The Star: November 07, 2019

More documents

Recommendations

Info

The Star Thursday November 7 2019 10 NEWS Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz No more a dog’s life for these pooches • By Sophie Cornish FOR ALMOST three years Sapphire waited at a dog shelter in the hope that someone would take her home. Luckily for Sapphire, her soon-to-be owner was familiar in dealing with challenging canines. Jennifer Hooper’s other dog, Stark, was adopted into her family from a chequered, violent past. Stark arrived at Christchurch Bull Breed Rescue after a vet who was supposed to euthanise him believed he deserved a better life. After being rescued from a gang house during a police raid in Porirua, Stark was found with cigarette burns on his body and severely damaged ears. Said Mrs Hooper: “We’ve always had dogs but for better use of a word, we were reasonably snobby about it, we had expensive dogs. We had a bichon frise and a siberian husky. “But, never again. When you see the difference in rescue dogs, what they bring into your family, we would only go with rescue dogs again in the future.” Mrs Hooper’s latest challenge was to build a relationship between Sapphire and Stark, so Sapphire could be adopted, almost three years after CBBR picked her up in 2016, when she was 11-months-old. PALS: Jennifer Hooper with Sapphire (left) and Stark. CBBR founder Abbey van der Plas said little was known about her life before the shelter. Said Mrs Hooper: “We got Sapphire home after a very long process of training. When I say training, that’s me being trained in how to look after her.” Sapphire’s ‘quirks’ meant Mrs Hooper visited the shelter weekly for six weeks to become familiar with her, with the help of one of the shelter’s volunteers, Denise Balloch. Public outings were also required to get Sapphire comfortable with being around strangers. Then later, Mrs Hooper would bring Stark along and eventually they went on ‘doggie dates’ and had ‘doggie sleepovers.’ “I knew it was a massive commitment to take on a dog like that. My work was really flexible and I was able to go in later, so I could be at the shelter. I was at the shelter for about three or four hours per week. Then later I began picking Sapphire up also, two times a week.’’ After five months of this, Sapphire’s adoption papers were signed, late last month. She has been living with her new family, Mrs Hooper, her husband and two sons, aged 19 and 21. “She still sleeps in a crate, for routine. But whoever is up first in the morning will let her out and she will hop into bed with whoever is still sleeping. “She’s got a lot of quirks but she’s settling in really well,’’ Mrs Hooper said. A happy ending has come for a heavily pregnant dog found wandering the streets in Papanui. Lola and her five puppies were surrendered to the care of SPCA and now all but one have now been adopted. SPCA senior animal welfare inspector Samantha Cairns said Lola was found wandering the streets and was so heavily pregnant, staff were able to see the puppies moving inside her. “She was very obviously heavily pregnant. We didn’t want her having babies on the street.” Lola’s owner was found, but it was decided the best for the dog was for her to be surrendered to the care of SPCA. Now, Lola has been adopted by an SPCA staff member. “Esta is one of our senior canine animal attendants. She was working with her throughout her journey and fell in love with her and decided to adopt her,” Miss Cairns said. Her five puppies, four males and one female, all have Lion King-themed names. Importers Warehouse Clearance! FABRIC SALE LAST WEEKS CURTAIN & UPHOLSTERY UP TO 90% OFF MASSIVE DISCOUNT 75% TO 90% OFF RECOMMENDED RETAIL PRICE. DIRECT FROM IMPORTER NEVER BEEN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE. HUGE RANGE 100’S OF FABRIC TO CHOOSE FROM. Over 100,000 metres must go. Grab a bargain today! Location and opening hours 20 Treffers Road, Wigram | Phone 03 348 9710 Mon – Thurs 10am to 3pm Fri – Sat 9am – 12pm Search for Ken Bimler and find us on Facebook
Thursday November 7 2019 The Star 11 LOCALLY OWNED LOCALLY OPERATED $ 199 Morrison $ 299 $ 275 25cc Jobmate Petrol Steel Bosch Aquata K 125 Electric Water Blaster 347483 Petrol Line Trimmer 213794 Lawnmower 249924 Neta 13mm Drip Irrigation Starter Kit 248629 $ 10 98 EXCLUSIVE Number 8 Weed Kill & Lawn Feed 327810 $ 8 99 Bloom $ 14 98 Garden Hand Tools EACH 320955 $ 199 Luna $ 999 2 Piece Lounge Setting 335976 Nouveau 2.7m Market Umbrella 337276 WAS $149 $ 99Stanley Retractable Hose Reel with 20m Hose 341237 Gasmate Gemini 1610 Hooded 4 Burner BBQ 288995 $ 499 Nouveau 3 BBQ $ Burner 399 289049 50 % OFF ALL SISTEMA STORAGE Mondo 4 Piece Lounge Setting !78038 $ 1499 Weber Family Q3100 Black BBQ 317365 $ 969 CS051119 Available from Thursday 7th November until Tuesday 12th November 2019 while stocks last. Mitre10 MEGA Hornby Ph: 349 8497 Mitre10 MEGA Papanui Ph: 359 5443 *If you find a lower price on an identical stocked product locally we will beat it by 15% Mitre10 MEGA Ferrymead Ph: 366 6306 Mitre 10 Beckenham Ph: 332 7557 *If you find the same product cheaper from another Mitre 10 store or Mitre 10 website we’ll match that price. Excludes trade and special quotes, stock liquidations and commercial quantities. The in-store price may be lower than that advertised.
Page 1 and 2: Circulation 93,000 Thursday, Novemb
Page 3 and 4: Thursday November 7 2019 The Star
Page 5 and 6: Thursday November 7 2019 The Star L
Page 7 and 8: Thursday November 7 2019 The Star
Page 9: Latest Canterbury news at starnews.
Page 13 and 14: Thursday November 7 2019 The Star 1
Page 23 and 24: Industrious students win Young Ente
Page 27 and 28: HOW MANY people out there did anyth
Page 29 and 30: $7.90 incl. GST IN NOVEMBER, the ga
Page 31 and 32: Latest Canterbury news at starnews.
Page 33 and 34: SPORT 33 local sport Proudly brough
Page 37 and 38: The Star Classifieds Board URGENT H
Page 39 and 40: Your guide to our LOCAL & TRUSTED T

The Star: November 07, 2019

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?