{"id":2725,"date":"2011-07-20T11:12:48","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T10:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/?page_id=3"},"modified":"2024-01-22T16:05:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T16:05:31","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"about DAWGdogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Dorset Animal Workers Group<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Dorset Animal Workers Group is a rescue organisation local to the Poole \/ Bournemouth area run by Helen Sanders and a group of dedicated volunteers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">We are a non-profit making group and we all give our time, open our houses up as doggie accommodation and offer our cars as doggie taxis freely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">We will help all animals but mainly concentrate on dog rescue.<br \/>\nWe take in local dogs as well as those from rescues based in Ireland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">The rescues in Ireland are struggling to cope with the number of strays they receive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">We feel that if any dog, regardless of borders, needs help and if we have the space then we must help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Many 1000&#8217;s of dogs end up in council pounds as strays and if they are not claimed within 7-10 days they are destroyed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">All our dogs are kept in home and family situations with fosterers who have very kindly offered their help. From here they are placed in new homes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">We are always looking for good, responsible homes for our dogs, but prefer to re-home within a 30 mile radius.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Every potential new home will be homechecked by one of our homecheckers who will be looking for a securely fenced garden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8357\" src=\"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/blitzenonwall.jpg\" alt=\"blitzenonwall\" width=\"604\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/blitzenonwall.jpg 604w, http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/blitzenonwall-300x231.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/blitzenonwall-600x463.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 85vw, 604px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">If you think that you have the time, patience and a good home to offer one of our dogs please contact us!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>IMPORTANT :\u00a0 PLEASE NOTE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Since this website is now getting a lot of visitors from all over the country,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">( and some international ones too!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">we need to stress the following important points:<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>We will only rehome dogs within approx 30miles of the Bournemouth\/Poole area in order that we can ensure the continued well being of the dogs we rehome.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Also:<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>We are NOT looking for just ANY home for these dogs.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>All potential homes will be assessed to try and ensure the best possible home to cater for the differing needs of each individual dog in our care.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">We would rather keep a dog for longer at the Rescue<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">than send it to a home that may be potentially unsuitable for any reason.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">entire website copyright \u00a9 2008-2024<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>DAWGdogs RESCUE<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Helen Sanders<br \/>\nDorset Animal Workers Group (D.A.W.G)<br \/>\n49 Shillito Road<br \/>\nUpper Parkstone<br \/>\nPoole<br \/>\nDorset<br \/>\nBH12 2BW<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>No visitors will be admitted to the Rescue without prior appointment<\/strong><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>01202 380467<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dorset Animal Workers Group Dorset Animal Workers Group is a rescue organisation local to the Poole \/ Bournemouth area run by Helen Sanders and a group of dedicated volunteers. We are a non-profit making group and we all give our time, open our houses up as doggie accommodation and offer our cars as doggie taxis &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/about-us\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;about DAWGdogs&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2725","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2725"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14674,"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2725\/revisions\/14674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}