This year ThinkingPets is holding a “Santa Shoebox” Christmas drive for the dogs and cats at various selected rescue organisations across South Africa and Mozambique. The idea behind this project is to collect necessary items that can then be distributed between these rescue organisations to help make Christmas special for all the dogs and cats in their care.

It’s really easy to participate – all you have to do if you want to take part in this project is to take an old shoe box and fill it with however many dog or cat related goodies you want – anything and everything is needed and welcome, from toys to treats, food, bowls, blankets, tick/flea control, deworming tablets, leads and harnesses… you name it! Once you’ve put your box together, you can wrap it in gift wrapping paper or anything else you have at home, mark if it’s for a cat or a dog (and if it’s a “dog box” – please indicate size i.e. small, medium or large breed). Then, you can either drop it off at the Practice in Bryanston or at any ThinkingPets school nationwide, or you can post it to ThinkingPets by the 30th of November, 2010. We’ll deliver it to the rescue organisations in time for Christmas. It’s as simple as that!

Every single contributor – be it an individual or a business – will be listed on our new website and Facebook page as a special thanks for helping to make a difference to the lives of those shelter pets and the people who look after them. So far, we’ve selected Barking Mad, the Sandton SPCA, Kitty Shelter / Cat-a-holics and Claw as the four JHB based rescue organisations, and we're busy identifying rescue organisations in the rest of South Africa and Mozambique.

If you’d like to know more, or would like to know the name/address/details of the closest drop off point to you, please email Lindi (lindi@thinkingpets.com) or call her on 082 049 9209.

Let’s make this Christmas a super special one for those animals!