals)

Charitable Association Registration No. 1721

P.O. Box 61349, Kato Paphos 8133. Telephone 99683775

Email: [email protected]

President: Charalambous StephanouTreasurer: Sandra Corrigan

Secretary: KPMG

Kennel Manager:Annie Munday

Joint Kennel Manager/Admin Secretary: Chris Hartley

Kennel Helpers Representative: Marianne Hay

Shop Manager:Jean Howard

Shop Representative:Tina Harris

CAPCA UK Representative: Barbara Somerville

Webmaster: Louise Bond

Editor (PAWS Patter): Chris Hartley

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News from

Friends of CAPCA

UK

Friends of CAPCA (UK)

Sponsorship and Marketing Manager: Brenda Hemmings, 29 Oatfield Drive, Cranbrook,

Kent, TN17 3NG. Tel: 01580 713037

May I wish all our supporters a healthy and happy New Year, and thank all whocontinue to be so generous with their donations and sponsorship. Latest dona-tions include one from Sandy Aspey-Evans who gave us 60 (including 10from a friend) a couple of months ago to which she has just added another 50;

Jill James who paid us 50; Celia Shelmerdine in Australia who sent us 200 andPauline Knieriem who gave us 150. We were also fortunate to get a further11,492.33 from the estate of Miss Peggy Hounslow who died five years ago and

who named CAPCA as one of the beneficiaries in her will. This is the last time Ishall be writing this article as, after ten years, I am resigning from the post ofSecretary and Treasurer of Friends of CAPCA. My job is being taken over byFred and Pauline Davies who have recently returned from Cyprus to live in theUK, and whose address, phone number and email are given below. I have thor-oughly enjoyed my job and made a lot of friends as a result of it. I shall, ofcourse, continue to maintain a keen interest in Paws Dog Shelter, CAPCA, andFriends of CAPCA and all the volunteers involved in the running of these

worthwhile organisations.

Pauline and Fred Davies, Paeony Place, Barrell Road, Thurston, Bury St Edmunds,Suffolk IP31 3SF, tel: 01359 230105, email: [email protected].)


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Kennel Chat - Out and About at the Kennels

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Sponsor a Dog

For only10 a month you can sponsor a dog of your choice. Pick one from

the dogs on this page or come along to our kennels and choose one yourself.

Sapphire

Yogi Tin Ribs

UrsulaRascal

LeftRhiann, one of

our regular helpers, gives

a big hug to Teddy Bear.

Teddy Bear not only

features in our 2011 cal-

endar (right) but is alsogoing to England, to-

gether with his brother

Baci and BB. Three very

lucky dogs.

Rudolfo

LeylaWoggle Kenny

Suzy (right who is

also Rumpoles

mum pictured be-

low) ensures that the

trees around thekennels are kept

neatly trimmed.

Above: Tansie puts a loving paw around Tulip &

Below Sooty has his own stall at the car boot sale

R i g h t Come on

Sue, we

know its

you trying

to hide be-

hind Sap-

phire!


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THE SHELTER LOCATION

From Paphos on the A6 Motorway Leave the motorway (3rd Junction) sign-

posted Paphos Airport, Ayia Varvara and Acheleia. Turn right at the end of the slip

road. On reaching the old Limassol (B6) turn left and then immediately right (at the

tall fir trees). After approximately 100 metres you will see the PAWS Dog Shelter

sign, pictured below, with a direction arrow pointing to the left. Pass through the

large green metal gates and follow the road until you come to the Shelter itself,about one kilometre.

From Limassol on the A6 Motorway Leave the motorway (3rd junction) sign-

posted Paphos Airport, Ayia Varvara and Acheleia. Turn left at the end of the slip

road, On reaching the old Limassol (B6) turn left and then immediately right. After

approximately 100 metres you will see the PAWS Dog Shelter sign, pictured below,

with a direction arrow pointing to the left. Pass through the large green metal gates

and follow the road until you come to the Shelter itself, about one kilometre.

From Yeroskipou

, take the old Limassol road out of Yeroskipou until you come to

the motorway sign on the left stating Ayia Vavara etc. Just immediately after that

sign on the right are some tall trees. Turn down and you will see the PAWS Dog

Shelter sign, pictured below. Directions as above.

Look out for this sign as you turn off the main road

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A huge thank you to the following for purchasing the Shades which cost over

1,000 each: Sherri and Tony Bowditch; Mary Anastasi; CYDRA; Friends of

CAPCA (who purchased 4) G.O.A.L.; and Annie and Chris. The shades are

in two coloursgreen and blue

........ and there is always oneDaisy

makes good use of one of the old

shades before it is dismantled.


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DONATIONS

Barbaras Sticky Date Cake

4 ozs raisins; 8 ozs chopped dates; 6 1/4 oz sultanas; 4 ozs currants; 10 ozs

butter; 10 ozs water; 400 gram tin condensed milk; 5 ozs

plain flour; 5 ozs wholemeal flour; pinch of salt; 1 tsp bi-carbonate of soda; 1 heaped tablespoon chunky marmalade.

Heat oven to 170c/340f/Gas 3

Grease and line an 8 inch square cake tin. Place raisins,

dates, currants and sultanas into a pan with butter, water

and condensed milk. Slowly bring to the boil, stirring to prevent the mixture

burning. Reduce heat and simmer for 3-4 minutes. Transfer the mixture into a

heatproof bowl and set aside to cool. Mix together wholemeal flour, plain

flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda in a separate bowl. When fruit mixture has

cooled, fold in flour mixture along with marmalade until smooth. Spoon mix-

ture into the tin and bake for 2 hours and 30 minutes or until cake is springy to

the touch. Allow cake to cool for ten minutes. Can be baked in 2 loaf tins or

cut down ingredients and baking time by half.

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We are very grateful for the generous donations that are paid directly into our

bank account. Those wishing to donate to our PAWS Cause, the following details

are all you need:

Bank of Cyprus

Account No: 0662-01-007543-00

Account Name: CAPCA Paphos

For payments from overseas or bank transfers, the following is required:

IBAN CY48 0020 0662 0000 0001 0075 4300

Swift Code: BIC:BCYPCY2N

Got any mincemeat left over then why not try these mincemeat cakes:

6 ozs self raising flour; 4 ozs light muscovado sugar, 1 tsp

mixed spice, 6 ozs softened butter, 3 large eggs, 2tbsp milk; 5

ozs mincemeat (why not try adding just a little brandy or

whisky), icing sugar for dusting

Preheat the oven to 170c/340f/gas 5. Line a 12 hole muffin tin with paper

cases. Put the flour, sugar, spice, butter, eggs and milk into a mixing bowl and

beat for around 2-3 minutes until the mix is light and fluffy. Put a spoonful of

cake mix in each paper case, then a rounded teaspoon of mincemeat. Cover the

mincement with a spoonful of cake mix and smooth. Bake for 15-18 minutes

until golden brown and firm. Dust with icing sugar and serve warm or cold.

|RIGHT: Pictured from left to right

are Nick Trudy and Charlie who

raised230.00 from customers and

friends at Tramps. The moneywas raised by Liverpool Charlie

wearing a Manchester United shirt

for a day in aid of our Shelter.

Welcome done Charlie and all

those who supported her.

LEFT: Pictured from left to right

are: Pauline Davies, Sandra Cor-

rigan (our Treasurer) and Derek,

Shirley and Wendy from GOAL-

who presented a cheque for1300 at the Mexican Evening

held at the kennels. Thank you

to GOAL and all those who sup-

ported the event.


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G.O.A.L.a further donation of1600

Gerry Brantwho raised a staggering330 in sponsorship by

entering and completing the 4 day Cyprus Challenge event

held in November of this year. All that hard training obvi-ously paid off for Gerry. Well done.

158.02 in memory of Rosemarie Dodd. A further 10 was also re-

ceived at our Charity Shop

Julia Fish110; Get In Pub66.50; Les and Jackie Turnbull, Essex,

England120

Sue Sawtell of British Airways who paid50 for one of Chris bacon but-

ties at the Car Boot Sale held at the Kennels in November. Well worth

it says Chris! (who just happened to be doing the cooking)

Kevin Blackman who raised120 by letting people share his golf buggy!

50 received from Peter Hinde in memory of his sister Joyce Hinde; 50

received in memory of Nigel Downing-Waite from his Auntie.

Thank you to Michael Wells from England who very generously donated

a new Microscope for the kennels.

.. And last but not least the many other generous donations that are

received by CAPCA throughout the year. Due to these donations the

dogs are ensured of not only comfortable and spacious surroundings but

food on a daily basis.

A BIG THANK YOU AND LOTS OF LICKS FROM ALL OUR

FOUR LEGGED RESIDENTS xxxx

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DONATIONS

A big thank you to Alan, Corrine and Christina and

everyone else for all their hard work in raising over

1,000 at an evening of entertainment in Kathikas.

Drag Artist,

Miss Dev-

o n s h i r e ,

e n s u r e d

e v e r y o n eenjoyed a

very event-

ful nights

e n t e r t a i n -

ment.


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Is this Heaven ?

Is this heaven I ask with this warm comfy bed

A blanket to warm me and put down my head

Is this heaven I ask with this bowl full of food

With water to drink when Im in the mood

Is this heaven I ask with hands that embrace

My pitiful body and stroke my face

Is this heaven I ask with all these soothing tones

That give me comfort and penetrate my bones

Is this heaven I ask with all these dogs running free

To run around and play with so much glee

Is this heaven I ask as I can at last sleep sound

Not fearing the footsteps of those all around

Yes this is heaven to me of that I am sure

I knew it at once when I came through the door

Christine Hartley

PAWS for Thought

Pictured is Dandy who was

received into the kennels late

November. We hope thatjust like Tin Ribs (see page

16) he will soon be running

around. STOP PRESSjust

before going to print Dandy

had found a lovely new fam-

ily. He had blossomed into a

lovely dog.

Coptic or Phoenician Storms

27th September El Saleeb W Crosswind 3 Days

21st October El Saleebesh W Crusade 3 Days

26th November El Mickness W Broom 3 days

6th December Kassim SW Gale 7 days

20th December El Fadra SW Small Gale

11th January El Fadra S Strong Gale 3 days

19th January El Kibira W Feeder Gale 5 days

28th January El Fedra W Gale 2 days

18th February El Shams NW Strong Sun Gale 5 days

10th March El Hossum SW Equinox Gale 8 days

20th March El Shams E Strong Sun Gale 2 days

25th March Hana E Wind Gale

29th April Khamseen E Sand Gale 2 days

16th July El Nogia E Black Wind 2 days

The Coptic Chart is named after one of the ancient religions andwas devised many years ago in Alexandria (Egypt).

Some say it is superstition and mumbo jumbo but, surprisingly, the

chart is fairly accurate and rains usually begin 72 hours, either be-fore or after the given date.

The gales usually set in from south-west and veer to the west andnorth west and last an average of 3 days. The storms rarely deviatemore than 48 hours from dates.


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Our Autumn Quiz was held at the Karlina Restaurant, attended by 49 support-

ers. The total raised was 539.00 which included 60 donated at previous

weekly Karlina quizzes. The winners were: Mike and Erna Still, Luri Day and

Mel McTiernen. The runners up were: Jean and Eric Howard, Barbara and Alan

Mills and Chris and Adrian Falconer. Thank you to all those who attended andsupported the function. The prizes for the quiz winners were once again kindly

donated by Paphos Trading Co.

A big thank you to Barbara and David Irwin for organising the evening.

The next quiz will be held on MONDAY, 28TH FEBRUARY 2011.

For further details please contact our Quiz Master, David Irwin, on 26654227

The next Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday,

28th March at 2.00 p.m. at the PAWS Dog Shelter. Please ensure that

your membership is up to date in order that you may be able to at-

tend. Further details will be sent out by either email or post, late

February/early March. Light refreshments will be provided.

Membership for 2011 is now due. Please renew pay your

subscriptions at the PAWS Dog Shelter or our Charity Shop.

Typicalthe Collies have won yet

again!!!

Your dog must learn that he is a valued member of the pack but that he is

inferior in status to all members of the familyincluding children. If you

have small children, they may not play a part in training the dog but he must still

learn to respect them. He will understand that the children are not as high-

ranking as the leader of his new pack but his behaviour must be acceptable

when he is around them.

Communicating. Dogs and people do not talk the same language but there

are three ways in which we can communicate very successfully: Touch - A doglikes to be stroked and petteda pleasurable sensation that he quickly learns to

associate with praise. Remember to use it when you are training your pup, when

you want to give him reassurance and boost his confidence or simply when he is

sitting by your side being a perfect companion. VoiceDogs learn to associate

the sound of a word with an action. In truth, it makes no difference whether

you say sit or bananas as long as you always use the same word. The dog is

responding to the sound not the meaning. Over a period of time, some dogs

build up an extensive repertory of verbal commands they respond to. This de-

pends on the skill of the trainer as well as the intelligence of the dog. However,

there is a highly significant factor that governs all our verbal communication

with dogs and that is the tone of our voice. The dog has an acute sense of hear-ing, far superior to our own, and he will be very sensitive to the way verbal com-

mands are given. When you are training your puppy, use a light but firm tone of

voice. Sound warm and encouraging as your pup starts to co-operate, and go

over the top when you praise him so that he is in no doubt that he has done the

right thing. If your puppy is misbehaving and you want to interrupt his behav-

iour, make your voice deep and gruff. There is no need to shoutyour pup can

hear perfectly wellit is a matter of whether he chooses to respond! Body

LanguageThis method of communicating is hugely important in the animal

world but we tend to pay it scant attention. A dog will be totally clued into the

way his owner moves and this will affect his own responses. E.g. If you com-

mand your dog to stay and step a few paces away from him you need to en-

sure you are giving the correct visual message to back up the verbal command.

While the dog is in the Stay position you must avoid eye contact and keep

your body as still as possible so that he has no encouragement to move. In con-

trast if you want your pup to come to you, you want to support a verbal com-

mand with exciting body languagearms wide open, evening jumping up and

downso that the dog really wants to come to you.


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More pictures

of our wonder-

ful bunch of

volunteers inthe next issue.

Watch outBerties about!!

AboveMo and Shirley get mobbed by

the residents. Well they will sit down on

the job! Top rightAnd someone else

taking a seat is Pam who ensures that the

dogs get plenty of love and cuddles.

Above: Daphne and Mary ensure that the

general areas are kept clean and Right:

Norma gets the dogs in for feeding

A couple more

pictures of our

wonderful vol-

unteers. Left

Eddie tries toteach a new dog

new tricks and

right Neville

ensures that

Carla and Qutee

have fresh water.

Above Left: Are the volunteers from the

Nicosia Dog Shelter and Above Right one

of the residents.

Left: Mary Anastasi from the Cyprus

Voice for Animals receives a cheque for

over 12,000 from Demetra Ellina (from

Mars) and George Pissis (from Argosy).

This money will be divided between mem-

ber societies of the Cyprus Voice for Ani-mals


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T-Shirts

10

Hats

3

Wheelcovers 32.50

PAWS for

Thought -

Book of

Poems

written by

Chris Hart-

ley

WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?

Mandrake to

the left and

Cookie to

the right

who both

l o o k a s

though they

have cer-

tainly landed on all four paws at their new

homes in Germany.

BAXTER who certainly looks quite at home in Germany. One

very spoiled, but deservedly so, dog.

Pictured here is a very contented Libby who is now back in England

and has been reunited with her mum (her 2 legged Mum that is!)


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A grand total of 3,373.54 was raised. Thank you to all who supported this

function. Also a great big thank you to Lyn and Jeff Judge for working so hard

in making sure that we all had an evening to remember

Thank you to the following sponsors: JJ

Survey - Cyprus, Currency Solutions, HomeSecurity Systems, Olivers Delicatessan,

Tweedies Restaurant, Amathus Hotel, BOO

Salon, KEO Winery, Korakides Law Office,

Papantoniou Supermarket, Thalassa Hotel,

Paphos Driving Range, Palia Ilektriki Restau-

rant, Lisa Mobile Hairdresser. Companies

that attended: Fine and Country, Peter Mor-

ton Removals, Jazzersize, Daryl Fitzgerald

Estates.

Table crackers supplied by Orphanides Su-

permarket; Blowers and Poppers supplied by

Partymania, Veronica Cards donated the

raffle tickets and design and printing costs

for the posters, leaflets, tickets etc were paid

by Home Security Systems


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This is a picture of Ford who came into the kennels as a puppy

along with two other siblings who were homed as well. His dad,

Bill (or as you all know him from the PAWS Patter as Oor Bill -

see Page 6/7) used to work at the kennels but had to suddenly

return to Scotland. Before Bill left he ensured that Fords pet

passport was up to date so that he could follow him to Scotland.

Ford left a couple of weeks after Bill. A big thank you to Tina

Harris who arranged all the appropriate paperwork from this end.

We just hope that he will get used to the colder weather up therein Scotland. He will certainly need his hot water bottle at night.

Deciding which one of the many dogs at the shelter we should home was one of the toughest I have

ever made. Having concluded that a young medium sized dog would suit us best, I found anaffectionate 5 month old female dog called Yvonne who had been in the shelter for about two

months and had originally come from Limassol. When we brought the dog home with us, we kept

her outside, in an enclosed area of the garden, as we thought that would make the initial transition

from the shelter easier for her. It is now 10 weeks since we homed Kerri (her new name) and she

spends as much time inside the house as outside. Kerri has come a long way in those weeks. Initially

she was nervous of traffic, people and dogs. Her confidence has grown incredibly and we can now

walk her alongside a main road, she is happy to jump into our car and she has her own fan club of

people whom we meet on a daily basis during our walks. PAWS quizmaster David Irwin is convinced

that there must be some whippet in her blood. He was amazed at how fast she could run when she

was allowed off the lead in a safe area along with his two small dogs. She has a cheeky personality

and wants to play with most dogs and cats that she sees. Kerri does, however, have the greatest ofrespect for our crabby cat who has made it quite clear that she is much too serious to play with a

dog. Kerri came to us complete with qualifications in garden landscaping, being adept at digging up

plants, moving stones etc. and she has now decided that we have no need for a garden irrigation

system! Other than that she loves to play with her toys. She has been so good since day one at not

barking unless there is just cause and has impeccable manners when it comes to feeding time. All in

all we could not have made a better choice, she has given us lots of laughs and Kerri is now an

integral part of the family.


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When Annie and Chris arrive at the

kennels in the morning it is usually still

dark. There is no need to feel alone,

though, as a couple of the sights that

greet them are Sooty (pictured at the car

park gate with Rupert) and a lovely owl

who flies down the lane following the

car. It could of course think that brek-

kie is in the offing but personally I dont

fancy his chances with those two!!

Here is Sooty once again waiting

for either Chris or Annie to give

him his breakfast. No wonder he

is hopeless at catching mice.

If you feel as though there is no

hope for Dandy (see page 8) then

take inspiration from Tin Ribs

who was just as bad. He is now

running around and is so excited

that we cannot keep him quiet!

Andy and his wife Mair with

Emma, a new addition to

their family.

It takes some very large cooking pots to cater

for up to 150 dogs at any one time and not

forgetting the bags of biscuits, rice and pasta!

Sapphire shows that she is definitely the tallest

dog around on two paws! while (l-r) Yoda,

Sox, Serenitiy, Olivia, Gandalph and Findus

line up. Herr Flick (far right) seems more

interested in what is happening in the corri-

dor.

Peek-a-Roo Well no Paws

Patter would be complete

without our celebrity little

Roo, would it now!

Baci (which actu-ally means kiss in

Italian!) does not

appear to be too

enamoured with

Tansie s ad-

vances.

Right is a picture of six of the seven puppies

that were actually dumped in the back of one

of the sheltes trucks while it was parked in

the yard. One was homed shortly before this

picture was taken and we are sure the rest will

shortly follow.


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Making sure our little shop at the

Shelter is kept tidy and in order is

Julie, who, with husband, Iain,

works at the Shelter. The shop is

open 7 days a week, morningsonly. Why not come in and have

a browse.

PAWS PATTERFinished with your PAWS Patter then why not return it

to the Kennels or the Shop for recycling. Lets do our

bit to save the environment and at the same time cut-

ting down our costs.

Bric a Brac wanted. Also volunteers to help in our shop. If you

can spare a few hours a week then please contact Tina Harris on

99884075.

Bill may have left the Shelter for a new life in Scotland but he will still be writing

his column for the PAWS Patter.

EARLY LEARNING

Understanding Leadership. The old school of dog training was very keen onowners adopting an authoritarian relationship with their dogs, laying down the law

and using punishment as a means of correction. Thankfully we have moved away

from this approach and the emphasis is on motivating a dog to do as he is asked

and then rewarding him. However, it is important to bear in mind that although

training methods may change over a period of time, the mental make-up of a dog

does not. The dog is a direct descendant of the wolf and fortunately for us he still

retains many wolf-like characteristics. The domesticated dog still acts as though

he is a member of a pack and this makes the job so much easier. In a wild wolf

pack, the cubs are cared for, and disciplined, by their mother. As they grow older

they establish their own relationships within the pack, learning to accept the au-

thority of adults that are superior in status. As the cubs mature into adults theymay seek to challenge this authority but they quickly learn their position in the

pack. At the head of the pack is the leader (Alpha Male) and his authority is un-

disputed unless he is old and weak (when his position is usurped by a younger,

stronger animal). The domesticated dog is ready to accept a human as his leader

and will be content to live as pack member. However, for this relationship to

work there are a number of criteria that must be observed.

The dog must be presented with clear leadership so that he understands

who is in control. This does not mean you have to be a stern disciplinarian,

barking commands at your dog but you must give a clear message so your dog

learns to respect your authority. If he accepts you as a fair leader, he will be con-

tent with his lower-ranking status and will not seek to challenge your leadership.

You must be consistent in the way you behave towards your dog. One of

the most common mistakes in training is inconsistency. If you keep changing

your mind about what is allowed, your dog will quickly become confused and will

start to make up its own mind about what he should or shouldnt do.

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