by Tom | Dec 21, 2024 | Blog
Perhaps one of the most important aspects of rescue work is appropriate assessments, and therefore there is often a lot of attempt to improve best practice. One thing that has been identified as an important part of the assessment process is early identification of...
by Tom | Dec 21, 2024 | Blog
Relinquishing a dog can be a challenging thing for owners to do and is often full of mixed emotions. Any information provided to us maybe of varied use due to: fear of judgment; concern about what will happen to the dog post relinquishment, particularly in the case of...
by Tom | Dec 21, 2024 | Blog
Where do our dogs come from? Dogs find themselves in rescue for a variety of reasons, data form the 2022 Dogs Trust annual review showed that Dogs trust, the Uk’s largest dog welfare charity received over 51,000 relinquishment requests. The most common reasons for...
by Tom | Dec 21, 2024 | Blog
“Let him sleep. For in dreams, we enter a world that is entirely our own. Let him swim in the deepest ocean or glide over the highest cloud.” Albus dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. I don’t know about you, but I often wonder what my dog,...
by Tom | Nov 5, 2024 | Blog
This week we have talked a lot about frustrations, today I just wanted to provide some further context about why it can be so prevalent in shelter. If we consider the oxford dictionary description of frustration “The feeling of being upset or annoyed as a result of...