Alfie who passed his Good Citizens Gold Award held at South Staffs. Dog Training on the 11/11/07. Alfie and his handler Claire are members of the South Staffordshire Dog Training display team who along with the rest of the South Staffs. team attend festivals / functions throughout the summer and put on displays - all members are volunteers who receive no monetary reward - any monies received being donated to local (and sometimes not so local) charities / organisations such as Macmillan Nurses, Birmingham Dogs Home, Staffordshire Air Ambulance, Search & Rescue etc. - see the South Staffs. Dog website - http://www.ssdt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ As you can probably tell we are very proud of Alfie's (and Claire's) achievement in reaching this standard and would appreciate it if you would add his details to your website - keep up the good work.Many Thanks, Steve Peczek
JASPER Jasper is owned and loved to bits by Naomi & Paul Bygrave, here is his story:
When we go visiting the family he makes himself comfortable either sat by my
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We have recently contacted the local schools in the area and are hoping to help at our local special needs school during the summer holidays as they run a summer school and they have specifically asked for a PAT dog. 'Unfortunately Tammy was PTS on Friday 10th September 2004. She had mastocytoma (Mast Cell Tumour).'
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ALFIE
Jasper was found as a stray in May 2002. He was a very
loving and gentle dog and as soon as we saw him we knew he was the dog for us. I had
two young children aged 3 and 1 and we had recently lost our first staff bitch. He
was 5 years old and thin, weighing about 13 kilos and standing at 17" to
the shoulder. He settled in right away and showed his potential in therapy work from
day one. 
year old grandad or he normally ends up sleeping on
the sofa next to my grandad. Jasper is the only one who can get my grandad up out of
bed and dressed. My father, who doesn't usually like dogs, asks if Jasper
can go on holiday when the children go down because they love so much and
he goes everywhere with them. 
After
looking at some information on this site and on the internet I thought that maybe we
should look into him becoming a Pets As Therapy dog. In March 2004 we were assessed
and on 11th June 2004 we received our certificate of membership. We are all so proud
of him and we are hoping that in the next 12 months to have our other rescued staffy,
Tammy, assessed to become a PAT dog.