Elizabeth Allen is an experienced dog owner, having owned 5 family dogs over the years, when it came time time to bring a new dog into their home to join their family and two dogs, Bella and Sula. Bella was looking for a play mate, someone to have a play around with leaving Sula to enjoy her golden years in peace happily watching on from the sidelines. And so Elizabeth and her family started their [...]

A dog rehoming blog set up in 2007 is celebrating the successful rehoming of dog number 10,000 – an 11 week old German Shepherd puppy called Axis. DogsBlog.com was set up by Ryan O’Meara, a former professional dog trainer and animal welfare campaigner. The site, which is partnered with family run pet food company Butcher’s Pet Care, acts as a central hub for thousands of homeless [...]

To try and debunk the myths about dog adoption and encourage dog lovers to consider adopting, DogsBlog.com and Butcher’s Pet Care, are launching National Dog Adoption Month this September. A sentiment comedian Dave Spikey agrees with, “I’ve rescued dogs for many years, National Dog Adoption Month stands for everything I’ve discovered – dogs in rescues are just normal dogs, [...]

Baz, first known as Kaos, came to DogsBlog.com’s rescue partner, Fife Rottweiler Rescue in early 2010. At the same time Steffanie McGahan was looking for another dog to bring into her home when she came across Kaos on DogsBlog.com. Here is her story about life with Baz and how he settled in and in her own words, “He is still learning and improving every day, as am I as are both my son and [...]

Thank you to our good friends at Talk Radio Europe for giving National Dog Adoption Month the opportunity to discuss the rise in animal abandonments and to help us communicate the message that adopting a dog is a great way to get a new friend.

A discussion on the rise in the number of puppies being abandoned on BBC Radio Leeds. National Dog Adoption Month helps raise awareness about the benefits of adopting a dog as well as bringing to attention the problems of increasing dog abandonment in the UK.