1) Take advantage of experienced, expert dog advice from people who will go out of their way to make sure you are matched to the most suitable dog for your lifestyle. 2) Know your dog’s background. Contrary to the widespread myth that dogs in shelters are largely unknown quantities, the opposite may very well be more accurate. For those dogs who are in shelter for a period of time, the shelter [...]

PRESS RELEASE: DOWNLOAD THIS PRESS RELEASE Release Date: 29th July 2008 More than 100,000 dogs await new owners in UK adoption shelters. New awareness campaign aims to show the great benefits of adopting a dog. For many, the idea of adopting or ‘rescuing’ a dog carries with it a certain image. A notion of doing a good deed, taking on a problem dog or an ill treated animal with a multitude [...]

* Some reports have suggested that adopting a dog has become fashionable recently, have you seen any evidence of this at Battersea? At Battersea Dogs & Cats Home we have seen certain breeds of dogs become fashionable but sadly for the wrong reasons, as status symbols. Our thorough re-homing procedure at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home ensures that anyone adopting a dog from us is getting a dog [...]

More than 100,000 dogs await new owners in UK adoption shelters. New awareness campaign aims to show the great benefits of adopting a dog. For many, the idea of adopting or ‘rescuing’ a dog carries with it a certain image. A notion of doing a good deed, taking on a problem dog or an ill treated animal with a multitude of behaviour and psychological issues is a common perception of dog [...]

If you run a website, post on forums and/or can visit your local vet, pet shops, dog training classes or anywhere else where people gather you can help spread the message about the positive benefits of adopting a dog. You have full permission to use of the following graphics to place on your website or in your forum signature (subject to individual forum rules) DOWNLOAD THE ‘RESCUE ME’ [...]

Theo, a homeless crossbreed dog taken in by The Blue Cross pet charity, is soon to embark on a new lease of life helping Dorset Police sniff out crime. Theo recently passed an intensive four-week training course to become a fully qualified, operational police dog and will soon be on the road searching for class A drugs and cannabis. Two-year-old Theo was brought into the charity’s animal adoption [...]