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 [...]

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 [...]

written by Andrea Mills Volunteer diary from the Mayhew Animal Home When the Mayhew sisters first set up their animal home for “the lost and starving dogs and cats of London” in 1896, they could not have known how far it would come by the 21st century. Having volunteered at other animal homes and rescue centres in and around London, the Mayhew in Kensal Green stood out for me in terms of excellent [...]

Man’s best friend, loyal to the end Not all of us who love dogs can commit to taking on a dog full time, so the next best thing is to support dogs and give help to local shelters. Jerry Green Dog Rescue in Blidworth, Nottinghamshire encourage people to visit and walk their dogs, this is a daily event and open to the public between 1pm and 3pm and both rewarding for the dogs and the walker. Situated [...]

Thanks to CEVA Animal Health, manufacturers of the D.A.P pheromone products, National Dog Adoption Month is delighted to present this ‘How to’ press kit for any animal welfare organisation or motivated individual to make the most of National Dog Adoption Month. Download the PR toolkit here. (zip file 3mb) It’s free, has been professionally prepared and should help to ensure your [...]

National Dog Adoption Month runs throughout the month of August in the United Kingdom. During this month we will be running a series of events and promotions all aimed to raise the profile and enhance the appeal of adopting a dog. You can help too! If you would like to run your very own National Dog Adoption Month event, we want to hear from you. In association with D.A.P (dog appeasing pheromone) [...]