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Dog-sitters for mature pets
DOG-SITTERS can play a vital role for elderly pets. This is Jonti ,he is 16 years old. Still fit and loves to walk around, but there are times when he needs to rest at home. Rather short sighted now and a little deaf, being able to stay at home where all is familiar is a great comfort to both Jonti and his owner.
If you’re planning a trip register now to find petsitters in time. Whether your trip is short or long, you’ll know that sometimes you must leave pets at home. Young and senior pets in particular benefit from staying at home, so they can follow their routines undisturbed. Join our pet and housesitting network, and the sitters come for free!
Choose Housesitmatch.com for affordable travel, home and pet care. These are the steps to take:
1. Register as a homeowner on HouseSit Match.com
2. Choose a Standard account (£69 per year) to ensure you can help online when needed
3. Create a profile with photos of your pet and the house
4. Post an advert for the dates when you want to go away. Sitters apply and you choose. How does it work?
Forbidden pets
UNDER the new Animal Welfare Law in Spain there are certain animals that you soon won’t be able to keep at home as pets. In approximately four months this rule will be enforced.
HouseSitMatch can help you find suitable sitters. Join our network for a small annual fee. You get ID checked for safety and then build your advert saying when you are going on holiday. Housesitters see your advert, they respond and you choose the sitter who’ll care for your pets.
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VETERINARIANS have warned of an increase in Leishmaniasis in dogs, a disease that is caused by the bite of a sandfly or mosquito that has been infected by a parasite. In Spain, Canine Leishmaniasis is endemic, ‘with an average prevalence of 15 per cent although it affects one in two dogs in some areas such as the
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Mediterranean basin.’
More care should be taken during the summer as the disease is more prevalent in high temperatures and humid conditions. Unfortunately, there is no cure for the disease but the treatment will control all the symptoms and your dog will be comfortable.
There are two types of Canine Leishmaniasis, one type is cutaneous and the symptoms you will notice are exaggerated nail growth, and hair loss more specifically around the nose, eyes, and ears. You may also notice reddened areas on the skin, brittle dry fur, or even ulcers. The other type is visceral and its symptoms are sudden weight loss, loss of appetite, fever, decrease in muscle mass, and abdominal swelling. For both types, they may also have conjunctivitis, a runny nose, and coughing and diarrhoea.
Tips to prevent your dog from catching this disease: avoid walks in the evening when these insects usually manifest, mosquito repellents for dogs will also help, a product called Leishguard stimulates your dog’s immunity and so helps prevent the disease and there is also a Leishmaniasis vaccine but it is not 100 per cent effective.
As always for more information or if you are worried have a chat with your vet.
In Spain one in every three households has a pet, Spanish households have 15 million pets compared to 6.6 million children under the age of 15.
These pets range from dogs and cats to rabbits and even Vietnamese pigs. But under this recently approved law things are about to change, as it lists the species ‘considered invasive’ and therefore should not be kept in the home.
The list includes some very popular pet choices. From the bird family, you are prohibited to have parrots, lovebirds, parakeets, and species from other countries. Exotic reptiles that you can no longer keep include snakes, iguanas, lizards, chameleons, or geckos. Rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, mice, and hamsters are also banned.
Turtles as they are considered a vulnerable species can no longer be pets. Spiders are also on the list as they are considered dangerous as they can carry diseases that are very dangerous to humans. Vietnamese pigs and hedgehogs have also been named and cannot be kept at home as pets either.
But don’t worry if you have one of these ‘prohibited pets’ the government doesn’t plan to round up all of our beloved pets.
You will just have to contact your local environmental authority to inform them and they will issue an authorisation that will allow you to keep them as pets.
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CAMPELLO CONTRA CANCER in conjunction with AECC Association Español Contra Cancer. Please support your local Cancer charity and if you wish to obtain literature or simply talk to someone. Please contact Mina or Trisha. Tel 650 071 278 or 610 921 413 email aecc_campello@hotmail. com (95475)
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FREEMASONRY . Are you aware that Freemasonry is thriving on the Costa Blanca?
There are various Lodges meeting up throughout the Valencia region. If you already are a Mason or simply wish to know more about Freemasonry in Spain please contact sec@glpvalencia. com Tel 600 841 064 (95477)
HELP VEGA BAJA. We are a non-profit making organisation that helps and supports anyone, without prejudice, in times of need or crisis within the Vega Baja area. Our offices are based in San Miguel at Calle Lope de Vega 46 (Tel 966 723 733), Torrevieja at Rambla Juan Mateo Garcia 4 (Tel 965 704 282). We are online at www.helpvegabaja.com and also on Facebook. You can email the San Miguel Centre at office@helpvegabaja. com. We also have a 24hour Emergency helpline which is available to both members and non-members on 966 723 733 (95456)
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS IS ALCOHOL COSTING YOU MORE THAN MONEY? Drinking to excess not only affects your health it can spill over into every other aspect of your lifedamaging everything that is important to you. Englishspeaking AA meetings are held throughout the Costa Blanca from Valencia City to Murcia. Anyone wishing to attend a meeting or discuss a possible drinking problem contact Costa Blanca North: 648 169 045 or Costa Blanca South: 625 912 078 or Costa Calida 679 385 105 All calls are treated in the strictest confidence. AA in German: 645 456 075; Spanish: 679 212 535; Flemish: 635 047 053; and Scandinavian: 659 779 222. www.aa-costablan ca.org
PHILIP SCOTT LODGE No 10671 of the RAOB. Please call the secretary, Colin Bird on 693 287 614 for further information. (95459)
PILAR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH. All welcome from any church background or none. For further information, www.pilarchurch.org Reg No: 2009-SG/A (95463)
ROYAL Air Force Association
Costa Blanca Registered Members Group: The RAFA Costa Blanca RMG replaces the RAFA Costa Blanca Branch 1359 which is now closed. The RMG is a social group of caring people and remains affiliated to the parent Association. Contact with the Royal Air Force Association and the RMG can be made via the RAFA website rafa.org. uk Tel:0044 800 018 2361. (238593)
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ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION
For information please contact Chairman Anthony Jenkins +34 693 866 709, Vice Chairman Dusty Miller +34 711 006 670, Secretary Mike Cockman +34 670 224 822, Treasurer Carl Louden +34 678 518 202, email rnatorre vieja@aol.com (95455) and PARKINSON’S. Our MOVERS AND SHAKERS CLUB held every Friday @ 1pm –3pm, is a chance for members to meet up socially, for a drink and a chat on a full range of topics and to exchange ideas and information. The club is held at O’Briens Bar in El Raso, Guardamar del Segura (except July and August). For more details, contact Marion Smith on 711 008 250, or email: marion.smith@ams cb.org.es, or you can find us on Facebook : fb@movers and shakers www.amscb.org.e s (295976)
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Calle Beniajan 16, Torrevieja 03185, Alicante Evangelical non-denominational church. Sunday morning Services at 11.00am. All nationalities welcome - Contact 966 752 543 / 966 799 273. For other church matters phone: 966 799 273 / /617 215 463 www.icatorre vieja.org (95476)
LA SIESTA EVANGELICAL CHURCH on Urbanisation La Siesta, Torrevieja is a friendly, English-speaking church. For more information, including details of our services, see our website www.lasiestaevangeli calchurch.org (10005)
CHARITY
Why not make this year the year you volunteer? See how you can help either as a caseworker (with full training) or as a Telephone Buddy. We also visit beneficiaries who are housebound or in hospital. If you feel you could support us here in Spain, and you have a Spanish phone number then why not email us for more info tbuddyhhvisits@gmail.com. If you or your partner served or are serving, and you feel you need help or support then contact us using the details on the card, we are here for the small things as well as the big, sometimes talking to someone is the first step to feeling more in control. It can be a personal need or some help with your home or information on what or who to speak to on a medical issue, we help with signposting if we cannot help directly, just call and have a chat with Pam who will try to guide you to where you need to be. If you would like to go to a branch meeting then find your nearest one at, http://branches.britishlegion.org.uk/branches/orihuela-costa - covering from Punta Prima to San Javier. More info can be found on branch website www.ori huelacostarbl.co.uk. (95457)
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION
Gran Alacant & La Marina Branch. For info, contact the branch Secretary at granalacant.secretary@rbl. community
STROKE ASSOCIATION Spain (formally known as Torrevieja stroke support) Our aim is to help and support stroke survivors and their carers, with rehabilitation, speech therapy, OC therapy and a very active social group. For info please contact 653 588 475 English and 620 907 474 Spanish or email strokesupportgroup@ hotmail.com , website: torre viejastrokesupport.org. We are always looking for volunteers who have the skills and knowledge to support. (95473)
THE AIRCREW ASSOCIATION COSTA BLANCA BRANCH. Former & serving aircrews of the UK or Allied Armed Forces are welcome to join this convivial & friendly organisation, now in its 21st year. www.acacostablanca.org or call the Secretary on: 966 495 042 (95465)
THE ANGLICAN CHURCH, La Fustera. For more info: contact Frank Bentley on 966 495 188. (95461)
THE BAKER Foundation Spiritual Centre Playa Flamenca. Calle Luis Gordillo, 1 Playa Flamenca Alicante 03189. You can join us on Facebook, The Baker Foundation spiritual centre. Or contact Linda Schug Tel. 606 990 665 for more details (95458)
THE PATIENCE LODGE No 2177 of the R.A.O.B Please call Secretary Dave Tonge on 688 704 091 for further information. (253807)
THE SPIRITUALIST CENTRE, Benijofar meets at Hamilton’s Bake House, 62 Calle Vicente, Blasco Ibañez, Benijofar 03178. We hold a Sunday Sevrice at 11.30am. For further information: www.spiritualistcentre-benijo far.com . Telephone 711 060 171. Email martindrou te66@hotmail.com . Fiscal G54713789
MOVERS AND SHAKERS We are a non-profit organisation that supports people and their families with neurological diseases such as; HUNTINGTON’S, ATAXIA, MOTOR NEURONE, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
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WE ARE currently the market leader in our country in the sale of direct car, motorbike, home and company fleet insurance. Since we started out in 1995, our philosophy has always been to offer an excellent service with the best prices in the market. For the most competitive quotes in English, call Linea Directa on 952 147 834. (200726)
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GATAMI ORGANISATION, to help kittens and cats, looking for good homes, also spaying wild cats in the community. Kittens require adoption, fully vaccinated, de-wormed, deflead. volunteers to Tel Anna: 966 806 976 / 654 729 977 (95709)
P.E.P.A. VOLUNTEERS & FOSTER HOMES URGENTLY NEEDED. By fostering an abandoned dog or spending a few hours each week on our telephone helpline, you could help save the lives of many animals. Please call: 650 304 746. For more information browse our website: www.pepaspain.com (95708)
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