Pop star Lilly Allen has urged potential dog owners to consider adopting a dog rather than contribute to the puppies for profit trade. Speaking on her blog site, the singer said: I’m getting a dog from Battersea dogs home , i found her on the weekend , and after a visit from a rehoming officer hopefully, i’ll have her by next week . She’s called Honey and she’s quite fat (insert [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Dog adoption is cool. There is no escaping it. Whilst the ‘designer dog’ craze continues to attract people who are easily tricked in to believing they are somehow getting an exotic or rare dog, people of sound mine and good taste have realised that dog shelters are full of nothing BUT cool, designer dogs. Just look at some of the famous faces who have adopted a shelter dog: Name: John Barrowman Job: [...]

For many, the very words ‘rescue’, ‘shelters’, ‘adoption’ bring with them certain negative associations. For some reason, people will often view a ‘rescue’ dog as damaged goods, a dog to be pitied, a dog to be saved, a dog to be ‘rescued’. Nothing could be further from the truth. The genuine, practical advantages to adopting a dog are enormous. Dogs [...]