Announcing National Dog Adoption Month

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…

Battersea Dogs and Cats Home

* 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…

Announcing The UK’s First National Dog Adoption Month

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…

Rescue Dog Takes up Career in the Police

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…

Celebrity Dog Adopters

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…

Adopting a Dog Changed Our Lives

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…

Dogs Blog Their Way to New Homes

Over 2,000 Dogs Get New Homes Thanks to Worldwide Web A website, launched just 17 months ago is helping to redress the balance having successfully found new, permanent homes for over 2,000 dogs and unburdening the animal welfare industry of more than £4,915,181of financial strain1. DogsBlog.com was launched in January of 2007 in an attempt…

Thinking About Adopting a Rescue Dog?

If you’re thinking about adopting a dog from a rescue shelter, you couldn’t have chosen a better place to begin your search! DogsBlog.com is an easy to use, all in one resource for people who are looking to adopt a dog. Via this site you can find all types of dogs from various locations around…

Announcing National Dog Adoption Month (UK)

August 2008 will see the plight of thousands of rescue dogs take a turn for the better. National Dog Adoption is set to raise awareness of the hundred thousand dogs seeking new homes in Britain’s rescue shelters and promote the concept of adopting a dog. Throughout the month there will be various events, promotions and…

Run Your Own National Dog Adoption Month Event

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…