{"id":4116,"date":"2022-07-08T10:22:49","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T10:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottishspca.org\/news-dogs-inspire-staff-to-take-on-edinburgh-kiltwalk\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T14:29:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T14:29:18","slug":"dogs-inspire-staff-to-take-on-edinburgh-kiltwalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottishspca.org\/news\/dogs-inspire-staff-to-take-on-edinburgh-kiltwalk\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogs inspire staff to take on Edinburgh Kiltwalk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"paragraph-4001\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--content-with-summary paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-content-with-summary field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Gillian Boyle and Sophie Craig who work at our&nbsp;Lanarkshire Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre are taking on the Big Stroll at the&nbsp;Edinburgh&nbsp;Kiltwalk to raise vital funds for us.<\/p>\n<p>The pair, who have 40 years of service between them, have been spurred on in their training by rescue dogs Lottie and Mabel.<\/p>\n<p>Gillian Boyle said, \u201cIn our line of work, our heart strings are tugged on a daily basis but Lottie and Mabels\u2019 story really got us thinking about how we could raise funds to support animals just like them in our centre and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLottie arrived at our centre as her owner was involved in a court case. She was terrified of everyone and everything at first and needed some veterinary care. Our team worked with Lottie for&nbsp;three&nbsp;months to build her confidence and realised she was particularly fond of her fellow dogs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMabel had previously lived in a home with 11 other dogs which would have been very stressful for her. She was friendly but very fearful and had to be fostered by one of our colleagues as she needed regular medical care after veterinary treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn April, Lottie found a new family and they had a chance encounter with Mabel whilst visiting the centre. It took another couple of months for Mabel to be ready for rehoming but they came back and fell in love with her too!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLottie and Mabel were reunited in June and are now living happily with their new family in Aberdeen. This is the reason we do the job we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Kiltwalk returns to&nbsp;Edinburgh on 18 September&nbsp;with a range of distances to suit all different abilities. To sign up and start raising funds for animals across Scotland, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishspca.org\/events\/scotlands-kiltwalk\">https:\/\/www.scottishspca.org\/events\/scotlands-kiltwalk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To help Gillian and Sophie reach their fundraising target, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/edinburgh.thekiltwalk.co.uk\/fundraising\/EdinburghKiltwalk2022-GillianBoyle\">https:\/\/edinburgh.thekiltwalk.co.uk\/fundraising\/EdinburghKiltwalk2022-GillianBoyle<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gillian Boyle and Sophie Craig who work at our&nbsp;Lanarkshire Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre are taking on the Big Stroll at the&nbsp;Edinburgh&nbsp;Kiltwalk to raise vital funds for us. The pair, who have 40 years of service between them, have been spurred on in their training by rescue dogs Lottie and Mabel. Gillian Boyle said, \u201cIn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4117,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[47],"class_list":["post-4116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fundraising","tag-lanarkshire"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dogs inspire staff to take on Edinburgh Kiltwalk - Scottish SPCA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishspca.org\/news\/dogs-inspire-staff-to-take-on-edinburgh-kiltwalk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dogs inspire staff to take on Edinburgh Kiltwalk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gillian Boyle and Sophie Craig who work at our&nbsp;Lanarkshire Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre are taking on the Big Stroll at the&nbsp;Edinburgh&nbsp;Kiltwalk to raise vital funds for us. 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