Dog Rescue
Some of you may have been watching Dog Rescue, a fly-on-the-wall documentary about Dogs Trust West London and Manchester Dogs Home which is screened on ITV every Sunday evening for the next three weeks. It had 3.2 million viewers in the second week, which is a staggering number and so heartwarming to see that rescue dogs are topping the TV viewing charts!
For the past few months an ITV film crew has been following staff at our Rehoming Centre in Harefield, West London, to capture the day to day life of a busy dog rescue centre.
We think it’s a great opportunity to dispel some stereotypes about rescue centres – the Harefield centre is bright, airy and welcoming. The centre itself is situated in 16 acres of farmland that gives wonderful facilities for the dogs, far from the popular view that rescue kennels are dark, dirty, dingy and sad places.
Since opening in 2006 the centre has welcomed over 80,000 people through its doors and successfully rehomed 2,050 dogs of all shapes and sizes ranging from Great Danes to Pekingese. That’s a fantastic achievement and one that we are very proud of!
Our Harefield Training and Behaviour Advisor Carmel has been advising owners of problem pooches on the programme but if you missed an episode and also have a capering canine then you can always go to the information part of our website http://www.dogstrust.org.uk/information/ where you can get some great tips on improving your dog’s behaviour.
We’re very excited to have our dogs on prime time TV and would love to hear what you think about the show in the coming weeks. You can send us your comments to pressoffice@dogstrust.org.uk.
Happy viewing!
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WHY DO DOGS TRUST SPEND SO MUCH MONEY ON THEIR HOMES
Why is it the Dogs Trust spend so much capital funds on property development instead of directing their money to rehoming? Surely, a building like one of the Large DIY sheds would be cheaper, allow you to home more dogs in need and would allow you to drop your door policy. Furthermore, I visited one of your centres recently and it was more like a puppy farm - why do you bring in so many pregant bitchs from Ireland? Is it more puppies more money?
kids at 14 Apr 2008 16:29
Excellent blog!
Dear Clarissa
I just wanted to say how great I think the blog is and what wonderful work the Dogs Trust does. I sponsor Cube at Shoreham and had the honour of meeting him last week - he is a lovely old gentleman.
Keep up the very good work, I admire you and your colleagues tremendously.
With very best wishes
Abigail
Abigail at 30 Apr 2008 16:13
Excellent blog!
Dear Clarissa
I just wanted to say how great I think the blog is and what wonderful work the Dogs Trust does. I sponsor Cube at Shoreham and had the honour of meeting him last week - he is a lovely old gentleman.
Keep up the very good work, I admire you and your colleagues tremendously.
With very best wishes
Abigail
Abigail at 30 Apr 2008 16:14
true
true true dogs should not be neglected
aoife at 29 May 2008 10:02
Dog Trust is a Role Model
I've been a member of Dog Trust for many Years and have always been in awe of the work DT does and the ingenuity applied to it.
Three years ago I moved to Italy and I was astounded and very disappointed at the number of abandoned dogs in the country. Thirty rescued dogs later, nineteen of which now have good homes the remainder will probably stay with me for life, I have learned that there is an infer structure in place to try to cope with this problem.
The Italian Government has introduce legislation to help and local authorities are charged with providing adequate facilities.
However the Italians are not renown for organizing and following through. Therefore, much opportunity is missed for getting to grip with this overwhelming problem.
There are wonderful groups of people, many of them are now my very best friends, who work tirelessly and against the odds to help these poor dogs and some inroads are being made.
I have just started a website to draw attention to my local rescue center and look to Dog Trust as a role model for the future.
I am now getting all the people here to see that there are efficient, effective and innovative ways to move forward.
On the positive side it is clear that there are a majority of people who genuinely love and care about dogs. It just needs to be organized and publicized better.
It would be great if we could emulate Dog Trust's achievements and even better, work with you in some way.
To the future, a world full of happy dogs
Alan
Alan Cox at 16 Jun 2008 21:58