We help street dogs find their forever home
Chris Walton, who has adopted one of our many semi feral dogs and turned him around, has written this blog to help others.
Below are some tips which may help you not only prevent a dog escaping, but also slowly start to prevent the dog wanting to in the first place.
Winston first came through our doors in 2016 by chance. The Bulgarian bus arrived with our intake and we were there and then asked to look after him for a couple of weeks for the rescue who had brought him over until they could pick him up. We had no choice as he had no other option.
The only dog I’ve ever been frightened of… [Read more…]
They say life begins at 40. Well mine really began when I gave up “normal” life and started rescuing doggies.
When I was young I imagined, like most girls I guess, that I would grow up, get married, have a couple of kids, a career etc. Maybe get a dog- (probably a Labrador as I had an andrex puppy teddy from birth). How wrong I was ….and how glad I am (in the most part).
One day I found a starving staffie on the end of a chain, being bred from for beer money, while searching the neighbour’s gardens for the source of a harrowing crying. This day/dog changed my life unrecognisably. The most beautiful little olive-eyed girl, the one I didn’t get to save, and my one regret. That day changed my life forever. Little did I know then that there would be no marriage, no “normal life”, holidays, kids, the usual – it would become a vocation – to spend my life trying to save those of the most in need.
Flexible fostering options to suit everyone
Fostering is very important here at Dogs 4 Rescue. As much as we try and create a home from home environment here for our dogs, time spent in a ‘real home’ is invaluable and provides enriching experiences for them that they would only get outside of a rescue environment. Here are just a few ways you can get involved – and three amazing benefits of fostering for our dogs for you and for them.
Foster as much or as little as you like….
Pictured – Connie with Dawn. one of our chief fosterers of our very timid doggies.
Samira came to us many months ago, very afraid along with a few others who had had some rough years in a pound in Romania.
She was timid, she never asked for anything but would always be around – she was surprised to feel love and kindness and it took a little while to build her trust. She wasn’t as happy as the others here no matter what we tried for her.
She was completely overlooked, almost as though she was a black dog and we were all baffled why she waited such a long time to get a trial as we couldn’t find any “faults” with her.
But we learn that some dogs just wait longer than others for their forever homes to come up and what a happy ending this one is. Her new mums’ email below shows why she waited so long – she was waiting for Emma, her new mum, for her time to shine.
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