Meet The Staff

Jenny Wells is the manageress of the shelter. Jenny has been the manageress here since 1991. Jenny often takes in and cares for some of our very old, sometimes terminally ill dogs. These dogs would be virtually impossible to re-home due to medical problems etc and the fact that no one wants a very old or ill dog. Each dog she takes on is practically on deaths door when it comes into our shelter. Jenny takes the dog home presuming she will not have it for long but can make its last few days, months happy ones. Of course, they all bounce back for a while reveling in the "good life" but the time too soon runs out and Jenny makes the last decision to put the dog to sleep. The dog's best interest is paramount.

Ruth is one of the full-time members of staff. Ruth works in the Reception/Office. She has a parrot called Okie. Ruth has a love of wildlife and birds. Ruth helps us with fostering some of our difficult or needy dogs.

Cheryle has worked at the shelter since 1990. She works in the office and is now a part-time member of staff. She has a great sense of humour and is very interested in native and exotic birds and all wildlife. She is the Shelter's bird expert. She has 1 cat, 1 parrot and a few resident pigeons. She has taken many dogs from the shelter over the years, old ones, disabled ones, you name it she's taken it home. Cheryle has now adopted a little puppy called George who was found dumped with his brother on our doorstep.

Pauline started working at the shelter as a volunteer in April 1997. She has been working in the office as a part-time member of staff since 1999. Pauline has several cats of her own (which we have helped to supply of course). Pauline is always welcomed into the office when she brings in her home made cakes for us to sample!

Helen started working at the shelter as a volunteer in 2003. Helen is now our home-visiting coordinator and trains up all the volunteers to be home visitors. She has two dogs and two cats who both have 3 legs!! They were all adopted from the shelter.

Paul is the head of our cattery. Paul is responsible for all the homeless cats/boarding cats/stray cats that come through our doors. This obviously keeps him pretty busy. Paul has been working for the shelter since 1996. Paul has his own cat called Richie. He is a keen Everton supporter!

Gina is pictured here with one of our dogs (Khan). Gina has worked at the shelter since 1993. She is the head of her section, which is homeless dogs. She is responsible for ordering items for our shop, food, vaccinations etc. She also types up and edits the Newshound - the shelter's very own newsletter (a very important and time consuming job). Gina is also now very much involved with our website (more work for her). Gina has one dog, Ollie who was hand reared as a puppy several years ago.

Ian is a full time member of staff who works on homeless and boarding dogs. He has been with us since 2000 and has a German shepherd of his own called Leia. Ian is a keen Liverpool supporter, but we don't hold that against him. Ian loves big dogs but more recently has been attached to smaller, fluffy ones!

Hazel is a full time member of the cattery staff, who has been with us since 2001. She also looks after the small animals when Sarah is not here. Hazel often fosters cats and kittens that need extra looking after. She has two tortoises, three cats (one with 3 legs) and a dog called Tilly who came from our shelter.

Diane is a part time member of staff who works in the cattery. She has been a volunteer at the shelter since 1996 and was responsible for training volunteers to become home visitors. Diane gave up home visiting a few years ago. She is married and has 3 children, 6 cats, 4 tortoises and 18 chickens.

Wendy is a full time member of staff who fills in where she is needed, although Wendy is happiest working with the doggies!! Wendy is married and has two children. Wendy has been walking dogs for us as a volunteer at the shelter for many years. Wendy has a dog called Fleur (adopted from the Shelter).

Bridget is a part time member of staff. Bridget is responsible for looking after the dogs that have special needs. Bridget has 3 collies and 1 horse. She is pictured here with Zig. Bridget loves her collies and is always taking them home with her!! She is also a bit of horse lover and is schooling her young arab Chandra. (lots of bruises!!).

Sarah is a full time member of staff who who runs the small animal and wildlife section. Sarah has 2 cats, 2 tortoises and 1 hamster. She is pictured here with Thirsty and Freda.

Ann is a part time member of staff who fills in where she is needed. Ann has been a volunteer here for a long time before becoming a member of staff. She has two cats that both came from the shelter. Ann loves white cats and we are regularly trying to home them to her,

Russell is a part time member of staff who fills in where he is needed.