T.R.P.D.
Pet Craft Project
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