Find your new best friend – and save a life!

Love dogs? Thinking of adding one to your family? Please consider rescue. I know I probably sound like a broken recordbut it is something I am SO passionate about.

Every day I hear of dogs who are facing pts (ie being put down, killed) – dogs who are out of time at the pound; who are going to be taken to the vets by their owner to be pts; who are really not coping in a kennel environment and desperately need the comfort and security of a loving home. It’s heartbreaking, it really is, and it’s never-ending.

Every time one dog is saved, rescued, adopted, there are goodness knows how many others needing help. Stray dogs who end up in the UK pounds unclaimed can legally be put down after seven days – and thousands are, every year. Some people seem to have more regard for their car or TV than they do these wonderful, living, breathing, loyal and loving creatures that we call our best friends.

So please, if you are a good person, who can provide a loving and responsible home for a dog, who has the time to care for a dog, who doesn’t mind that their house may end up being decorated with muddy foot prints, who can cope with the odd dog hair in their coffee, look at adopting your dog from rescue.

Not only will you find your new best friend, but you will also potentially be helping to save another dog’s life. Even if the rescue you adopt from keeps their dogs until they’re adopted, rather than pts-ing after a certain time, there will be dogs out there in danger who will be very grateful of the rescue space that your adoption frees up. It’s a win-win-win situation for you, your new friend and another dog

If you need any help finding a great rescue to adopt from, take a look at the links at the bottom of my blog for details of some of the rescues/resources in the UK. There are rescues across the UK, including the well known rescue centres and smaller  independent rescues which help all sorts of breeds and crosses, along with the breed rescues who specialise in helping a specific breed.

There’s a rescue dog out there for every loving home. Be patient, be open to what sort of dog may appeal and be suitable – and don’t forget the older dogs

There’s a rescue dog out there, waiting for you. Please don’t be one of those people who looks at all the dogs in need and says I wish I could … but never does.