We are very excited to announce that later this month we’ll be back on Channel 5 as we’ve been featured in their brand new series, My Houseful of Animals! The light-hearted TV show, which shares the stories of animal lovers and fellow rescuers alike, airs on the 21^stJuly.

Although we had reservations about the initial project, this one came unexpectedly and is a welcome surprise. It more accurately reflects the nature of what we do at Dogs 4 Rescue and offers some lovely insights into what daily life here is like. Most importantly we’re thrilled as it gets the street dogs from abroad some much-needed exposure and enabled us to get across our positive message regarding rescue dogs, in particular those saved from abroad. 

What it doesn’t show unfortunately is our fabulous dog park and the progress we’ve made in making it what it is today. We’d like to use this opportunity to ask for another push to help us to achieve our vision – and use the exposure from the Channel 5 feature to help us fund the next stage of our fantastic project!

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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.

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