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Compiled by Hector’s Home Season’s Greetings from Hector’s winter quarters! Hector says “ Have a great Christmas and hope all of my cousins get what they deserve on Christmas morning - a big bone and later a large “T” bone steak would do nicely !! Hope to see many of you in 2017” To contact Hector’s Post Box [email protected]

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Page 1: Season’s Greetings from Hector’s winter quarters! · and won 2 challenge certificates and numerous reserves. She was also Best Veteran one year at Crufts. She lived to ripe old

Compiled by Hector’s Home

Season’s Greetings from Hector’s winter quarters!Hector says “ Have a great Christmas and hope all of my

cousins get what they deserve on Christmas morning - a bigbone and later a large “T” bone steak would do nicely !!

Hope to see many of you in 2017”

To contact Hector’s Post [email protected]

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Hello again. Where on earth has thisyear gone? I hope the summer monthswere fun for you and your hairy kids andlots of new and exciting trails were blazed!

Sadly we have lost some of our oldiesduring the last few months which is sosad but we must be happy that we havegiven them a great life as they too havegiven us so much pleasure.

It’s not all doom and gloom though as wewelcome some new baby bouvs into our“family” and we hope to get to know youall at events up and down the countryduring the next 12 months.

The last event of the year was our famous“Drop In” Day in Windsor, Berkshire andthis must have been the biggest and thebest yet. Report and photos in the news-letter.

With this newsletter you will be receivinga communication from our Secretary,Brian Everill. This is the obligatory AGMnotification as well as information aboutour Open Show.

Please do come along to this event as youwill see loads of Bouvs and probably yourdog’s breeder and gain lots of advice onanything you are concerned about or just

compare notes about your dog’s anticsand see if Mum and Dad do the same!!

Hopefully Ann-Marie will be organisinganother lovely walk in Bristol in earlySpring. Fred, her husband has been inthe wars so I am sure she has other thingsto organise at the moment but we’ll keepyou posted on our facebook page and

our web page.

Merry Christmas

Fiona Lambert

ONLY £10 per family!! Don’t forget yoursubs so we can keep this little fun clubrunning and keep us all in touch. Tomake it really easy to part with yourmoney here are a few ways to pay:

BANK TRANSFER: Sort Code is 30-17-80Account No-22130660. Reference yourname please. PAYPAL: Go to website forinstructions. STANDING ORDER: Speak

to your bank CHEQUES to MarjEastham,10 Anenome Dr., Helmshore,

Rossendale, Lancs BB4 6NJ.

[email protected] isMarj’s email address

NATIONAL BOUVIER CLUB

It was at one of the shows I wastalking to Brian Everill and after alengthy discussion we agreed tohave joint interest in the Avice affixas we had more chance with moredogs to compete against the topkennels.Brian and wife Susan had alreadyacquired a bitch from the late HelenIrving named Lacey (FarleycrossPhoenix) and took a bitch from meout of Lucy (Avice Damaris), whomthey named Cagney who went onto win well. She was Best in Showand won 2 challenge certificatesand numerous reserves. She wasalso Best Veteran one year at Crufts.She lived to ripe old age of 15 yearsand 8 months.Brian and Susan then mated Laceywith a dog from Mike and DoreenOliver called Trapwood Marius andthe “Classy” litter was born.I mated Classy Cleo to Parco Maybevd Vanenblikhoeve at Iquitos andBrian and Susan kept Avice FerrariBerlinetta (Freya).Freya won well too winning 2 chal-lenge certificates. Loads of reservesand Best of Breed at Crufts in 2010.We are all still showing althoughnot as often as we would like, dueto various reasons.

Both Brian and Susan and myselfwould like to thank Mike and Do-reen Oliver for all their help, adviceand support over many years, it willnever be forgotten.

Best wishes to Mike as he has enduredquite major surgery recently - lovefrom us all xxx - EdFrom the Ed…

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HUGE CONGRATS GEOFF !

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ADAM

Geoff & Mike Oliver

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Debonair Dogs, Moreton, Wirral

Comfy Critters, Pewsey,Wiltshire

Trendy Pooches Little Sutton

Scruffs Dog Grooming, Benfleet, Essex

Scrub’a’dubs Aldershot 0125334213

The Dog House, Attleborough Norfolk0782609945

4 Paws Grooming, Berwick upon Tweed

Doggy Style Grooming Salon, BellsRoad,Gorleston Great Yarmouth

Doggie Delights, Romford01708375152

Wagstar Grooming, Cheadle Heath,Stockport 01614 258668

Pretty Pawz Dog Groming , Rowley, Regis,West Midlands

Posh Dogz, Lincoln

Bears Pet Wash and Pantry, WestonSuper Mare

Kingston Mairward College, Dorset

Prestonbury Dog Grooming, Macclesfield

Lorraine Kempton, Caterham, Surrey01883743888

Animal Magic, Goldalming

The Grooming Room, Godstone, Surrey

LOOKING FOR AGROOMER WHOKNOWS BOUVS?

….Michael who has one of Judy Cart-wright’s dogs wanted to• comedown here and for me to begrooming his dog•which is just fartoo far to travel• on a regular basisso I set about trying to find agroomer for him in his area whichproved quite difficult . So manynow only want to do small dogsand I also wanted some one thatknows the breed.I• then asked on a grooming forumI am on for salons with experienceand willing to groom Bouvs if theywould like to go on our web site sohere is the ones I have at the mo-ment, unfortunately some detailsmissing but am sure anyone fromgiven area will easily look up details.

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It would be very surprising if wehumans did not get our eyeschecked regularly over our lifetime,so there is no reason why our dogsshould be treated any differently,especially as many of the ageingchanges are common to both dogsand humans and the eye can be auseful indicator of systemic disease.The Eye Scheme, run by BVA, theKennel Club (KC) and the Interna-tional Sheep Dog Society (ISDS), isa screening programme for identi-fying inherited and non-inheritedocular conditions in dogs. The ma-jority of dogs presented for exami-nation under the Eye Scheme arepedigree dogs with known inherit-ed diseases of the eye, but it isimportant to emphasise that alldogs, including crossbreeds, can beexamined under the scheme.

The Eye Scheme includes examina-tion and certification of older dogs(over 8 years of age). This is anexcellent means of checking that:

• the dog remains free ofthe inherited eye diseases listedfor the breed being examined

Schedule A of the EyeScheme (127 KB PDF)

∙ no late onset potentiallyinherited conditions areemerging in older animals

∙  agerelated ocular andgeneralised disease of po-tential or actual signifi-cance is absent

As an extra incentive, older dogsare examined and certified at areduced fee of £32 including VAT.All the non-congenital conditionslisted under Schedule A have a var-iable age of onset. For example,some forms of generalised pro-gressive retinal atrophy and hered-itary cataract may first be identifiedin older dogs that have alreadybeen used for breeding. In order toprovide the longitudinal informa-tion that owners and breedersneed it is particularly important toexamine these dogs under the EyeScheme, as this will help to estab-lish lines that are genuinely free ofinherited eye disease and enablebreeding programmes to be betterinformed.

Normal ageing changes in dogsinclude senile nuclear sclerosis ofthe lens because the lens continuesto grow throughout life and itscentral portion, the nucleus, be-comes denser and greyish overtime.

Misha and her friend Abby did the StJohn’s Hospice organised walk and hada great time . Carole’s friend Pam andher Dandie Dinmont, Abby and Mishathe Bouvier thoroughly enjoyed theirday. 4,600 people and many, manydogs took part - Misha was much ad-mired.

The walk was over the unopened newmotorway “Bay Gateway” (up north -Ed!)“ In excess of £33,000 was raised” ,advises Carole..

Pam and I had to walk both ways in theend ! It took us 5 hours, this wasbecause although they had buses tobring us back, Misha was too big andscared to get on the bus!!

It was a fun day of dressing up and theentertainment was top notch. We allgot a water bottle to mark the occasionand Misha and Abby got a large cookiewhich she wouldn’t take!

Welly Walk

Carole Spalding - Regan and Misha,the Bouv walking for Charity - well

done ladies

There was, as I said, lots of dogstaking part , but the only down sidewas there were no poo bins youhad to carry it ...stinky!!.

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DOG OWNERSHIP TEST !Before you consider buying anoth-er puppy, take this test to find outif you can still cope with living andlooking after a bundle of mischief.

Best taken in the autumn or midwinter.1. Buy a lead and tie it to a bigstone, walk around dragging thestone behind you.2. Get up at 5am, go out in thepouring rain and walk up anddown a muddy path, repeatinggood girl/boy, wee wees...poopoos, quickly please3. Stuff your pockets with plasticbags and pick up all the poo youcan find, obviously not your dogsas you have not bought it yet4. Start wearing your shoes in-doors, especially during muddytimes5. Collect leaves off the groundand spread them on the floor6. Carry sticks and branches in-doors and chop them up on yourcarpet7. Pour cold apple juice on the rugand floor and walk barefootedover it in the dark8. Drop some chocolate puddingon your carpet in the morning andthen try to clean it in the evening9. Wear socks to which you havemade holes using a blender.10. Jump out of your favouritechair just before the movie endsand run to open back door

11. Cover all your best clothes withdog hair, dark clothes with blondhairs and light clothes with darkhairs12. Tip all just ironed clothes on thefloor13. Make little pin holes in all yourfurniture, especially chair and tablelegs14. When doing dishes, splash wa-ter all over the place and don'twipe it.15. Spread toilet paper all over thehouse when you leave the houseand tidy up when you get backhome16. Forget any impulse holidaysand/or breaks17. Always go home straight afterwork or school18. Go walkies no matter what theweather, and inspect every dirtypaper, chewing gum and dead flyyou might find19. Wake up at 3am. Place a correctsize bag of flour on top of yourselfand try to sleep, whilst wiping yourface with a dishcloth, which youhave left next your bed in a bowllast week.

Repeat everyday over 6 monthsand if you still think getting puppysounds like a good idea, Congratu-lations, you mightbe ready to getyour puppy.

Although the grey appearance is ofconcern to some owners, senile nu-clear sclerosis has little apparent ef-fect on vision.Some age-related retinal changes ac-companied by deterioration of visiondo occur, but such age-related retinalchanges in dogs cannot be comparedwith age-related macular degenera-tion in humans. Dogs do not have amacula and their retina is dominatedby rods (concerned with night vision),rather than the cones (colour visionand visual acuity) that populate themacular area in human eyes.Local ocular changes in older dogsthat are of actual, or potential, clinicalsignificance include:

· Adnexal changes (for exam-ple, eyelid tumours)

∙  Cataract formation (manycauses other than hereditarycataract, simple ageing beingthe most common)

∙  Glaucoma (a damaging risein intraocular pressure) – seethe Canine Health Schemesprimary glaucoma and goni-odysgenesis leaflet (28 KBPDF)

· Neoplasia (for example,melanomas in a variety of ocularsites)Inflammatory changes (for example,active and inactive .

lesions of the ocular funduscaused by the commonroundworm Toxocara canis)

Generalised disease withocular manifestationsGeneralised problems in olderdogs, which may present withocular manifestations, include:

∙  Systemic hypertension(raised blood pres-sure), commonly as aconsequence of kid-ney disease (usuallychronic renal failure),but also associatedwith hyperadrenocor-ticism (Cushing’s syn-drome), diabetesmellitus and pheo-chromocytoma (a raretumour of the adrenalgland)

∙  Haematological abnormalities (for exam-ple, anaemia, defectiveclotting)

· Various metabolic dis-eases, for example,hyperadrenocorticism,diabetes mellitus andhypothyroidism, all ofwhich may be associ-ated with ocular mani-festations of (raisedcirculating fat levels) inaddition to the hyper-

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in addition to the hypertensivechanges already mentioned forhyperadrenocorticism and dia-betes mellitus

∙  Disseminated infection (forexample, associated withbacteraemia and sepsis)

∙  Neoplasia (for example, multicentric lymphoma and othermalignant metastatic tu-mours)

Clearly, quite apart from the benefits ofobtaining a more accurate picture ofbreed-related and inherited disease inolder dogs, it is very helpful to identifyocular and generalised problems thatmay require treatment, because earlydiagnosis is a crucial part of successfulmanagement.To get your dog screened, find yournearest eye panellist or contact the Ca-nine Health Schemes (CHS) team on 0207908 6380 or email [email protected].

Directions for sleepingwith Dogs!

I will address myself mostly to the rules forsleeping with 2 dogs. For the few whohave already mastered this technique, Iwill later add a cat, although I urge begin-ners to leave the cat out!

To achieve any sort of success, certainarbitrary conditions must be assumed, thefirst one being that you must have a KING-SIZED BED. There is no point in lyingdown in anything smaller. While the sizeof the breed is not important, the condi-tion of the dogs may be. Very thin dogs,for example, arel lumpier. I have selectedthe two-dog minimum because, as weshall see, it is the only way to stay in bedat all.

The key word here is leverage. All thedogs spend the night pressed tightlyagainst their bedfellows, but no two dogsever sleep on the same side. This is, in part,an expression, “Let Sleeping Dogs Lie”principle. It is also to create a leverage.Because the human being is always in themiddle, held tightly in place by the dogsand by his duvet (which the dogs aresleeping on top of), restless and recurringcramps are difficult to handle.

Here is the tip: When you first lie down,and before the dogs settle, spread yourlegs three inches apart. Stiffen and holdout no matter how great the pressure!

When the time comes to turn over, bringthe legs together quickly under the nowslightly slackened duvet and revolve be-fore the dogs wake up!!

As soon as you have assumed a newposition, allow for those crucial 3 inchesagain; otherwise, you’re a mummy forthe rest of the night. Never spread thelegs more than 3 inches. A dog’s fa-vourite place to sleep is in the hollowcreated by the legs too widely spread,and once settled, he and you are frozeninto position until morning.

Dogs who prefer to sleep on their backsmust be given space three times theheight of the dog at the shoulder. Dogswho like pillows may be accommodat-ed if you sleep on your side with thelegs scissored so that each dog has anankle for a chin rest.

When you are ready to add a cat, posi-tion is all important. All cats prefer tosleep in hollows but no cat will sleep onthe same side as a dog!

You must therefore become a triangle.Do this by assuming a horizontal diver’scrouch, thereby creating not only 3 ormore-or-less exclusive sides but 2 hol-lows! With one dog at your front andthe other against your back the cat cancurl into the hollow at the back or yourbent knees, separated from both dogs.The entire technique will require muchpractise and refinement!

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Tom & Fiona say…

Hope next Bank Holiday will see you allagain. It was FABULOUS FUN !

The Championship Rabbit run was or-ganised by Malcolm Carter & Geoff. Ithink there is a definite re-match nextyear amongst the top speedsters! Thesausage racing which became quitecompetitive was not won by our SteveDallow - But he says “next year” as heis in training !!

Thanks must go to Helen Dallow , AnnMarie & Marj for the massive cateringhelp. Thanks to my Dog Sitter’s clientsfor the fabulous liver cake paw andbone which we auctioned and made£50 and so many more.

The Fun Dog Show had a bumper entryjudged by Michael Craig star of“Crufts” and the laugh of the day wasAndy Collins’ attempt at Best 6 legs! Aclass he won! Best Rescue and Best inShow was the lovely Laz. Beautiful ro-settes were awarded and proudly wornby owners and dogs alike!

Unfortunately the day had to end formost peops but the evening held anend of activities Bar BBQ and what agreat fun time we had. Well me trip-ping over a dog and splatting a wholelemon meringue pie on the terracewas fun. A wonderful weekend withlocal and far flung dogs all comingtogether at Hector’s Home !!

WELCOME to the Club :Dante’s new playmate Branhopefully visiting in 2017

: Adrian Long one ofour members, wins aprestigious title at the

British GroomingChampionships

Adrian Long and one of his Bouvierdes Flandres, Bozley won awards inthe Exemplary Handler and Pure-bred Scissor category at the BritishDog Groomers’ Association awards.It is the biggest one day groomingevent in the UK.

Also back in August Adrian pickedup 2 awards at the Premier Groom

Grooming Championships . Hewon the trophy for Best ScissoringTechnique on both of his dogs.He also grooms an Old English.He also took Silver for Pure BreedScissor Champion with Bozley, thestar.

Adrian is from near Louth, Lincswhere he runs a very successfulgrooming business. Ring Adrianon 07884 332146 if you would likeyour Bouv to look extra special!

Bozley is brother to our Hector, sowinning trophies is obviously inthe genes!!

WELL DONE ADRIAN !

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Bouvier stuff for thedogs who have every-thing, including a few

lumps and bumps.

Unless you own a horse. I don'texpect you have visited a horsesupply shop. They are well worth avisit as they sell lots of amazinglead ropes all colours and they’vevery strong clips to put onto a col-lar.. Ideal for country walks with astrong large dog.

Also the place to buy the wonderfulPurple spray great for healing anysmall cut or small sore place, savlonspray (iodine), lots of detanglespray and shampoo, and of coursethe wonderful Stinky Stuff for allbig sores , hot spots and nasty hurtplaces (can also be bought online),this is extremely good but as itsays, it is stinky. !

Next the unusual and cheapest plac-es to bulk buy the love-ly Biscrok gravy bonesand milk bones HappyHotdogsfor the gravy bones andwould you believe you can order buthave to collect the Biscrok milkbones in bulk from Home Bargains,These are Ollie's favourites

Last of all the Veni bones, these aredried, with no splinters and no smelland my small dogs love them andthey last for ages.Photo is of my Mops’ bone collec-tion. Ollie my Bouvier does not eatraw or any bones so only know otherpeople’s Bouviers like them. Theseare availablefrom Amazon.

Thanks for the tips Margaret xx

Margaret’s Gems ofWisdom!

£30 was the donation for the day.Thank you Carole so much. Geoff’s stallalso had a busy day and the raffle tablewas groaning with beautiful prizes.l.

We had decided that this year wewould try to make lunch a bit specialand were selling platters of delicioussandwiches (we sold 120 rounds!),beautiful gateau baked by membersand 300 strawberries dunked in choco-late (Marj’s job!) for Breed Rescue. Eve-rything was donated and all moneywent to Andy’s Breed Rescue and ourClub in equal amounts. We were de-lighted how many people bought thelunches and enjoyed listening to theDirty Beard’s concert whilst under thecover of the numerous marquees wehad erected for the day. Thank you somuch Sammy and Phil for entertainingus. Thank you too Margo for your ren-dition of “Summer Time”

Directly after lunch we were so hon-oured to have Janet’s Puppyskool withall their required equipment arriving intheir horse box to give such a wonderfuldemonstration of training techniquesfollowed by hands on training for allour dogs..

So many of us had a ball getting tuitionfrom Janet’s team - how lucky are we tohave these top Bouvier trainers offeringso much of their time for our dogs.Thank you so much Janet, John & Sarah.

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Well where do I start? What a fabu-lous turn-out in what was not forecast tobe a great day, weather-wise. Thank youone and all for coming and topping upthe Rescue coffers.

The “day” ended up being a long week-end for some, as committee and otherhelpers turned up from the Friday tohelp set up and help is indeed requiredwith four marquees to erect, tables andchairs for 60 + and food to prep .

We estimate we had 70 folks and around60 dogs enjoying the weekend - just awonderful turn-out!!

To thank everyone for their help Tomand I hosted a Dinner Party under theorangeries on Saturday night. Thinkthere were 20 of us!

DROP-IN DAY - August 28th

Venue: Orchard Glen

and Margaret Murray was our friendlyface welcoming party letting everyoneknow the plans for the full day’s activi-ties. Thanks Margaret x

The Great Duck Hunt gun fired with astaggered start so there was no cheat-ing! Unfortunately the lovelydry footpaths over the onlynon bridle path on theroute had been ploughedby the farmer only the day before so theinitial trek over the field was a bit clag-gy! The Prize-winning was held afterlunch and it was a close call as mostfound the little ducklings and namedthem. Unfortunately some mistookRocky the Rooster as one of the ducksand a winner was found - well a tieactually. Patrick & Victoria Hanrahanwith Walther and Martin Greaves andhis wife jointly won the prestigious tro-phy and hopefully it has pride of placeon one of their mantelpieces!

Helen Dallow hosted a great GroomingWorkshop and coffee morning for the1st couple of hours with Phil Easthammanning the “Dog Kitchen Cafe”. ElaineMount brought her two Bouvs and asusual volunteered for the afternoonstint.. Carole had made the long trekfrom the north to bring her beautifullyembroidered articles for us to see andbuy with a percentage for welfare and

Sunday dawned and rain (well drizzle)arrived too but didn’t stay too long.From early the cars started rolling in

If you have been following Frankie’sbattle of the bulge you will bepleased to read this update.“Hi Fiona, Week 25 and Frankie haslost 25.3kg, weighing in at 37.1kg.She now has reached her idealweight but has developed skin is-

sues whichwe arenow tryingto resolve.In oldmoney,

she has lost roughly 3st 9.5lb xx”

Frankie came back to Ann-Marie(her breeder) due to her ownersbeing taken into care homes.Grossly overweight Ann-Marie setabout getting Frankie fit again.Well done girls x

she sprang into action and thegood news for Mimi is that shehas found her forever home withRod and Martin. They had lostClara their beloved 13 year oldrescue earlier in the year and theyand Hugo had an huge hole intheir lives.This report from Rod Sutton-“

Really great news for both these girlsand well done to the two breeders,doing as all good breeders should do,look after their own .

Mimi is another girl who has fallenon good times! Mimi was in needof a new home due to the ill-healthof her owner and Bouvier Rescuewere contacted. When breederMadeline Lloyd (TeamTed) wasmade aware of Mimi’s predicament

MIMI

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This is your newletter so pleasesend in your photos

and articles.

Although I have included phonenumbers in my articles about our

club members’ activities thesemembers have not requested I doso - the contact details are solelythere if you have any interest in

contacting them.

Happy 60th Marj and enjoy yourretirement xx

Carole Spalding - Regan has been busy,busy stitching this Autumn for dona-

tions for the Rescue auction. Her Bouvierpersonalised stuff is wonderful . Do

support her during the year for all yourbouvier memorabilia (and other breeds)

Thanks Carole for your ongoinggenerosity and support xx

To contact Carole email [email protected] or onFacebook search bouvier needle-

work & craft.

You won’t be disappointed !! - Ed

Birthday Wishes

*I have a knitted hat whichI wonder might fit Merita?

*I have numerous plasticcake boxes - Terri??

To retrieve your propertyyou have to sign up to cometo our #fun days next year !

LOST PROPERTY!

Next newsletter we’ll featureTeamTed under “My First Bouviers”

so send in photos of yourTeamTed dogs - here’s Dennis!

Janet of Janet’s Puppy Skool inHaydon Wick, Wiltshire was inter-viewed with her prize pooch Mackat a charity extravaganza in Bristol.“I was delighted to be asked ontothe televised show,” said Janet. “Ihad a wonderful time and met somany people. It was lovely.”Throughout the year Janet has or-ganised fundraising activities forChildren in Need, the most recentbeing a dog show spectacular at herPuppy Skool in North Swindon.Around 150 of the town’s cutestcanines descended on HaydonWick Farmhouse to strut their stuffin front of a formidable judgingpanel while pop-up stalls sellingvarious goodies and doggie-relatedtrinkets kept the spectators busybetween rounds.Speaking on the programme onFriday she said: “We organised adog show, an obstacle course andagility course - everyone enjoyedthemselves immensely. She wasinterviewed by the BBC’s DanChisholm.

“We went into the green roomwith the dogs and dancers andpeople playing drums,” said Janet.“There were tables full of food,and as most were at nose heightwe had problems as it meant thedogs tried to help themselves!Overall it was a fantastic experi-ence and a really fun night.”This year Children in Need man-aged to pull in a record £46 mil-lion, on a night that saw movingtributes paid to the late Sir TerryWogan.

Children inNeed and ourown Janet’sPuppyskool

(01793) 727158Swindon for moredetails of activities