Can you help our Charity???

One of the charities we support is West Oxford Animal Rescue, we give them all the food they need for all the cats and dogs they look after. This has meant that they have been able to focus their funds on some of their more 'special' animals who are in need of veterinary attention. Gabby and Ticky for example are kittens, they arrived at the rescue after falling from a balcony and were in a terrible state. Gabby seemed to have ruptured one eye and Ticky wasnt responding to anything so was thought he had suffered brain damage. After surgery Gabby regained sight in both eyes and tests showed that Ticky was at least 80% deaf which was why he wasnt responding. With the fantastic help of all the volunteers he is learning to cope with his disability and is learning to trust humans again. However the Rescues vets bills are never ending and the more money they can raise the more veterinary care thye can afford. We have been speaking to Julie who runs the rescue about otherways to rasie money and Julie would like to design and sell Christmas cards and calendars from November. We have tried to find printers and designers who can help Julie but we are struggling, is there anyone out there who can help this rescue, it would make such a difference??? If you could help in anyway could you contact Julie at julie.woar@hotmail.com or call 01865 873324. Many thanks


Raffy was very pleased with herself as she appeared in a 3 page article in the Independents Saturday magazine last week, she is still going through all your emails asking about whats it like being the CEO of an organic petfood company surrounded by food! However right now shes taking a nap under my desk obviously building up her strenght for her walk at lunchtime!

Have a lovely weekend, fingers crossed we get some decent walking weather as getting wet all the time isnt so much fun, British summers eh!

New venture with Paw Pals

We are very excited here as we have just started a new venture with Paw Pals, www.paw-pals.co.uk. Paw Pals are an ethical pet sitter and dog walking company based in Swindon but they have franchises through out the UK and they are expanding fast into other countries.

Victoria heads up Paw Pals she gave up her high level job in PR to set up Paw Pals and its gone from strenght to strenght. The difference between Paw Pals and other pet sitting companies is the extra level of care they take and the ethical approach they have to their business. It became clear very quickly that OrganiPets and Paw Pals made natural partners and the rest is history.

So let us know if you see the Paw Pals cars driving in your area as they will have the OrganiPets logos on then now!

Raffy is off to another photo shoot this Sunday as we are about to announce a further joint venture with other like minded companies, we will be able to tell you more about this in July! Raffy loves having her photo taken, however this one might be a bit tricky as there will be lots of cats there and although Raffy loves cats we not sure how she will react to lots of them, we will let you know how it goes!

Have a great weekend, looks like the weather isnt going to be as nice as in the week but its the British summer so we are used to this! Bye for now

Summers arrived?

This has been a busy week for Raffy. She appeared on Radio Solent yesterday for a prime time 30 min slot all about pet food. John spoke on Raffys behalf but all the production team were smitten with her and wanted to take her home with them! There were alot of callers ringing in saying that even in these difficult economic times they still wanted to give their pets good honest food like OrganiPets. One caller rang to say that perhaps organic pet food was a step too far, however John explained that what was important in pet food was that it was made from good quality ingredients that benefit pets ( not low grade meat or bulking agents such as wheat and soya) and that there should be no artifical preservatives, flavours or colours added. As we use organic ingredients these by definition will not have such nasties in them, additionally us as pet owners have the peace of mind knowing that the chickens we use are freerange and well as organic. So what we are saying is that whats important is that pet food is made from real ingredients that help our pets and is produced in an ethical way, being organic is the icing on the cake. There also was one caller taking about high protein being wrong for pets, the vet who was also on the show pointed out that dogs and cats are meant the have protein however whats important is the type of protein and that protein that mainly comes from a carbohydrate base probably isnt the best.

Let us know your thoughts on this as these are interesting questions.

Raffy is now about to be interviewed by a journalist for a very big paper so we need to dash.

Have a lovely weekend, perhaps Summer has arrived?

All About Dogs

This week we have been busy getting ready for All About Dogs which is on 10 -1 1 May, its at The Brentwood Centre Showground Brentwood Essex, we would love to see you so please pop down, it should be lots of fun.

This weeks update is going to be short and sweet as the suns just come out and it is a Bank Holiday so Raffy is going to take us all out for a long walk.

One last thing dont forget to keep entering our Best Pets competition, you still have until 31 July to enter, the winning dog and cat will be made into characters in the Ann Edwards Family Pet range and the lucky owners will keep all the original artwork!