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Banjo - Banjo is 4 years old Xbreed (mastiff-GSD we think) male who is overly friendly, and happy-go-lucky type of personality. He likes his bedtime, and he does not like his daily mouth cleaned by 'mummy' or nails clipped, but he loves coming to see blood donor team!

Baxter - Baxter right , Odin left. Baxter is a big loveable dufus, He loves to play ball, swim and run in the woods. He also has been trained as an assistance dog and does a lot with his dad.

Beau - he has a cheese obsession and will do pretty much anything for it! Loves to give me big hugs with his lanky legs, if he sleeps with me he takes over the entire bed pushing me out! He loves using his nose, he has passed his bronze sniffer class which he was amazing at xxx

Bella C - sister to Fleur. A happy go lucky personality, scared of nothing and thinks everyone is her best friend as soon as she sees them. She loves swimming, rolling in whatever she can find(!), walks and cuddles on the sofa. They are the best of friends and are often found curled up in the same bed,

Benson - This is Benson, our gorgeous 6 year old. Benson loves the great outdoors, and especially enjoys joining us on our dog walks to the local park - he follows us the whole way down there, and back again, the neighbours think it’s hilarious!

Blue - following in his Mum Grace's and Uncles Caesar's footsteps, has given blood since he was a year old and now he is 5.  Even during lockdown, he was a brave boy and went in on his own with his favourite nurses to continue giving blood. Oscar (AKA Mr Cloud) has been Donor of the Year!

Blue L - following in his Mum Grace's and Uncles Caesar's footsteps, has given blood since he was a year old and now he is 5.  Even during lockdown, he was a brave boy and went in on his own with his favourite nurses to continue giving blood. Oscar (AKA Mr Cloud) has been Donor of the Year!

Bracken - Bracken is a 6 year old Working Cocker Spaniel who loves to be active. Not only is he a working dog he enjoys doing dog agility every week.

Buster - Buster is a little toerag, who butter wouldn't melt in his mouth! Into everything  - especially the recycling bags!!

Callie - Callie is a very friendly 4.5 year old labrador with possibly the waggiest tail you have seen. She loves people, running around with her dog pals and food - exceptionally food motivated even by labrador standards!

Charity - She is 3 years old, so a bit late starting her Blood Donor duties (a pandemic got in the way!) but we are now off to a flying start, following in the pawsteps of 7 generations of her family line that have been blood donors.  She has passed her Bronze Good Citizen and will soon take her Silver.  

Charlie F - Charlie loves being outside, going on long walks, swimming, and doing flyball! He loves going to give blood as it is an hour of playtime, with a delicious extra meal after his donation!

Chase - Chase is a very happy, friendly boy, who loves nothing more than to play with his ball. He is still only young, full of enthusiasm and keen to learn, picking up new skills all in his stride.

Dorothy - Dottie by name Dottie by nature! She is a crazy, fun-loving cocker spaniel who just adores the attention of the blood donor nurses. Dottie mainly donates blood for serum eye drops however she has given a small unit to a little feline friend too!

Ernie - Ernie is the biggest cuddle bug. he wants everyone and everything to love him and has a lot to say about everything. He loves digging on the beech and a good sniff about 

Everest - Everest fondly named by her 'paw patrol' obsessed mini human. Everest lives up to her grand name... albeit not quite as adventurous as the mountain but she does love to climb the 40ft conifers in her garden and pays regular visits to her pigeon neighbours! 

Finn - Finn, our third Trailhound on the blood donor programme, loves his food, sleeping on his back with his legs in the air (ready for a belly rub), chasing tennis balls but never bringing them back and racing around, ears flapping, on a windy day

Fleur C - Labrador. Older sister to Bella by about 2 hours! Has a cheeky (and vocal) personality. Loves to retrieve anything and will always greet you with something in her mouth whether that’s a toy, a kong, a ball or your slipper! She is shy with strangers but easily won over with a gravy bone and then she is your best friend..

Geraldine - friendliest greyhound with not much between the ears. Loves to roach and eat!

Ginny - Ginny is a very lazy cat who finds everything very scary. She loves a good cuddle to make friends and pouncing at you when you are least expect it. She loves to sleep under things and in boxes and steal everyone's food.

Gretel - Gretel is a loveable loon who is terrified of going to our vets, but seems to know when she’s coming to donate - maybe it’s the treats! She is 6 years old and was a mummy to a gorgeous litter of 8 pups in 2020. She’s a family pet and BFF to our 9 year old daughter.

Grigio - the most incredible likeness to his sire Zinfandel, my first blood donor hero, he loves to run and plays with everyone. Loves visitors as they all admire him!

Iona - My name is Iona the Schnauzer I am 3 years old a very busy girl.  Grace the Poodle is training me to donate blood, I live with 2 Persian cats and also model for the grooming academy so if you need blood I’ll be there for you

Izzy - Izzy is a bit of “I do what I want!” But super loving with it! None of our friends can believe that Izzy ( who doesn’t normally sit still) is a blood donor . Just shows the trust she has with the fabulous team.

Izzy P - Izzy is 5 years old. Her favourite things are food, squirrels, sleeping, her soft toys (especially the squeaky ones!) and stealing our cats food when no one is looking! We all love her soooo much.

Kea - chaos and cuddles in a yellow furry package!  As well as being an RVC blood donor, Kea also assists the RVC vet students as a ‘teaching dog’. Kea’s favourite activities include playing, running and carrying around her toy duck.  If you see her around the campus, come to say ‘hello’!

Leo B - He is our handsome Greyhound who makes everyone he meets fall in love! Sleeps for 23 hrs per day, but is always up for fuss, kisses, cuddles and treats!

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Levi - My lovely Levi is a 2yr old Longhair Weimaraner.  He’s my life saver having supported me during divorce and Covid.  As a 'covid pup' he was a little nervous of the hospital at first , but I'm so proud of how brave he's become. 

Luna B - She is fun loving and cheeky with people she knows but still very nervous around strangers particularly men. She is a beautiful, speedy little monster and a couch potato but a wonderful younger but bigger sister to Rufus.

Luna S - Luna is a very chilled cat who loves nothing more than some catnip and a belly rub she loves her trips to the rvc and sings the whole way in the car.

Lyra - Lyra came to our lives after an accident with a car left her with a wonky pelvis and needing a surgery on her hip 3 years ago. She's done brilliantly and hasn't looked back since. We decided to volunteer her for blood donations after we lost our elderly cat due to severe anaemia. Lyra loves cuddles and Dreamies. She is a bit of a diva, but will do anything for a chin scratch. 

Margaux - is a ridgeless Rhodesian Ridgeback. Despite being 2yrs old she still behaves like a playful puppy. She has the most gentle temperament, wants to be friends with everyone and gives the best cuddles. She loves going for a run or walking in the woods, but every walk is better if she meets another dog to play with

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Milady - Milady will follow you around the house like a little shadow carrying her Grumpy Cat toy, and loves joining people on the sofa to watch TV when she’s not racing up and down the stairs in the middle of the night.  She’s very loving in her quirky and quiet way

Milo - This is Milo! Swimming is his favourite occupation.

Milo J - Hello, Milo here. I am cool, calm and fluffy. My favourite activities are eating and sleeping, especially on a nice warm lap.

Misty - she is a mischievous little monkey and loves her squeaky toys. She always heads for the toy section when taking her into the local pet shop! She was a very nervous dog at first but is really coming out of her shell now.

Murphy A - This is Murphy, my lovely rottweiler cross shepherd. He loves his walks and meeting his friends on the field. Murphy loves attention, being cuddled and chicken.

Oberon - Geniunly LOVES his trips to RVC for donations, all the cuddles, kisses not to mention treats he receives generally mean great excitement in the car enroute. This usually follows with an afternoon of well deserved naps and cuddles

Odin - Odin (left) is a big cuddly, loveable dufus too. We often say him and Baxter share a brain cell. Odin likes to do anything with you and would go anywhere with his person.

Otter - This is Otter taking a well earned  rest after giving blood!

Paddy - Paddy has been donating since 2017. He is a very sweet boy who loves his Dreamies and has been known to maybe even fall asleep during donation sessions!

Pirelli - Relli loves to explore the garden, bushes and trees, she enjoys a spot of hunting but also snuggles with her humans and her other furry housemates.However, her biggest passion in life is food!Relli is more than happy to donate blood as she is always provided with copious amounts of fusses and of course food! 

Podge - I have been donating since 2020.I love to play fetch especially with bottle tops. I'm obsessed with being brushed and I'm just starting to be harness trained so I can go on adventures outside!  And if you can't tell a bit of a foodie! I love saving other furry friends and friends told me I'm a very good boy!

Raphi - Raphi is the most loveable, cuddly, needy dog there is!Being a cocker spaniel, he loves water (even a puddle!) playing and cuddles.Raphi enjoys giving blood as he gets so much fuss and of course a huge amount of treats.

Rioja - quite a serious soul but perfect as my minder on our smallholding, where he ignores the sheep and chickens but runs from the geese!

Sandy - Hi I'm Sandy - I like sun puddles, belly rubs, chirping at birds, pretending to be draft excluders and chasing balls, promise you I am a cat! Never a dafter cat you'd find!

Shuri - Shuri is our wonderful little mystery kitty! We adopted her when she was around a year and a half old and sadly known very little about her background. She is a super smoochy girl who loves nothing more than a cuddle! She also loves to play fetch with her toy mice.

Soave - very inquisitive and rather fearless, likes to chase birds and leaves!

Steve - Steve is a chilled out mummy's boy, although he wants delivery drivers to think he's a ferocious animal when barking behind a closed door!

Stitch - Stitch is my partner in crime and goes everywhere with me! He gives the best cuddles and loves his food!

Suki - underwent surgery at a young age at the RVC to create a new hip and socket. She is a fun-loving, gentle and caring Labrador who wanted to give something back to help others. Giving blood also gives her the opportunity to come back to the RVC to see all the familiar faces again, which she loves to do!

Tetley - Don’t let Tetley's puppy face deceive you, he is a ball obsessed, squirrel chasing little monster. But he is also a cuddle monster and the softest boy you will ever meet!

Theo - is a really laid-back cat who takes donating blood in his stride, we always get told how chilled he is whilst with the donation team!  At home, he loves sleeping (preferably in a cardboard box) and eating with the odd break for charging around the house at full speed with one of his siblings.  

Tyrone - Tyrone loves bags, any kind of bag, he likes to sit in them and listen to the crunchy noise they make. Purrs like a lawnmower, likes to bite his owners eyebrows to wake them up in the morning and he loves water - always tries to get in the bath. 

Wilf - After his big brother Sidney needed a life saving blood transfusion in 2021, Wilfred signed up to the blood donor program to help more dogs & cats like his big bro! He is the goodest boy and we are ever so proud of him!

Winter - Winter is the happiest soul there is, and in her mind everyone is her friend, they just don’t know it yet!

Zooma - Zooma is my best friend and I am really proud of him. We spend lots of time running together and have many adventures. Zooma loves everyone both human and canine and loves his trips to the RVC where he gets totally spoilt.