About T.R.P.D. Pet Craft Project
The original Pet Craft Project
came into being because members of a small, local community craft
group who owned dogs began making their own dog coats and other
equipment in order to get the quality and styles they wanted for
themselves. Coats to fit greyhounds, lurchers, and whippets
especially are not readily available in pet stores and certainly not
in a wide range of sizes and fabrics or at a reasonable
price.
After members found themselves frequently stopped in
the street, or on walks with their dogs, and asked where they bought
their dogs' clothing, they decided to start making items to order,
and as a means to enable the group to donate additional items to
benefit dogs in the care of rescue organisations.
Initially
members sold the items they made at local dog shows, events, and car
boot sales. These proved extremely popular, enabling the members
(most of whom are older people, retired or with disabilities) to
utilise their skills, and the benefits of having something useful
and worthwhile to do were soon felt by the members. Indeed, it is
very rewarding to be able to contribute to worthwhile causes close
to their hearts.
In no time people with dogs were approaching
the group's members to ask for special designs and made to measure
items, as were some rescue organisations with dogs that had specific
injury or operation sites. This led to the creation of additional
designs - even some to supporters own specifications and
drawings.
Gradually the effects of long-term ill health
reduced the original project's membership to just four people, and
travelling to shows or car boot sales became too difficult. They
then decided to create a website and open a forum for anyone who
wished to support animals in the care of rescues. Aiming to
encourage others to form similar rescue support groups and to share
patterns, designs and ideas, as well as other resources in order to
aid more animals, especially dogs, that are in the care of rescue
organisations within the UK and Ireland.
Access the forum
from this link: Pet Craft Project
Forum
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