TV stars...

Hi Everyone

It's so good to be in touch again & I hope you all had a chance to see us on TV the other night on Close Up. It was so much fun filming that as we went to the beach and played with some lovely children. It feels so good to be able to run around again, especially Ernie he is much faster than me. Ernie was awarded his weight loss certificate and he is so proud of it, I can't wait to get mine, then we can put them both on the wall in our kennel.

The Women's Weekly also ran an article which was really good but the best news ever is that we will be ready to be adopted after Christmas. I just need to lose another couple of kilos and we're away. We love being in our foster home and our foster parents are just the best but they have a furry family of their own and we would like to find someone who will make us part of their family forever.

We are both really well behaved dogs and we have learnt a lot in our foster home but the most important thing is that we have to be adopted together. We have been together since we were little and neither of us could bare to be separated from each other. We are looking for some specific criteria in our quest for the perfect home

Both of us must be adopted together We need to get regular exercise and be kept on our strict feeding program so we don't get overweight again We need someone who will be patient, understanding & love us no matter what We need a soft bed, warm arms & lots of toys We need to be allowed to socialise with other people & other dogs We will still be in the media & at SPCA social events from time to time so our new owners must be willing to be involved We are on the senior side of life so we might need to visit the vet a bit more often than younger dogs so you need to budget for that Well that it really, not much at all when you think about it!!

If you think you might be interested in putting your name down as an adoption applicant please e-mail tracy.dunn@spca.org.nz or you can download the application form, complete it and fax to 092567314 or post to Tracy Dunn, SPCA Auckland, PO Box 43221, Mangere, Manukau 2153. Please write "Ernie & Bert" at the top of the form so they know who it's for.

We'll be in touch over Christmas and New Year, Ernie and I are quite excited about Christmas this year and I'm sure there are some Christmas presents out there with our names on them but the best Christmas present ever would be to find our new family.

Lots of Love

Ernie & Bert ( the two slim foxies)

Trim, taut and terrific...

Hi everyone

Brace yourselves for a shock - check our me and Bert in our all new glamour shots that were taken when we called into the SPCA to say g'day to all our dear friends! And it's all down to our willpower and determination to stay on our Hills diets (thanks guys!). Plus, no-one would give us junk food snacks, so I guess that helped a bit...

That's me - Ernie

and this is my mate, Bert

Pretty impressive weight loss, hey?

I'm so handsome, I impress myself!

So good.

Here's Bert again.

Bert's smiling because he's feeling so much better!

And one last shot of Bert...

Ok, that's enough for now. Catcha laters...
Ernie
(and Bert)

Hot Dogs, Cool Cars

Hi everyone

We had a wonderful day out at the Auckland SPCA Renegade Rod and Custom Open Day last Sunday. Lots of cool cars to look at and plenty of neat people coming over to say hello.

Now that we’ve lost heaps of weight we have a lot more energy. In fact, Ernie spent most of the day barking at all the other dogs that were visiting the village.

A few months ago we would have struggled to breath let alone bark! The diet is really making a different to our quality of life.

Jackie from Hill’s Pet Nutrition was looking after us on the day and we got to meet Cookie, a Golden Labrador, who is also on the Hill’s slimmer’s diet and looking a lot healthier, I might add.

Check out our photos from the day.

Catch you soon,

Regards

Bert & Ernie

Trim, taut and terrific... well, almost

Hi Everyone

This is just a flying e-mail to let you know that we are loving our foster home and our foster parents & we are having so much fun. We went out for a drive today with our foster dad and he stopped off at our lovely local vet clinic to do our weight check. Ernie weighs 11kg & I (Bert) weigh 22kg; how's that for impressive??

I hope you are all coming to the big Renegade Rod and Custom Hot Rod Show being held at the SPCA Village on Sunday 28th because we are putting in a VIP guest appearance. We will be hanging out at the Hills Pet Nutrition tent showing off our new waistlines from 12.00 - 2.00pm, so please come over and say hello.

Anyway I have to dash because I can hear the food bowls rattling & if I don't watch him Ernie will get there first and try to eat mine. See you all on Sunday...

Ernie & Bert

The healthy option is best...

Did you know that a healthy weight dog can outlive an overweight dog by two years? Did you know that your dog eating a slice of buttered toast is the equivalent of a human eating a whole hamburger, or a 50g chocolate bar?

We sure didn't, and that's why we're sticking to our diet and getting those excess kilograms off !

Our friends from Hills™ have put together a presentation that you can download in Microsoft PowerPoint format here, or Adobe Reader format here. Just click on the links.

And remember - just say NO to toast ! !

On holiday...

Hi Everyone

We just wanted to catch up & send you a photo of us looking very cool. We have gone on holiday to our new temporary foster home where we are allowed to stay for a while to get used to living in a normal home & keep on with our weight loss program.

We are both members of the Hills Pet Slimmer club & we are trying really hard to get our waist lines back and make everybody proud of us. Our foster parents are really lovely & are keeping us on a pretty strict diet even though we both do that "big brown eyes" look every now and again but it doesn't seem to work very often.

Isn't it lovely now its stopped raining and we have some sun, we are really enjoying getting outside and getting a bit of a tan before the beach weather really arrives. we are coming back to the SPCA next Tuesday for a visit and a weigh-in, so we will get to see all our human friends and say hello to everyone.

We are feeling so much better now & we will let you know how our weight check goes next week.

See you soon!

Ernie and Bert

Going for a stroll

Hi guysThought we'd better check in and let you know that we're sticking to our new diet.

We won't say that it's all good - we're used to getting lots and lots of little tasty treats all hours of the day and night!

That's all stopped now and we're just getting our regular meals each day.

A bit boring, but the upside is that we're getting lots more energy to play and walk around.

I won't say 'run around', because we can't quite make it into a run just yet... lol. But give us time and we'll get there, for sure.

See ya

Bert and Ernie