saving DAWGdogs since 1987
Sam arrived a week ago as an unclaimed stray.
He is settling in at his foster home and gets on well Yvonne’s dog.
Sam is around five and a Jack Russel size dog, we think a Yorkshire Terrier cross Terrier.
Yesterday he was at Pets at Home with Yvonne helping us with the fundraising and enjoying lots of fuss from the customers there
Eddie has been in the Rescue for a couple of weeks now having arrived from a dog pound.
He is around 9 months old and gets on great with the other dogs.
He has not been treated well in his short life and will duck down or shrink away as if expecting to be hit.
He is better than he was and soon learns that a person wants to fuss him rather than hit him.
Lovely, lovely boy
Our dogs are very lucky as we have fab volunteer dog walkers
(Lianne, Barry, Sara and Jane)
who take them out for very long walks, training and socialisation.
This also means that we get to know what they are like in different enviroments.
They are far more socialised when they go to their new homes.
By the time they have been on buses, taken car rides, gossiped with people in shops,
had weekends away watching tv with Lianne (who always lets them have the best spot to sit)
been taught manners and how to behave with Sara,
had a good hike to burn off pent up energy with Barry and Jane,
and visited coffee shops for a cuppa they are very different dogs to the ones that arrived into the Rescue.
This is why we do not home our dogs quickly.
We like to get know them a little more.
If you feel you could help by walking a dog or fostering even for a weekend please phone the Rescue on 01202 380467
Phoebe is a Border Terrier and has been with us a few weeks now; an unclaimed stray from the dog pound.
She has really settled in well in her foster home and gets on with all the dogs she meets.
She is a young dog and is good with her foster Mum’s young grandchildren.
She was nervous for the first day after arriving and by the next day much more settled.
Ada arrived into the Rescue having been an unclaimed stray.
She has been here for a couple of weeks now and settled in.
I don’t believe she has been treated that well in the past and neglected.
She has attached herself to Georgie since arriving.
Ada is really very sweet, clean in the house, gets on with other dogs.
She is becoming less nervous now and more confident.
Ada is 8 years old.
Her spine and ribs were prominent and she was quite underweight.
She is now nearly up to her correct weight
Georgie arrived from the pound another unclaimed stray.
He was so thin I could feel all his ribs.
He is now much more the weight he should be.
Georgie is blind in one eye and has a slightly wonky leg.
He has seen the vet and does not need an op on the leg.
It is impossible not to love him and if I had room for another dog I would keep him myself
Buzz has come from a home where he was much loved and well looked after.
He is a year old and a character.
He immediately got on with all the other dogs here and has great recall.
Was at first a little nervous but soon overcame this.
He has lots of energy and needs basic training.
Harvey is a lovely people friendly little dog.
He has a quite determined character which I think is part of the terrier characteristic.
He loves to play with his toys and will interact with you when playing.
Loves to play ball which he will give up.
Harvey does pull on the lead.
He doesn’t get on with other male dogs when out on his walks.
Harvey will need a strong arm when walking him and possibly extra training.